Context: Manipur’s  Zomi ethnic group has renewed its demand for a self-administered zone on the lines of the Bodoland Territorial Council in Assam.

• The Zomi Council, representing nine Zomi tribes, it banking for the creation of Zoland Territorial Council (ZTC) under the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution.

About zomi:

• The word Zo is used to describe an ethnic group, also known as the Mizo, the Kuki, the Zomi, the Chin and a number of other names based on geographic distribution, are a large group of related Tibeto-Burman peoples spread throughout the northeastern states of India, northwestern Myanmar (Burma) and the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh.
• In northeastern India, they are present in: Nagaland, Mizoram, Manipur and Assam.

https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-miscellaneous/tp-others/manipurs-zomi-people-push-for-btc-like-council/article33414685.ece

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