Tribal Aspiration Regarding Self -Governance: Pathalgadi movement and implementation of PESA & Forest Right Act in Jharkhand

Abstract

Tribes who always lives close to nature and treat water, land and forest as most sacred for themselves. The tribes from centuries have struggled for these three things and always make resistance for survival of their heritage, In present era of development they have seen a massive loss of their land and livelihood and the laws which are there to protect their right to self -governance are seems to be only in letter and not in spirit. Pathalgadi is a traditional practice of tribes of erecting stone slabs and by writing constitutional provisions which are provided to scheduled areas and empowering gram sabha which in recent years terms unconstitutional by state as some villages in Jharkhand people showed their discontentment with government policies and apathy. This paper focusses on need of empowerment of Gram Sabha by means of PESA Act,1996 and FRA 2006 and in the context of development the indigenous rights of tribes must not be compromised.