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The Sixth Schedule protects tribal interests in Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram. [6] In the Sixth Schedule areas, the emphasis is on self-rule; tribal communities are granted considerable autonomy, including powers to make laws and receive central government funds for social and infrastructure development. To enable local control, the ...
The Fifth Schedule to the Constitution of India grants special powers to the State Governors to provide autonomy to the Scheduled Tribes, thereby limiting the effect of Acts of the Central and State Legislatures on the Scheduled Areas. [1] [2] [3]
This is a list of Scheduled Castes in India. ... Malayan [in the areas comprising the Malabar district as specified by sub-section (2) of section 5 of the States ...
Part X of the Constitution of India consists of Articles on the scheduled and Tribal Areas. Article 244. Administration of scheduled areas and tribal areas. Fifth scheduled and tribal areas 10 states have this area. Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh Telangana
The Provisions of the Panchayats (Extension to Scheduled Areas) Act, 1996 abbreviated as PESA Act [1] is a law enacted by the Government of India for ensuring self governance through traditional Gram Sabhas for people living in the Scheduled Areas of India. Scheduled Areas are areas identified by the Fifth Schedule of the Constitution of India ...
After independence, this area-based framework was largely retained, as socio-economic disabilities were seen as regionally rooted by social structure. [66] Although the intra-state area restrictions removed by the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Orders (Amendment) Act, 1976. But the inter-state area restrictions is in force.
The following list shows the 33 largest Scheduled Tribes according to the Census in India 2011 (76% ≈ 80 of a total of 104 million members) with their population development (population explosion from +25%), their proportions and their gender distribution (number of female relatives per 1000 male) as well as the populated states/territories ...
The tribal areas in other parts of India were covered by a parallel Fifth Schedule with somewhat weaker forms of autonomy. The difference was justified by B. R. Ambedkar in the following words: The tribal people in areas other than Assam are more or less Hinduised, more or less assimilated with the civilisation and culture of the majority of ...