Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council
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The Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) is an independent council administering the tribal areas of the state of Tripura, India. Its council and assembly are situated in Khumulwng, a town 26 km away from Agartala, the state capital.
In the 2005 elections to the TTAADC the Left Front won 24 seats out of the 28 elected seats and the National Socialist Party of Tripura four. The Left Front and NSPT had contested within the framework of an electoral understanding.[1]
[edit] Formation of TTAADC
Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) Act 1979 was passed by the Indian parliament after a series of democratic movements launched by the Indigenous people of Tripura, under the provision of the 7th scheduled of the Indian constitution. The principle objective behind setting up the Autonomous District Council is to empower the Indigenous people to govern themselves and also to bring all round developments of the backward people so as to protect and preserve their culture, customs and traditions. But it actually came into being from 18 January 1982 and later it was upgraded under the provision of the 6th schedule to the Indian constitution with effect from the 1 April 1985 by the 49th amendment to the Constitution of India.
[edit] Total area
The total area of the TTAADC is 7,132.56 km²., which covers about 68% of the total area (10,491 km²) of the state.
About 70% of land under TTAADC is covered by hilly forest, where as all the plain cultivable land including all the districts and sub-divisional headquarters are outside the preview of TTAADC.
[edit] Population
Total population of 27,57,205 of the State (as per 1991 census) the total population of Scheduled Tribes is 8,53,920 (30.95%), out of which about 6,79,720 (79.59%) population are within the TTAADC area.
The total population of Tripura was 31,91,168 according to 2001 census.
[edit] Council of TTAADC
The TTAADC is governed by a council which comprises of 30 members. Out of 30 members, 28 members are elected through adult suffrage while 2 members are nominated by the Governor of Tripura. Out of 28 elected seats, 25 are reserved for Scheduled Tribes.
[edit] Executive Committee
TTAADC has a regular administrative structure. Executive committee comprising of 9 + 1 = 10 members and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is the head of the administration.
[edit] Power of District Council
Under the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution, the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council is vested with two types of Powers. These are 1. Legislative Powers and 2. Executive Powers.
[edit] The Legislative powers
The Legislative Department of the District Council is headed by the Chairman who summons the meeting of the Council time to time in connection with approval of budget, discussion on bills, rules and regulations submitted by the treasury bench and passing of the same thereof.
The Council consists of 30 members out of which 28 members are elected by adult franchise and 2 members are nominated by the Governor of Tripura.
The Chairman has his own Secretariat headed by the Secretary to the District Council.
[edit] The Executive powers
The Executive Powers are vested with the Executive Committee, which is headed by the Chief Executive Member who is elected from among the Treasury Bench members.
The Sixth Schedule to the Constitution of India provides ample powers to the District Council for self-Governance of the tribal population of the state. The District Council has its own powers to appoint its own staff in terms of requirement and appointment rules. The council administration is headed by the Chief Executive Officer and a Deputy Chief Executive Officer of TCS Grade-I and 6 Executive Officers, such as Administration, Finance, Rural Development, Planning, Development and Coordination etc.
There are different departments headed by a Principal Officer as the departmental head. The departments are
- Agriculture
- Animal Husbandry
- Health and Family Welfare
- Industry
- Land Records and Settlement
- Law
- Publicity
- Science & Technology
- Welfare and
- Education etc.
The Public Works Department is manned by the Superintending Engineer with 4 Executive Engineers and other field staffs. The Department has also its own set up in the field.
The development programme of the Council are presently implemented by the Zonal Development Officers and 37 Sub-Zonal Development Officers within the TTAADC areas.
[edit] Some facts on TTAADC
- Village Development Committees: 526.
- Revenue villages: 526.
- Primary Schools: 1255.
- Senior Basic Schools: 421.
- English Medium Schools: 5.
- School Inspectorates: 17.
- Social Education Centres: 474.
- Executive Engineers (PWD), division offices: 4.
- Zonal Development Offices: 5.
- Sub-Zonal Development Offices: 37.
- No. of Tehsils: 151.
- No. of Blocks: 15.
- No. of primary markets: 195.
- No. of regulated markets: 10.
- No. of industrial training centres: 40.
[edit] Rural Development Blocks within TTAADC
West Tripura district
- Hezamara
- Jampuijola
- Mandwi
- Mungiakami
- Padmabil
- Tulashikhor
North Tripura district
- Damcherra
- Jampui Hill
- Pecharthal
- Dasda
South Tripura district
- Ompinagar
- Killa
- Korbuk
- Rupaichhori
Dhalai district
- Chhawmanu
- Manu
- Dumburnagar
- Salema
- Ambassa
[edit] Efforts on to revive ‘Tripurabda’ in Tripura
In the backdrop of Tripura’s multi-ethnic situation coupled with militancy, the authorities were forced to revive age-old Tripurabda (Tripura’s own era) in the state. The Tripura era of Tring was introduced in 590 AD. According to Tripura’s royal chronicle called Rajmala, edited by Kaliprasanna Sen Vidya Bhushan, the 118th king of Tripura kingdom was Maharaja Himti, who was the first king to annex and subjugate a part of Bengal, and to commermorate this victory, the Tripura era or Tring was introduced. Tripura era is ahead of Bengali calendar or Bangabda. There are maximum similarity between the Tripurabda and Bangabda.
To commemorate the Tripurabda, the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) authorities had organsied a three-day festival Tring festival, which concluded at the TTAADC headquarters Khumulwng in West Tripura [2]. Tripura Governor Lt Gen K. M. Seth (retired), who inaugurated the festival, first of its kind in the state, said December 22 every year was regarded as the day one of Twipra Bisi (that is Tripura era), which was coinciding with the end part of jhum harvesting (shifting cultivation). The initiative to revive Tripurabda by he tribals since 1991 though came to the limelight with the return of the era in the State Government calendar and diaries, the era still awaited official recognition in the records of the State Government’s Revenue Department and the Agartala Municipal Council, from where it was removed 36 and 29 years ago respectively. Tripura Tribal Welfare Minister and veteran Tribal leader Aghore Debbarma, also the member of the CPI (M) central committee, told UNI here that the State Government had no problem to use the Tripura era in its all records and official papers, if the people of the state wanted. Debbarma was also the chief guest in the inaugural function of the Tring festival, organised by the TTAADC, now controlled by the Indigenous People’s Front of Twipra (IPFT), a tribal-based party.
The IPFT, an arch rival of the CPI (M), had wrested the TTAADC from the Left Front during the April-May election. When the process was on to revive the Tripurabda, Tribal intellectuals, historians and political parties leaders plunged into a controversy whether the Tripurabda would be linked with the Bangabda or Shakabda. [3] [4]
[edit] Departmental Heads
| Name | Designation | Office | Residence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr. P. Debnath | Principal Officer, Agriculture Department | ||
| Dr. K.K.Majumder | Principal Officer, ARD Department | 2346520 | 2361476 |
| Mr. Chamak Debbarma | Principal Officer, Co-operative Department | ||
| Mr. Krishnadhan Debbarma | Principal Officer, Education Department | 2346549 | 2243324 |
| Mr. A.D.Debbarma | Depurity Principal Officer, Education | 2346547 | |
| Mr. J. Debbarma | Deputy Principal Officer, Social Education | 2346549 | 2321498 |
| Mr. Binoy Debbarma | Senior Linguistic Officer | ||
| Mr. Abani Debbarma | Principal Officer, Fishery Department | 2346520 | 2311474 |
| Mr. B.Pal | Principal Officer, Forest, Science & Technology Dept. | 2346548 | |
| Dr. Bimal Reang | Principal Officer, Health Department | 2346520 | 2305138 |
| Mr. K.K.Debbarma | Principal Officer, Industry Department | 2346548 | |
| Mr.Biswajit Sinha | Dy. Principal Officer, Industry Department | 2313672 | |
| Mr. S.K.Chakma, TCS | Principal Officer, LRS Department | ||
| Mr. Goutam Debnath, TJS | Principal Officer, Law Department | 2346422, 2347236 | 2319418 |
| Er. P.K.Roy | Superintending Engineer, P.W. Department | 2346421 | 2353254 |
| Er. S.Ghosh | TA to Superintending Engineer | ||
| Er. M.K.Das | Executive Engineer, Planning | ||
| Er. S.Sarkar | Assistant Engineer, Planning | ||
| Mr. Binoy Debbarma | Principal Officer, TCP & YP Department | 2347235 | |
| Mr. R. Debbarma | Senior Cultural Organizer, TCP & YP | ||
| Mr. S.K.Chakma, TCS | Principal Officer, Tribal Welfare Department | 2346439 | 2320917 |
For calls from out of Tripura add (0381) and for calls from out of India add (+910381).
[edit] Departmental heads of other offices at Khumulwng
| Name | Designation | Office | Residence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Er. S.Debbarma | Executive Engineer, West Division | 2346698 | 2328537, 2313611 |
| Er. S.Debbarma | Assistant Engineer, Radhapur Sub-Division | ||
| Er. D.Debbarma | Assistant Engineer, West District Sub-Division | ||
| Dr. A.Debbarma | Assistant Engineer, Water Resource | ||
| Er. D.Bhattacharjee | Assistant Engineer, Electrical | 2346698 | |
| Er. S.R.Debbarma | Assistant Engineer, Power | ||
| Mr. S.Debbarma, TCS | Zonal Development Officer | 2346246 | 9436128249 |
| Mr. K. Debbarma | Chief Social Education Organizer, West | 2346881 | 2313229 |
| Mr. C. Debbarma | Sub-Zonal Development Officer, Khumulwng | 2346735 | 9436128249 |
| Mr. P. C. Debbarma | Inspector Schools, TTAADC, Khumulwng | 2347091 | 2314871 |
| Kherembai Hospital, Khumulwng | 2346149 | ||
| Khumulwng Out Post | 2346-280 | ||
| Tripura Gramin Bank, Khumulwng Branch | 2346-121 |
