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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 ...
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 of the Constitution of India gives special powers to the Governor 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]
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
On the 89th Amendment of the Constitution coming into force on 19 February 2004, the National Commission for scheduled Tribes has been set up under Article 338A on bifurcation of erstwhile National Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes to oversee the implementation of various safeguards provided to Scheduled Tribes under the Constitution.
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 ...
The areas excluded now comprise Kangra, Hamirpur, Kullu, Una and Shimla districts. Gujjar (excluding the territories specified in sub-section (1) of section 5 of the Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966 (31 of 1966)). The areas excluded now comprise Kangra, Hamirpur, Kullu, Una, Shimla and Lahaul and Spiti districts. Jad, Lamba, Khampa; Kanaura ...
This tradition took on a new shape with the passage of the Panchayats (Extension to Scheduled Areas) Act, 1996 (PESA Act). [4] Two civil servants started erecting stones with the PESA Act and Fifth Schedule of the Constitution of India on them, so as to spread awareness among the tribals about their rights. [4]