Madhya Pradesh government has implemented PESA Act. What does S stand for in PESA?

The Government of Madhya Pradesh has implemented the Panchayats Extension to Scheduled Areas (PESA) Act in the state. Panchayat Extension to Scheduled Areas (PESA) Act has been implemented to preserve the tribal population from exploitation with the active involvement of the Gram Sabhas. Ø  PESA Act in the scheduled areas provides for the constitution of a gram sabha for a village in the scheduled area and more than 50 percent of voters of the cluster of hamlets may propose the constitution of a separate ‘gram sabha’ to the district administration. Ø  Every gram sabha will act as an autonomous body and it will have an office in the area under the jurisdiction of the Gram Sabha. Ø  PESA Act will also allow the gram panchayats to decide matters that are related to minor forest produce, land, and small water bodies along with an implementation of government schemes. Ø  It will also maintain records of the migrant laborers for curbing the bonded labour in these scheduled areas. About Madhya Pradesh Founded: 1 November 1956    Capital: Bhopal   Chief minister: Shivraj Singh Chouhan