{"id":92037,"date":"2025-06-01T11:12:36","date_gmt":"2025-06-01T11:12:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/?p=92037"},"modified":"2025-06-01T11:12:36","modified_gmt":"2025-06-01T11:12:36","slug":"with-reference-to-scheduled-areas-in-india-consider-the-following-sta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/with-reference-to-scheduled-areas-in-india-consider-the-following-sta\/","title":{"rendered":"With reference to Scheduled Areas in India, consider the following sta"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With reference to Scheduled Areas in India, consider the following statements:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1. Within a State, the notification of an area as Scheduled Area takes place through an Order of the President.<\/li>\n<li>2. The largest administrative unit forming the Scheduled Area is the District and the lowest is the cluster of villages in the Block.<\/li>\n<li>3. The Chief Ministers of the concerned States are required to submit annual reports to the Union Home Ministry on the administration of Scheduled Areas in the States.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>How many of the above statements are correct?<\/p>\n<p>[amp_mcq option1=&#8221;Only one&#8221; option2=&#8221;Only two&#8221; option3=&#8221;All three&#8221; option4=&#8221;None&#8221; correct=&#8221;option1&#8243;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"psc-box-pyq-exam-year-detail\">\n<div class=\"pyq-exam\">\n<div class=\"psc-heading\">This question was previously asked in<\/div>\n<div class=\"psc-title line-ellipsis\">UPSC IAS &#8211; 2023<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pyq-exam-psc-buttons\"><a href=\"\/pyq\/pyq-upsc-ias-2023.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"psc-pdf-button\" rel=\"noopener\">Download PDF<\/a><a href=\"\/pyq-upsc-ias-2023\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"psc-attempt-button\" rel=\"noopener\">Attempt Online<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<section id=\"pyq-correct-answer\">\nScheduled Areas are administered according to the provisions of the Fifth Schedule of the Constitution.<br \/>\nStatement 1 is correct. Under paragraph 6(1) of the Fifth Schedule, the President may, by order, declare any area to be a Scheduled Area. The modification, increase, decrease, or rescission of Scheduled Areas can only be done by Parliament through law (paragraph 6(2)), but the initial notification is by Presidential Order.<\/p>\n<p>Statement 2 is incorrect. The Fifth Schedule does not specify that the largest administrative unit must be a District and the lowest a cluster of villages. The definition and extent of a Scheduled Area are as specified in the President&#8217;s order. A Scheduled Area can comprise an entire district, parts of a district, or even smaller areas like a cluster of villages or a block, depending on the concentration of the tribal population and other relevant factors. There is no uniform administrative unit requirement fixed by the Schedule itself.<\/p>\n<p>Statement 3 is incorrect. Paragraph 3 of the Fifth Schedule requires the *Governor* of each state having Scheduled Areas to submit annually, or whenever so required by the President, a report to the *President* regarding the administration of the Scheduled Areas in that State. The report is submitted to the President, not the Union Home Ministry, and by the Governor, not the Chief Minister.<br \/>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"pyq-key-points\">\n&#8211; Scheduled Areas are notified by the President.<br \/>\n&#8211; The administrative units forming Scheduled Areas are not rigidly fixed as District for largest and cluster of villages for lowest; it varies as per Presidential order.<br \/>\n&#8211; The Governor submits an annual report on the administration of Scheduled Areas to the President.<br \/>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"pyq-additional-information\">\nThe Fifth Schedule contains provisions for the administration and control of Scheduled Areas and Scheduled Tribes in any state other than Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura, and Mizoram, which are covered by the Sixth Schedule. Tribal Advisory Councils are also established in states having Scheduled Areas or Scheduled Tribes.<br \/>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With reference to Scheduled Areas in India, consider the following statements: 1. Within a State, the notification of an area as Scheduled Area takes place through an Order of the President. 2. The largest administrative unit forming the Scheduled Area is the District and the lowest is the cluster of villages in the Block. 3. &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"With reference to Scheduled Areas in India, consider the following sta\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/with-reference-to-scheduled-areas-in-india-consider-the-following-sta\/#more-92037\">Detailed Solution<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">With reference to Scheduled Areas in India, consider the following sta<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1092],"tags":[1105,1099,1357],"class_list":["post-92037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-upsc-ias","tag-1105","tag-indian-polity-and-governance","tag-special-provision-for-certain-classes","no-featured-image-padding"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.2 (Yoast SEO v23.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>With reference to Scheduled Areas in India, consider the following sta<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Scheduled Areas are administered according to the provisions of the Fifth Schedule of the Constitution. 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