Bodo Kachari Welfare Autonomous Council, (BKWAC), is an autonomous council in the Indian state of Assam, for the development and protection of ethnic Bodo-Kachari people living in villages outside the Bodoland Territorial Region.
[5] The Bodo Kachari Welfare Autonomous Council Bill, 2020 was moved in Assam legislative assembly by the Welfare of Plain Tribes and Backward Classes Minister Chandan Brahma in December 2020 and the bill was passed after a brief discussion.
[6] The Bodo Kachari Autonomous Welfare Council consists of 40 members.
The 4 nominated members will be from among the communities residing within the Council area.
[8] An interim council made up of 14 members was appointed in February 2021.