As per provisions of the Panchayats (extension to the Scheduled Areas) Act 1996, Gram Sabhas located in the Schedule-V areas are to approve of the plans, programmes and projects for social and economic development before such plans, programmes and projects are taken up for implementation by the Panchayat at the village level. They are responsible for identification or selection of persons as beneficiaries under the poverty alleviation and other programmes.
The act also provides that the Gram Sabha or the Panchayats at the appropriate level shall be consulted before making the acquisition of land in the Scheduled Areas for development projects and before re-settling or rehabilitating persons affected by such projects in the Scheduled Areas; the actual planning and implementation of the projects in the Scheduled Areas shall be coordinated at the State level; the recommendations of the Gram Sabha or the Panchayats at the appropriate level shall be made mandatory prior to grant of prospecting license or mining lease for minor minerals in the Scheduled Areas.
As per Section 4(k) of the Act, recommendations of the Gram Sabha or the Panchayats at the appropriate level shall be made mandatory prior to grant of prospecting license or mining lease for minor minerals in the Scheduled Areas and Section 4 of the Act provides that prior recommendation of the Gram Sabhas or the Panchayats at the appropriate level shall be made mandatory for grant of concession for the exploitation of minor minerals by auction.
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