Citizens for Justice and Peace
Panchayat Extension to Scheduled Area Act, 1996 (PESA) Enacted on December 24, 1996
12-Nov-2019
The 73rd Amendment to the Indian Constitution provided for the three-tier Panchayat system under Part IX. Under the Amendment, Article 243M(4)(b) provided that the parliament may, by law, extend the provisions of the Panchayat system to the Scheduled Areas covered in Schedule V. The government established a High Level Committee under the chairmanship of Dilip…