Union Cabinet okays BTC Bill

NEW DELHI, May 6 — The Union Cabinet today formally cleared the proposal for amendment of the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution paving the way for tabling of the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) Bill in the ongoing session of the Parliament. The Union Health and Family Welfare Minister, Sushma Swaraj, said that in order to give effect to the provisions of the Memorandum of Settlement (MoS), the Cabinet has approved the amendments to the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution and the Article 332(6) of the Constitution and the Schedule Tribe Order 1950 to modify the list of the STs in respect of Assam.

 
 
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