Union Tribal Affairs Minister Arjun Munda said on Monday that the Home Ministry was currently working on implementing tribal advisory councils in Jammu and Kashmir.
Replying to questions in the Lok Sabha, Munda said Tribes Advisory Council (TAC) have been constituted in ten states having scheduled areas namely Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha and Rajasthan.
The minister said, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu and Uttarakhand despite not having any notified scheduled area, also have tribes advisory council constituted therein.
Answering a question on the status of TAC in J &K , he said the process is on and with the removal of Article 370, all provisions applicable in the rest of India will also be brought into effect in J & K.
Nishikant Dubey ( BJP) asked about the removal of the Governor from the TAC by the government of Jharkhand and sought to know what is being done on the issue.