Tribes Advisory Council (TAC)

As per Para 4 (1) of the Fifth Schedule of the Constitution, there shall be TAC in each State having Scheduled Areas therein and, if the President should directs, also in any State having Scheduled Tribes but non-Scheduled Areas therein. Composition of TAC As per provisions of Fifth Schedule, the members of TAC should be not more than 20 of whom, as nearly as may be, three-fourths shall be the representatives of the STs in the Legislative Assembly in the State. Role of TAC To advise on such matters pertaining to the welfare and advancement of the Scheduled Tribes in the Sate as may be referred to them by the Governor. No regulation shall be made unless the Governor making the regulations has, in the case where there is a TAC for the State, consulted such Council. Details of TAC constituted by the States. Tribes Advisory Council has been constituted in the nine Scheduled Area States of Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha and Rajasthan and two non-Scheduled Areas States of Tamil Nadu and West Bengal. The directions of the Honble President has also been conveyed to the nonScheduled Area State of Uttarakhand for constitution of TAC in the State. A statement showing the meetings of TAC convened by the States during the year 2011-2012 and 2012-13 (as on 1712-2012) is:-

Statement showing meetings of the Tribes Advisory Council (TAC) convened by the States since 2011-2012 and 20122013.
Name of State Dates of meetings of TAC held

2011-2012 Andhra Pradesh Chhattisgarh Gujarat Himachal Pradesh Jharkhand Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra Orissa Rajasthan Tamil Nadu* West Bengal *
(NR. Not Reported)

2012-2013 N.R. 13-7-2012 N.R. N.R.

18-2-2-12 26-9-2011 24-1-2012 5-3-2012

19-4-2011, 16-6-2011 and 30- 9-11-2012 1-2012 20-7-2011 N.R. 4-1-2012 13-5-2011 21-7-2011 and 9-2-2012 N.R. N.R. N.R. 28-9-2012 7-9-2012 N.R. N.R.

(Note: *indicates that the States does not having the Scheduled Areas).