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EAch of sevener districts of Ladakh testament at present feature an independent Hill Development Council (AHDC) as Union Territory chief secretary Ashish Kundra made the announcement on Monday, describing the move as a major step towards strengthening grassroots governance and balanced development across the region.While Ladakh earlier had two districts, five more were formed in April 2026. The new districts of Ladakh are Sham, Nubra, Changthang, Zanskar, and Drass. Elected representation until now has remained with the two existing councils, one each in Leh and Kargil.“Ladakh Administration has decided to constitute Autonomous Hill Development Council in each of the seven districts. It is a major step towards democratic decentralisation and grassroots governance,” Kundra said, news agency PTI reported.He said Section 3(1) of the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC) Act already provides for a council for every district, to be constituted from a date the government notifies in the gazette. Only amendments to the Act, where required, and a delimitation of constituencies remain.While each district in UT of Ladakh will have an autonomous body, an overarching UT-level body above the seven councils has been proposed under a customised Article 371 framework, with legislative, executive, financial and administrative powers, the official said.The Chief Secretary said the model has no parallel elsewhere in the country and will draw on the best features of other arrangements.This comes seven years after the abrogation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir that ended the special provisions of the erstwhile state of J&K and also paved way for the bifurcation into two UTs of J&K and Ladakh.

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‘Customised Article 371 framework’: Ladakh to get UT-level body, hill councils for all seven districts

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