The Panchayats (Extension to Schedule Areas) Act, 1996, or PESA has been hyped as a weapon to empower the tribals in Maoist hotbeds, but the ground reality is something else. When Parliament passed PESA, the goal was to protect the resources of communities in Schedule V areas by upholding their rights to self-governance.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/tribal-rights-hijacked-report
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/new-indian-express-bhubaneswar
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/people
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tribals
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rural-development
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/parliament
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/panchayats
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/orissa
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rayagada-d
