Matak Autonomous Council is an

Autonomous administrative divisions of India The Sixth Schedule of the Constitution of India allows for the formation of autonomous administrative divisions which have been given autonomy within their respective states. Most of these autonomous district councils are located in North Ea ...

in the Indian state of

Assam Assam (; ) is a state in northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . The state is bordered by Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh to the north; Nagaland and Manipur ...

, for development and protection of ethnic Matak people. It was formed in 2020.

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The Matak people are indigenous people living primarily in the

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and

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districts of Assam. According to the unofficial estimates, there are about seven hundred thousand Matak people in Assam. The Matak Autonomous Council Bill 2020 was tabled in

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on 24 March 2020 and it was passed in September 2020 without any objection from the opposition parties.

Administration

The Matak Autonomous Council consists of 25 members. 22 of these members are elected directly and three members are nominated by the Governor. In January 2021, the Assam State Government said it will constitute interim councils for Matak Autonomous Council as elections to the autonomous council can't be done before the

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