 bill no  58 of 2007 the constitution (amendment) bill, 2007 byshri tapir gao, mp a billfurther to amend the constitution of indiabe  it enacted by parliament in the fifty-eighth year of the republic of india as follows:—short title and commencement(2) it shall come into force on such date as the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, appoint(ii) in clause (2), for the words "tripura and mizoram", the words "tripura, mizoram and arunachal pradesh" shall be substituted3 in fifth schedule to the constitution, in paragraph 1, for the words "tripura and mizoram", the words "tripura, mizoram and arunachal pradesh" shall be substitutedamendment of the fifth schedule4 in the sixth schedule to the constitution,—5amendment of the sixth schedule(a) in the heading, for the words "tripura and mizoram" the words "tripura, mizoram and arunachal pradesh" shall be substituted;(b) in sub-paragraph (1) of paragraph 1, for the words and figures "and in part iii", the words and figures "in part iii and part iv" shall be substituted;10 15(c) in paragraph 17, for the words beginning with "the legislative assembly of assam" and ending with the words "the state of assam or meghalaya or tripura or mizoram", the words " the legislative assembly of assam or meghalaya or tripura or mizoram or arunachal pradesh, the governor may by order declare that any area within an autonomous district in the state of assam or meghalaya or tripura or mizoram or arunachal pradesh" shall be substituted;(d) in paragraph 20—(i) in sub-paragraph (1)—(a) for the words, letter and figures "parts i, ii, iia and iii", the words, letter and figures "parts i, ii, iia, iii and iv", shall be substituted;20(b) after the words "the state of mizoram", the words, "and the state of arunachal pradesh" shall be inserted (ii) in sub-paragraph (2), for the words and figures "any reference in part i, part ii or part iii of the table below", the words and figures "any reference in part i, part ii, part iii or part iv of the table below" shall be substituted; and25(e) in the table, after part iii and the entries relating thereto, the following part and entries thereunder shall be inserted, namely:— "part iv1 anjaw 2 changlang303 dibang valley 4 east kameng 5 east siang 6 lohit 7 lower dibang valley358 lower subansiri 9 kurung kumey10 tawang 11 upper siang 12 upper subansiri 13 tirap4014 west kameng 15 west siang" statement  of  objects  and  reasonsarunachal pradesh is a hill state inhabitated predominantly by tribal people the tribals constitute about sixty-four percent of total population of the state many districts of the state are exclusively inhabitated by tribals the areas inhabitated by tribals are inaccessible and therefore remain underdeveloped and have lower socio-economic levels of development the development of tribal people requires immense commitment and resources the tribal people have their own customs and lifestyles which are different from the mainstream any attempt to impose change without the consent of tribal people would hurt their feelings and alienate them and give rise to an apathy towards the policies and programmes of the government therefore, it is necessary that the tribal people be provided with opportunities to manage their affairs themselves the development of tribal areas of arunachal pradesh can best be attained by combining autonomy and development perspective of the government this may be achieved by placing the tribal areas of arunachal pradesh in the sixth schedule to the constitution besides, such a move may give access to special funds of the central government which are so essential for the development of tribal dominated districtshence this billnew delhi;tapir gaoapril 23, 2007 annexure extract from the constitution of india       part x the  scheduled and tribal areas244 (1) the provisions of the fifth schedule shall apply to the administration and control of the scheduled areas and scheduled tribes in any state other than the states of assam, meghalaya, tripura and mizoramadministration of scheduled areas and tribal areas(2) the provisions of the sixth schedule shall apply to the administration of the tribal areas in the states of assam, meghalaya, tripura and mizoram       fifth  schedule [article 244(1)] provisions as to the administration and control of scheduled areas and scheduled tribes part a generalinterpretation1 in this schedule, unless the context otherwise requires, the expression "state" does not include the states of assam, meghalaya, tripura and mizoram       sixth  schedule [articles 244(2) and 275(1)] provisions as to the administration of tribal areas in the states of assam, meghalaya, tripura and mizoram1 (1) subject to the provisions of this paragraph, the tribal areas in each item of parts i, ii and iia and in part iii of the table appended to paragraph 20 of this schedule shall be an autonomous districtautonomous districts and autonomous regions      17 for the purposes of elections to the legislative assembly of  assam or meghalaya or tripura or mizoram, the governor may by order declare that any area within an autonomous district in the state of assam or meghalaya or tripura or mizoram, as the case may be, shall not form part of any constituency to fill a seat or seats in the assembly reserved for any such district but shall form part of a constituency to fill a seat or seats in the assembly not so reserved to be specified in the orderexclusion of areas from autonomous districts in forming constituencies in such districts      tribal areas20 (1) the areas specified in parts i, ii, iia and iii of the table below shall respectively be the tribal areas within the state of assam, the state of meghalaya, the state of tripura and the state of mizoram(2) any reference in part i, part ii or part iii of the table below to any district shall be construed as a reference to the territories comprised within the autonomous district of that name existing immediately before the day appointed under clause (b) of section 2 of the north-eastern areas (reorganisation) act, 1971:       table part iii1 the chakma district 2 the mara district 3 the lai district      ———— a billfurther to amend the constitution of india————(shri tapir gao, mp)