Fifth Schedule to the Constitution of India

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The Fifth Schedule to the Constitution of India grants special powers to the State Governors to provide autonomy to the Scheduled Tribes, thereby limiting the effect of Acts of the Central and State Legislatures on the Scheduled Areas.^[1]^[2]^[3]

References

↑ Tewari, Saagar (September 23, 2022). "Framing the Fifth Schedule: Tribal agency and the making of the Indian Constitution (1937–1950)". Modern Asian Studies. 56 (5): 1556–1594. doi: 10.1017/S0026749X21000779 – via Cambridge University Press.
↑ Xaxa, Virginius (November 8, 2019). "Governors and the Fifth Schedule". Economic and Political Weekly. Vol. 54, no. 44.
↑ Singh, Bhupinder (2013). "The Fifth Schedule of the Indian Constitution". Indian Journal of Public Administration. 59 (2): 211–227. doi:10.1177/0019556120130201. S2CID 96501503.

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"Land Governance in Fifth Schedule Areas: A Critical Analysis of Chhattisgarh State".

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[1] Tewari, Saagar (September 23, 2022). "Framing the Fifth Schedule: Tribal agency and the making of the Indian Constitution (1937–1950)". Modern Asian Studies. 56 (5): 1556–1594. doi: 10.1017/S0026749X21000779 – via Cambridge University Press.

[2] Xaxa, Virginius (November 8, 2019). "Governors and the Fifth Schedule". Economic and Political Weekly. Vol. 54, no. 44.

[3] Singh, Bhupinder (2013). "The Fifth Schedule of the Indian Constitution". Indian Journal of Public Administration. 59 (2): 211–227. doi:10.1177/0019556120130201. S2CID 96501503.

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