Nilgiris Biosphere Reserve - Equitable Tourism Options
Nilgiris Biosphere Reserve - Equitable Tourism Options
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(b) regulate the allotment of land of members of the Scheduled Tribes<br />
in such area;<br />
(c) regulate the carrying on of business as money-lender by persons<br />
who lend money to members ofthe Scheduled Tribes in such area.<br />
The Provisions of the Panchayats<br />
The Provisions of the Panchayats already existed in some of the<br />
States such as in Maharashtra (1 961) and Orissa (1965). The States<br />
like Gujarat (1993), Himachal Pradesh (1994), Andhra Pradesh<br />
(1994), Rajasthan (1994) and Mad hya Pradesh (1994) enacted the<br />
Provision of the Panchayats after the Constitution (Seventy-third<br />
Amendment) Act, 1992. The above mentioned States have notified<br />
the Scheduled.<br />
Areas. However, Article 243-M under the 73rd Amendment Act did<br />
not extend the provision of the Panchayats to the States having<br />
Scheduled Areas and also to Nagaland, Meghalaya, Mizoram,<br />
Manipurand Darjeeling.<br />
Keeping in view the exclusion of the Scheduled Areas the present<br />
Act of 1996 was passed. Accordingly all the excluded Scheduled<br />
Areas were brought under tRe purview of a comprehensive single<br />
act. Wherein Section 3 of the Provisions of the Panchayats<br />
(Extension to the Scheduled Areas) Act, 1996, states that the<br />
Provisions of Part IX of the Constitution relating to the Panchayats is<br />
extended to the Scheduled Areas. Presently most of the States have<br />
to redesign their Panchayats enactments. Chattisgarh and<br />
Jharkhand are two newly formed states which acted promptly in this<br />
direction. According to Section 4(i) of the Provision of the<br />
Panchayats (Extension to the Scheduled Areas) Act, 1996 enshrines<br />
that:<br />
0) the Gram Sabha or the Panchayats at the appropriate level shall<br />
be consulted before making the acquisition of land in the Scheduled<br />
Areas for development projects and before resettling or rehabilitating '<br />
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