The Govt. of Assam have been taking various steps to accelerate development process for the welfare of ST in the State through democratic decentralization of power and empowering ST to participate in the planning, monitoring and implementation of TSP schemes in grassroot level by constituting Territorial Councils, Autonomous Councils and Development Councils for different ST communities in the State.
The various development councils constituted by the Govt. are as follows:
| Sl. No. | Name of Development Councils |
| 1 | Barak Valley Hill Tribes Dev. Council |
| 2 | Sarania Kachari Dev. Council |
| 3 | Amri Karbi Dev. Council |
| 4 | Karbi people outside Karbi Anglong Dev. Council |
| 5 | Barman Dimasa Kachari Dev. Council |
| 6 | Mech Kachari Dev. Council |
| 7 | Singpho (Man Tai) Dev. Council |
| 8 | Modahi Dev. Council |
| 9 | Hajong Dev. Council |
| 10 | Garo Dev. Council |
| 11 | Khasi Jaintia Dev. Council |