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PESA Mahotsav 2025
December 28 , 2025
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- The two-day PESA (Panchayats Extension to Scheduled Areas) Mahotsav was held in Visakhapatnam on the occasion of PESA Diwas.
- The Mahotsav aims to empower tribal communities and strengthen recognition of their rights and traditions.
- It provides a national platform to celebrate, preserve and promote tribal culture.
- In 1993, India's Constitution was amended (73rd Amendment) to establish Panchayati Raj Institutions or local governance structures at the village, block, and district levels.
- But, the 73rd Amendment Act did not apply to tribal Scheduled Areas automatically.
- The PESA Act extends the Panchayati Raj system provisions to the tribal-dominated Fifth Schedule Areas.
- In 1996, this act came into force.
- The Act gives Gram Sabhas and Panchayats in these areas additional powers to maintain their traditional governance systems.
- At present, 10 states have Fifth Scheduled Areas.
- The Ministry of Panchayati Raj celebrates December 24, 2024, as PESA Day.
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