Correct Answer - Option 3 : 10
The correct answer is 10.
- PESA is a law enacted by the Government of India to cover the Scheduled Areas”, which are not covered in the 73rd Constitutional amendment
- This particular act extends the provisions of Part IX to the Scheduled Areas of the country.
- PESA brought powers further down to the Gram Sabha level.
- The Act extended the provisions of Panchayats to the tribal areas of ten states that have Fifth Schedule Areas.
- The provisions of Part IX of the constitution relating to the Panchayats are not applicable to the Fifth Schedule areas.
- However, the Parliament may extend these provisions to such areas, subject to such exceptions and modifications as it may specify.
Objectives of the Act
- The objectives of the PESA Act are as follows
- To extend the provisions of Part IX of the Constitution relating to the panchayats to the scheduled areas with certain modifications
- To provide self-rule for the bulk of the tribal population
- To have village governance with participatory democracy and to make the gram sabha a nucleus of all activities
- To evolve a suitable administrative framework consistent with traditional practice.
