The State Government shall constitute District Level Committee (DLC) with the following members, namely:—

(a) District Collector or Deputy Commissioner-Chairperson;

(b) concerned Divisional Forest Officer or concerned Deputy Conservator of Forest-Member;

(c) three members of the district panchayat to be nominated by the district panchayat, of whom at least two shall be the Scheduled Tribes preferably those who are forest dwellers, or who belong to members of the primitive tribal groups, and where there are no Scheduled Tribes, two members who are preferably other traditional forest dwellers, and one shall be a woman member; or in areas covered under the Sixth Schedule to the Constitution, three members nominated by the Autonomous District Councilor Regional Council of whom at least one shall be a woman member; and

(d) an officer of the Tribal Welfare Department in-charge of the district or where such officer is not available, the officer in-charge of the tribal affairs.