{"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":"2026-08-12T21:24:05","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T15:54:05","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>\u2014 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\">\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 1<\/i> 73rd Amendment skips Fifth Schedule areas <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> Centre\u2019s special responsibility <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> PESA extends Part IX while protecting tribal custom<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> Bhuria Committee origin <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> \u201cConstitution within the Constitution\u201d <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> Gram Sabha, not elected Panchayat, made the seat of self-rule<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p2\"><span>Body flow<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p>4(a) state laws in consonance with customary law <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> 4(b) natural habitation\/hamlet as village <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> 4(c) every village a Gram Sabha <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> 4(d) Gram Sabha safeguards customs, identity, resources, dispute resolution <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> 4(e) approves plans, selects beneficiaries <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> real powers: minor forest produce, water bodies, markets, money lending, intoxicants, land alienation <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> authority shifts Panchayat <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> Gram Sabha <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <i>Samatha<\/i> upholds tribal resource control<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p3\"><span>Counter-view<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p>promise on paper <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> state laws dilute PESA, power returned to Panchayat, line\/forest departments override Gram Sabha <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b>Dandekar<\/b>: Gram Sabha authority not made superior <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b>Bijoy<\/b>: unfinished agenda<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p4\"><span>Conclusion routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 1<\/i> radical in design, incomplete in practice<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> realisation depends on bending state law and bureaucracy to the Gram Sabha<\/p>\n<\/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":4,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1324\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4736,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1324\/revisions\/4736"}],"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}]}}