Bodo Territorial Area District (BTAD), popularly known as Bodoland come into being as a result of an agreement signed among the Bodo Liberation TIgers, Government of India and the Government of Assam on 10th Gebruary, 2003. The Agreement is the culmination of the protracted movement of the Bodo ethnic group for a separate state. Under the agreement an Autonomous Council representing the different sections of the population was formed and a package of substantial amount of mony was granted by the central government for development of the Bodo inhabited districts. The Agreement under teh 6th Schedule of the Constitution of India, confers upon the Bodo Council a series of special rights which will be the guidelines of development of the area. |
