Panchayats (Extension to Scheduled Areas) Act context in India

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Indian parliamentary act legislation on local self-governance

The Panchayats (Extension to Scheduled Areas) Act (PESA) in India is a legal framework that empowers traditional village institutions and grants special self-governance and resource management rights to communities in Scheduled (tribal) Areas.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Panchayats (Extension to Scheduled Areas) Act, 1996	0

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Indian parliamentary act ⓘ legislation on local self-governance ⓘ
acronym	PESA NERFINISHED ⓘ
aimsTo	ensure participatory democracy at the village level in Scheduled Areas ⓘ extend provisions of Part IX of the Constitution to Scheduled Areas ⓘ protect and preserve traditional tribal institutions ⓘ provide self-governance to tribal communities in Scheduled Areas ⓘ
appliesTo	Fifth Schedule Areas of the Constitution of India NERFINISHED ⓘ
constitutionalBasis	73rd Constitutional Amendment of India NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	India ⓘ
dateOfCommencement	24 December 1996 ⓘ
doesNotApplyTo	Sixth Schedule Areas of the Constitution of India NERFINISHED ⓘ
empowers	traditional village institutions in Scheduled Areas ⓘ tribal communities for self-governance and resource management ⓘ
enactedBy	Parliament of India NERFINISHED ⓘ
extends	Part IX of the Constitution of India NERFINISHED ⓘ
extendsTo	Scheduled Areas ⓘ
focusesOn	community control over natural resources ⓘ decentralization of powers to Gram Sabhas in Scheduled Areas ⓘ empowerment of tribal communities ⓘ
geographicalScope	Scheduled Areas in several Indian states ⓘ
grantsPowerTo	Gram Sabha to approve plans, programmes and projects for social and economic development ⓘ Gram Sabha to be consulted before land acquisition in Scheduled Areas ⓘ Gram Sabha to be consulted before resettlement and rehabilitation of affected persons ⓘ Gram Sabha to control local plans and resources for development ⓘ Gram Sabha to control minor water bodies NERFINISHED ⓘ Gram Sabha to manage minor forest produce ⓘ Gram Sabha to prevent alienation of land in Scheduled Areas NERFINISHED ⓘ Gram Sabha to restore unlawfully alienated land of Scheduled Tribes NERFINISHED ⓘ Gram Sabha to safeguard and preserve traditions and customs of tribal people NERFINISHED ⓘ Gram Sabha to safeguard community resources NERFINISHED ⓘ
legalStatus	in force ⓘ
mandates	respect for social and religious practices of Scheduled Tribes ⓘ respect for traditional management practices of community resources ⓘ state legislation to be in conformity with customary law and traditional practices of tribal communities ⓘ
recognizes	Gram Sabha as a key institution of self-governance NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo	Fifth Schedule of the Constitution of India NERFINISHED ⓘ Gram Sabha NERFINISHED ⓘ Panchayati Raj Institutions NERFINISHED ⓘ Scheduled Tribes NERFINISHED ⓘ tribal self-governance ⓘ
requires	reservation of seats for Scheduled Tribes in Panchayats in Scheduled Areas ⓘ that at least one-half of the total seats in Panchayats be reserved for Scheduled Tribes in Scheduled Areas ⓘ that chairpersons of Panchayats in Scheduled Areas be from Scheduled Tribes ⓘ that state laws on Panchayats in Scheduled Areas be consistent with PESA ⓘ
shortName	PESA NERFINISHED ⓘ
subjectMatter	devolution of powers to village institutions ⓘ local self-governance in tribal areas ⓘ management of natural resources by local communities ⓘ protection of tribal land rights ⓘ
yearEnacted	1996 ⓘ

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