{"id":2069,"date":"2024-04-03T10:14:52","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T04:44:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/?p=2069"},"modified":"2024-04-03T10:15:27","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T04:45:27","slug":"q-with-reference-to-scheduled-areas-in-india-consider-the-following-statements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/upsc\/q-with-reference-to-scheduled-areas-in-india-consider-the-following-statements","title":{"rendered":"Q. With reference to \u2018Scheduled Areas\u2019 in India, consider the following statements :"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Within a State, the notification of an area as Scheduled Area takes place through an Order of the President.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The largest administrative unit forming the Scheduled Area is the District and the lowest is the cluster of villages in the Block.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The\u00a0<strong>Chief Ministers of the concerned States<\/strong>\u00a0are required to submit annual reports to the Union Home Ministry on the administration of Scheduled Areas in the States.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How many of the above statements are correct?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"mcq wp-block-list\">\n<li>Only one<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Only two<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>All three<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>None<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Answer: (b) Only two<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"notes-hd-660cd9c9ebba3\">Notes:<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In the<strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/inshorts\/article-244-of-indian-constitution-upsc\/\">Article 244(1)<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0of the Constitution, expression Scheduled Areas means such areas as the\u00a0<strong>President may by order declare to be Scheduled Areas<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Criteria for declaring any area as a \u201cScheduled Area under the Fifth Schedule are:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Preponderance of tribal population<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Compactness and reasonable size of the area<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>A viable administrative entity such as a district, block or taluk. So, statement 2 is correct.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Economic backwardness of the area as compared to the neighboring areas.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>District is considered as the largest administrative unit\u00a0<\/strong>which forms the Scheduled Area while the lowest administrative unit is the cluster of villages in the Block.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Governor of each State having Scheduled Areas therein shall annually<\/strong>, or whenever so required by the President,\u00a0<strong>make a report to the President regarding the administration of the Scheduled Areas\u00a0<\/strong>in that State and the executive power of the Union shall extend to the giving of directions to the State as to the administration of the said areas\u201d.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Governor\u2019s Report must be submitted annually in accordance with the\u00a0<strong>provisions outlined in para\u00a03 of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/schedules-of-the-indian-constitution-upsc\/\">Fifth Schedule<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/upsc-notes\/constitution-of-india\/\">Constitution<\/a>\u00a0for the following states: Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Rajasthan, and Telangana.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How many of the above statements are correct? 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