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A two-day ‘PESA Mahotsav: Utsav Lok Sanskriti Ka’ volition beryllium held successful Visakhapatnam connected Tuesday and Wednesday (December 23 and 24, 2025) to people the enactment of the Panchayats (Extension to Scheduled Areas) Act, 1996 (PESA). PESA Day is observed connected December 24 to people the day of the Act.
The lawsuit being organised by the Union Ministry of Panchayati Raj volition beryllium inaugurated by Deputy Chief Minister and Minister for Panchayati Raj & Rural Development, K Pawan Kalyan. The Union Secretary, Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Vivek Bharadwaj, on with different elder officials of the Centre and the State, volition besides be the event. The solemnisation is expected to witnesser the information of astir 2,000 representatives from each 10 PESA States, including panchayat representatives, sportspersons, taste artists and others. The PESA Mahotsav is envisaged arsenic a nationalist level to observe the taste and accepted practice of tribal communities from PESA areas.
According to an authoritative statement, respective important nationalist initiatives connected PESA volition beryllium launched connected December 24, including the PESA Portal for dissemination of accusation and monitoring of PESA implementation, PESA Indicators to measure the presumption of implementation crossed States, Training Modules connected PESA successful Tribal Languages to fortify consciousness and grassroots capacity-building and an E-book connected Kinnaur territory of Himachal Pradesh, documenting the region’s accepted knowledge, civilization and heritage.
As portion of the celebration, peculiar Gram Sabhas volition beryllium held successful PESA Gram Panchayats of Andhra Pradesh with the information of elected representatives from the participating States connected 10 identified PESA themes. In addition, peculiar Gram Sabhas volition besides beryllium organised crossed each 10 PESA States connected December 24, focusing connected strengthening assemblage participation, extortion of earthy resources and preservation of customary practices, livelihoods and societal justice.
The programme volition witnesser a scope of sports and taste activities, showcasing the diverseness and vibrancy of India’s tribal heritage. The main venue for the Mahotsav volition beryllium Visakhapatnam Port Authority Campus, with activities dispersed crossed Ramakrishna Beach, Indoor Stadium, Cricket Stadium and the Kalavani Auditorium, each successful Visakhapatnam city.
In presumption of Article 243M(4)(b) of the Constitution of India, Parliament enacted “The Provisions of the Panchayats (Extension to the Scheduled Areas) Act, 1996” (called arsenic PESA Act), to widen the provisions of Part-IX of the Constitution, with definite exceptions and modification, to the Scheduled Areas.
Scheduled Areas are those areas which are declared by the President of India. Article 244(1) and the Fifth Schedule of the Constitution woody with provisions relating to the Scheduled Areas. Since those Scheduled Areas are mentioned nether Fifth Schedule of the Constitution, therefore, they are called arsenic Fifth Schedule Areas. Currently, Fifth Schedule Areas person been declared successful 10 States—Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Rajasthan and Telangana.
