7. Special provisions for the BAC area
The General Council shall be consulted and its views shall be given due regard before any law made on the following subjects, is implemented in the BAC area:
i) the religious or social practice of the Bodos.
Official Language and Symbol: Memorandum of Settlement (Bodo Accord)
11. Official Language
The General Council can lay down policy with regard to use of Bodo language as medium of official correspondence within the BAC area. However, while corresponding with offices outside the BAC area, correspondence will have to be in bilingual from in accordance with the Article 345 of the Constitution and the provision of law in this behalf.
Education Reform: Memorandum of Settlement (Bodo Accord)
2. Objective
The objective of this scheme is to provide maximum autonomy within the framework of the Constitution to the Bodos for social, economic, educational, ethnic and cultural advancement.
List of subjects and Departments over which BAC will have control within the BAC area
7. Education.
(a) Adult Education.
(b) Primary Education.
(c) Upto Higher Secondary including Vocational training.
Indigenous Minority Rights: Memorandum of Settlement (Bodo Accord)
13. Revision of List of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
The scheduling and de-scheduling of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes residing within the Bodo areas will be done as per the Commission appointed by the Government of India under the Constitution.
Amnesty: Memorandum of Settlement (Bodo Accord)
18. Relief and Rehabilitation
(ii) The Government of Assam will consider symphathetically the withdrawal of all cases against persons connected with the Bodoland Movement excluding those relating to heinous crimes.
Reintegration: Memorandum of Settlement (Bodo Accord)
18. Relief and Rehabilitation
(i) ABSU – BPAC leaders will take immediate steps to bring overground and deposit with the District authorities all arms, ammunition and explosives in the possession of their own supporters and will cooperate with the administration in bringing overground all Bodo militants along with their arms and ammunition etc. within one month of the formation of the Interim BEC. In order to ensure the smooth return to civil life of the cadre and to assist in the quick restoration of peace and normalcy, such surrenders made voluntarily will not attract prosecution.
(iv) The Government of Assam will initiate immediate steps for suitable rehabilitation of the Bodo militants coming overground as a result of this settlement. Similarly, the Government will organise ex-gratia payments as per rules to next of the kins killed during the Bodo agitation.
Disarmament: Memorandum of Settlement (Bodo Accord)
18. Relief and Rehabilitation
(i) ABSU – BPAC leaders will take immediate steps to bring overground and deposit with the District authorities all arms, ammunition and explosives in the possession of their own supporters and will cooperate with the administration in bringing overground all Bodo militants along with their arms and ammunition etc. within one month of the formation of the Interim BEC. In order to ensure the smooth return to civil life of the cadre and to assist in the quick restoration of peace and normalcy, such surrenders made voluntarily will not attract prosecution.
Demobilization: Memorandum of Settlement (Bodo Accord)
18. Relief and Rehabilitation
(i) ABSU – BPAC leaders will take immediate steps to bring overground and deposit with the District authorities all arms, ammunition and explosives in the possession of their own supporters and will cooperate with the administration in bringing overground all Bodo militants along with their arms and ammunition etc. within one month of the formation of the Interim BEC. In order to ensure the smooth return to civil life of the cadre and to assist in the quick restoration of peace and normalcy, such surrenders made voluntarily will not attract prosecution.
Police Reform: Memorandum of Settlement (Bodo Accord)
16. Civil and Police Services
(i) The Government of Assam may from time to time post officers of the rank of Class II and above to posts within the BAC in accordance with the exigencies. While making these postings due regard will be given to, views of BAC about officers being so posted.
(ii) The officers posted to the BAC area will be accountable to the BAC for their performance and the assessment of their work recorded by the BEC authorities, will be incorporated to their ACRs by the State Government.
(iii) The Central Government, while making recruitments from the State of Assam to the Army, para military forces and police units, will hold special recruitment drives within the BAC area.
Military Reform: Memorandum of Settlement (Bodo Accord)
16. Civil and Police Services
(iii) The Central Government, while making recruitments from the State of Assam to the Army, para military forces and police units, will hold special recruitment drives within the BAC area.