{"id":1324,"date":"2026-08-09T19:11:44","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:41:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/examine-the-provisions-of-panchayat-extension-services-act-pesa-upsc-psir-2013-2004\/"},"modified":"2026-08-09T21:56:22","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T16:26:22","slug":"examine-the-provisions-of-panchayat-extension-services-act-pesa-upsc-psir-2013-2004","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/examine-the-provisions-of-panchayat-extension-services-act-pesa-upsc-psir-2013-2004\/","title":{"rendered":"Examine the provisions of Panchayat Extension Services Act (PESA), 1996."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pq-flow\">\n<div class=\"pq-flow-h\">Flow snapshot <em>&mdash; how the answer moves<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p1\"><span>Intro routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">(23 73rd Amendment skips Fifth Schedule areas + Centre\u2019s special responsibility &#8211; PESA extends Part IX while protecting tribal custom G23 Bhuria Committee origin &gt; \u201cConstitution within the Constitution\u201d ~ Gram Sabha, not elected Panchayat, made the seat of self-rule<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p2\"><span>Body flow<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">4(a) state laws in consonance with customary law \u2014 4(b) natural habitation\/hamlet as village \u2014 4(c) every village a Gram Sabha \u2014 4(d) Gram Sabha safeguards customs, identity, resources, dispute resolution ~ 4(e) approves plans, selects beneficiaries ~ real powers: minor forest produce, water bodies, markets, money lending, intoxicants, land alienation ~ authority shifts Panchayat \u2014 Gram Sabha ~ Samatha upholds tribal resource control<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p3\"><span>Counter-view<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">promise on paper \u2014 state laws dilute PESA, power returned to Panchayat, line\/forest departments override Gram Sabha ~ Dandekar: Gram Sabha authority not made superior \u2014 Bijoy: unfinished agenda<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p4\"><span>Conclusion routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">GB radical in design, incomplete in practice realisation depends on bending state law and bureaucracy to the Gram Sabha<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[46],"pyq_marks":[31],"pyq_topic":[61],"pyq_paper":[33],"class_list":["post-1324","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-46","pyq_marks-20-marks","pyq_topic-grassroots-democracy","pyq_paper-paper-1"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1324","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/psir_pyq"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1324\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2551,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1324\/revisions\/2551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=1324"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=1324"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=1324"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=1324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}