INDIA'S SCHEDULED AREAS: UNTANGLING GOVERNANCE, LAW AND POLITICS

This volume explores the complexities of governance, law, and politics in India’s Scheduled areas. The Scheduled areas (SAS) are those parts of the country which have been identified by the fifth and sixth schedule of the Constitution of India and are inhabited predominantly by tribal communities or Scheduled tribes. Sas are often identified by their geographical isolation, primitive economies, and relatively egalitarian and closely knit society. Irrespective of the constitutional provision for governance and a mandate of devolution of power in terms of funds, functions and functionaries, the backwardness of these areas have remained a challenge.