Discussion
The Fifth Schedule of the Constitution deals with
Answer: B
Correct answer: The administration of Scheduled Areas and Scheduled Tribes
The Fifth Schedule governs the administration and control of Scheduled Areas and Scheduled Tribes in states other than Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram, which are covered by the Sixth Schedule instead. Under it the Governor has special responsibility. Each such state must have a Tribes Advisory Council; the Governor may direct that a law of Parliament or the state legislature shall not apply to a Scheduled Area, or shall apply with modifications; and the Governor reports annually to the President on their administration. Its aim is to protect tribal communities from the alienation of their land and to allow customary practice to continue - concerns given further effect by PESA in 1996 and the Forest Rights Act of 2006. Ten states have Scheduled Areas, among them Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan. The Sixth Schedule takes a different approach for the northeast, creating autonomous district and regional councils with their own legislative, judicial and financial powers.
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