What are the powers given to a District Council to regulate and control money-lending or trading within an autonomous district?
The powers given to a District Council to regulate and control money-lending or trading within an autonomous district are as follows:

1. Make regulations for the regulation and control of money-lending or trading within the district by persons other than Scheduled Tribes resident in the district.
2. Prescribe that no one except the holder of a license issued in that behalf shall carry on the business of money-lending.
3. Prescribe the maximum rate of interest which may be charged or be recovered by a money-lender.
4. Provide for the maintenance of accounts by money-lenders and for the inspection of such accounts by officers appointed in that behalf by the District Council.