How does the formation of an autonomous state under Article 244A affect the payment of grants-in-aid to the State of Assam and its tribal areas?
The formation of an autonomous state under Article 244A affects the payment of grants-in-aid to the State of Assam and its tribal areas by determining how sums payable under clause (a) of the second proviso to clause (1) are paid. If the autonomous state comprises all the tribal areas referred to in that clause, the sums are paid to the autonomous state. If the autonomous state comprises only some of those tribal areas, the sums are apportioned between the State of Assam and the autonomous state as specified by the President. Additionally, grants-in-aid will be paid out of the Consolidated Fund of India for schemes of development undertaken by the autonomous state with the approval of the Government of India to raise the level of administration in that state to that of the rest of the State of Assam.