Chapter 42 Scheduled and Tribal Areas

695. Which Article and Part of the Constitution envisage a special system of administration for ‘scheduled areas’ and ‘tribal areas’?

696. Which Schedule of the Constitution deals with the administration and control of scheduled areas and scheduled tribes in any state, except four specific states?

697. Which Schedule of the Constitution deals with the administration of tribal areas in the four northeastern states?

698. What is the purpose of scheduled areas?

699. What is the Fifth Schedule sometimes called?

700. Who is empowered to declare an area to be a scheduled area?

701. What powers does the President have regarding the boundaries and designation of scheduled areas?

702. What are the criteria for declaring any area as a scheduled area?

703. Is the executive power of a state extended to the scheduled areas within it?

704. What special responsibility does the governor have regarding scheduled areas?

705. What is the extent of the executive power of the Centre regarding scheduled areas?

706. What is the purpose of a Tribes Advisory Council?

707. What is the composition of a Tribes Advisory Council?

708. Can a Tribes Advisory Council be established in a state without scheduled areas?

709. Who is empowered to direct that a particular act of Parliament or state legislature does not apply to a scheduled area, or applies with modifications?

710. What regulations can the governor make for the peace and good government of a scheduled area?

711. What is required for any regulation made by the governor for a scheduled area to repeal or amend an act of Parliament or state legislature?

712. What does the Constitution require the President to appoint regarding scheduled areas and tribal welfare?

713. When must the President compulsorily appoint such a commission?

714. Who headed the first commission appointed in 1960 to report on scheduled areas and tribal welfare?

715. Who headed the second commission appointed in 2002?

716. What special provisions does the Constitution contain under the Sixth Schedule?

717. What is the rationality behind the special arrangements for these four states under the Sixth Schedule?

718. How are the tribal areas in the four north-eastern states constituted under the Sixth Schedule?

719. Do these autonomous districts fall outside the executive authority of the state concerned?

720. Who is empowered to organise and re-organise the autonomous districts?

721. What can the governor do if there are different tribes in an autonomous district?

722. What is the composition of a district council in each autonomous district?

723. What is the term of office for elected and nominated members of a district council?

724. Does each autonomous region have a separate regional council?

725. What is the role of the district and regional councils in administering the areas under their jurisdiction?

726. What is required for the laws made by the district and regional councils to be valid?

727. What can the district and regional councils constitute within their territorial jurisdictions?

728. Who hears appeals from the village councils or courts constituted by the district and regional councils?

729. Who specifies the jurisdiction of the high court over these suits and cases?

730. What can the district council establish, construct, or manage in the district?

731. What regulations can the district council make for the control of money lending and trading by non-tribals?

732. What is required for regulations made by the district council for money lending and trading to be valid?

733. What financial powers are the district and regional councils empowered with?

734. Do the acts of Parliament or the state legislature apply to autonomous districts and autonomous regions?

735. What power does the governor have regarding the administration of autonomous districts or regions?

736. Can the governor dissolve a district or regional council?

737. What are the Tribal Areas in Assam?

738. What are the Tribal Areas in Meghalaya?

739. What is the Tribal Area in Tripura?

740. What are the Tribal Areas in Mizoram?

741. Which Article of the Constitution deals with the Administration of Scheduled Areas and Tribal Areas?

742. Which Article of the Constitution deals with the Formation of an autonomous state comprising certain tribal areas in Assam and creation of local legislature or Council of Ministers or both therefore?

743. Which Article of the Constitution deals with the Control of the Union over the administration of Scheduled Areas and the welfare of Scheduled Tribes?