Autonomous district governance: Councils empowered to legislate on land, local administration and customary law under executive oversight. The Sixth Schedule creates autonomous districts and autonomous regions governed by corporate District and Regional Councils with elected and nominated members; it allocates to those Councils specified legislative competences (land, forests, water, village administration, customary personal law and social customs), fiscal powers (land revenue, local taxes, tolls and agreed mineral royalty shares), authority to constitute local courts for tribal disputes, and requires publication, audit and Governor/President oversight including reservation, assent and emergency supervisory powers.