Scheduled Areas and Tribal Areas: Criteria & Administration

Fifth Schedule Areas of India

  • The Fifth Schedule of the Constitution deals with the administration and control of Scheduled Areas as well as of Scheduled Tribes residing in any State other than the States of Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram.
  • The Scheduled Areas are declared by the President of India.
  • The criteria for declaring an area as Scheduled Area are preponderance of tribal population, compactness and reasonable size of the area, under-developed nature of the area, and marked disparity in economic standard of the people.
  • The Governor of each State having Scheduled Areas (SA) shall annually, or whenever so required ....
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