IMPLEMENTATION OF PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 244 IN THE FIFTH SCHEDULE STATES

• Article 244(1) read with the Fifth Schedule governs the administration of Scheduled Areas and welfare of Scheduled Tribes in States other than the North-East "Sixth Schedule" states.
• The Governor is the constitutional pivot under Paragraph 5 of the Fifth Schedule, with power to direct that any Parliamentary/State law shall not apply, or apply with modifications, to a Scheduled Area.
• Operationalised through the Tribes Advisory Council (TAC) [Para 4] and extended legislatively via the PESA Act, 1996.
• High UPSC yield: intersects Polity (federalism, special areas), Governance (tribal self-rule), and Social Justice (ST protection).