How many states with Fifth Schedule Areas are covered under the Provisions of the Panchayats (Extension to the Scheduled Areas) Act, 1996?

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UPSSSC Junior Assistant Official Paper (Held On : 4 Jan 2020 Shift 2)

Answer 1

The correct answer is 10.

Key Points

10 states with Fifth Schedule Areas are covered under the Provisions of the Panchayats (Extension to the Scheduled Areas) Act, 1996.
These States are: Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Rajasthan and Telangana.
The Fifth Schedule of the Constitution of India, which mentions Scheduled Areas, is termed as a "Constitution within a Constitution".
The Act extended the provisions of Panchayats to the tribal areas of ten states that have Fifth Schedule Areas.

Additional Information

List of Schedules of Indian Constitution:

Schedule	Description
Schedule 1	Bharat, India shall be the Union of the States.
Schedule 2	Salary Allowance of President, VP, etc.
Schedule 3	Oaths or Affirmations
Schedule 4	Allocation of seats in the Rajya Sabha.
Schedule 5	Administration and control of Scheduled Areas
Schedule 6	Administration of tribal areas in Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura, and Mizoram
Schedule 7	Division of Powers.
Schedule 8	It consists of the Official language.
Schedule 9	Central and state laws that cannot be challenged in courts
Schedule 10	Anti-defection.
Schedule 11	Panchayat
Schedule 12	Municipalities