The provisions of the Fifth Schedule of the Constitution of India shall not apply to the administration and control of the Scheduled Areas and Scheduled Tribes in which among the following states?

The correct answer is ​ Assam. Key Points The Fifth Schedule of the Constitution deals with the control and administration of Scheduled Areas and Schedule Tribes except for the states of Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram, and Tripura . Sixth Schedule provisions deal with the administration of the Tribal Areas in the states of Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram. While Tribal Advisory Councils are prescribed under the 5 th Scheduled , District and Regional Council are prescribed under the 6 th Schedule. Article 244 in Part X of the Constitution envisages a special system of administration for certain areas designated as ‘scheduled areas’ and ‘tribal areas’ . The Fifth Schedule of the Constitution deals with the administration and control of scheduled areas and scheduled tribes in any state except the four states of Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura, and Mizoram. The Sixth Schedule of the Constitution, on the other hand, deals with the administration of the tribal areas in the four northeastern states of Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura, and Mizoram. The scheduled areas are treated differently from the other areas in the country because they are inhabited by ‘ aboriginals ’ who are socially and economically rather backward, and special efforts need to be made to improve their condition. Therefore, the whole of the normal administrative machinery operating in a state is not extended to the scheduled areas and the Central government has somewhat greater responsibility for these areas.