Provisions of the Panchayats Extension of Scheduled Areas Act 1996 is applicable to........

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Provisions of the Panchayats (Extension of Scheduled Areas) Act, 1996 is applicable to

Fifth Scheduled Areas

Sixth Scheduled Areas

Both of them

None of them

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Explanation:

PESA Act of 1996 (Extension Act)
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.
Under this provision, theParliament has enacted the ?Provisions of the Panchayats (Extension to the Scheduled Areas) Act?, 1996, popularly known as the PESA Act or the Extension Act.