The Mising Autonomous Council was constituted by the Government of Assam under the Mising Autonomous Council Act, 1995 vide Govt. Notification No. TAD/BC/358/2005/27 dated 4.10.2005 for all round development in the area of economic, educational, socio- cultural and ethnic identity of Mising People as well as all other communities residing in the council area.
The Council was run on ad-hoc basis with nominated interim bodies for long 15 years and then by an Administrator for 3(three) years, after which the first elections was held in October, 2013 and 34 Members were elected to constitute the General Council which assumed its office on 6th November, 2013 with Sri Paramananda Chayengia as Chairman and Dr. Ranoj Pegu as Chief Executive Councillor.
The Headquarters of the MAC is located at Gogamukh in Dhemaji district of Assam and covers compact 'Core Area' as well as 'Satellite Areas' in eight districts namely, Dhemaji, Lakhimpur, Sonitpur, Golaghat, Jorhat, Sibsagar, Dibrugarh and Tinsukia. The population figures as per 2001 Census are as follows:
The Mising Autonomous Council was constituted by the Government of Assam under the Mising Autonomous Council Act, 1995 vide Govt. Notification No. TAD/BC/358/2005/27 dated 4.10.2005 for all round development in the area of economic, educational, socio- cultural and ethnic identity of Mising People as well as all other communities residing in the council area.
The Council was run on ad-hoc basis with nominated interim bodies for long 15 years and then by an Administrator for 3(three) years, after which the first elections was held in October, 2013 and 34 Members were elected to constitute the General Council which assumed its office on 6th November, 2013 with Sri Paramananda Chayengia as Chairman and Dr. Ranoj Pegu as Chief Executive Councillor.
The Headquarters of the MAC is located at Gogamukh in Dhemaji district of Assam and covers compact 'Core Area' as well as 'Satellite Areas' in eight districts namely, Dhemaji, Lakhimpur, Sonitpur, Golaghat, Jorhat, Sibsagar, Dibrugarh and Tinsukia. The population figures as per 2001 Census are as follows:

MAC Total Village Total Population SC Population ST Population % of ST Population
Core Area 1239 638977 30165 428207 67%
Satellite Area 392 246002 18421 160847 65%
Grand Total 1631 884979 48586 589054 66%
The Government of Assam provides Plan Fund to the MAC under Tribal Sub Plan and other sources. An amount of Rs. 53.69 Crores have been sanctioned for the financial year 2013-14
The MAC Act, 1995
(as amended up to 2005)
Guideline for Implementation of Schemes
(as adopted by the elected General Council)
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