The Panchayats (Extension to Scheduled Areas) Act, 1996 (PESA) was enacted to extend the provisions of Part IX of the Constitution relating to Panchayats to the Scheduled Areas referred to in Clause (1) of Article 244 of the Constitution. At the time of its enactment in 1996, there were eight states having Schedule V areas: Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, and Rajasthan. The question likely refers to the number of states that had Schedule V areas when the Act was passed.
The number of States covered under the provisions of the Panchayats (Extension to Scheduled Areas) Act, 1996 are:
Asked in OPSC CS Prelims 2018 · Topic: Panchayati Raj and Community Development (Panchayats (Extension to Scheduled Areas) Act (PESA), 1996: Objectives, Provisions, and Implementation)
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