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With reference to Panchayats Extension to Scheduled Areas Act consider the following statements It e...........

Indian Governance and Polity(UPPCS) Panchayati Raj Instiutions

With reference to Panchayats (Extension to Scheduled Areas) Act, consider the following statements

It extends the provisions of Part IX to the Scheduled Ares of the country.
Under the PESA, the Gram Sabha has the power to prohibit/regulate/restrict the sale and consumption of any intoxicant.
Odisha, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh are the states among other were PESA is implemented.

Select the correct statement.

1&2 only

2&3 only

1&3 only

All of the above

Both statements 1&2 are correct.
Panchayats (Extensions to Schedule Areas) Act (PESA), 1996

Panchayats (Extension to Scheduled Areas) Act, 1996 is a law enacted by 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.
It is now applicable in the Fifth Schedule areas, which deals with the administration of the districts dominated by the tribal communities, and is in force in 10 states of the country.
These states include Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Telangana.

Under the PESA, the Gram Sabha has

The power to prohibit/regulate/restrict the sale and consumption of any intoxicant.
The power to prevent alienation of land and to restore aany unlawfully alienated land of a scheduled tribe.
The power to manage village markets.
The power to exercise control over money lending to scheduled tribes.

Hence option 1st is correct.

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