CONTENT 1. Report of the Expert Committee on Planning for the Sixth Schedule Areas 1 - 92 2. Minutes of the review meeting of the PESA States on implementation of the Provisions of the Panchayats (Extension to the Scheduled Areas) Act, 1996 held on 13th November, 2007 93-98 3. Article 244 of the Indian Constitution (Schedule & Tribal Areas) 99 4. Fifth Schedule of the Indian Constitution 100-102 5. Sixth Schedule of the Indian Constitution 103 -119 6. Constitution of a Sub-Committee under the chairmanship of Minister of Finance, Kerala for preparation of memorandum containing submissions for the Thirteenth Finance Commission 120-121 7. Constitution of the Technical Committee to advise the Sub-Committee in the preparation of a Joint Memorandum on behalf of the Panchayati Raj Institutions of the Country to the 13th Finance Commission 120-121 8. Report of the Expert Group on IT Programmes of the Ministry of Panchayati Raj 124-172 9. Minutes of the Meeting of the Empowered Sub-Committee of the NDC on Financial and Administrative Empowerment of Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRI) held on 18.1.2008 173-175 10. Notification on the Constitution of Thirteenth Finance Commission 176-177 11. Recommendations of the Second Administrative Reforms Commission on Local Governance 178-199 12. Resolutions adopted at the third meeting of the Council of Ministers at Thiruvananthapuram 17-18 August 2007 200-201 13. Joint Statement of Conclusions signed between Govt. of Maharashtra and Ministry of Panchayati Raj 202 - 206 14. Joint Statement of Conclusions signed between Govt. of Madhya Pradesh and Ministry of Panchayati Raj 207-210 15.Joint Statement of Conclusions signed between Govt. of Tripura and Ministry of Panchayati Raj 211 - 218 16. Joint Statement of Conclusions signed between Union Territory of Puducherry and Ministry of Panchayati Raj 219 - 220 17. Details of Minister of Panchayati Raj visit abroad 221 18. State-wise Utilisation details of the Twelfth Finance Commission grants 222 19. Statement Showing release of Grants of 12* Finance Commission as on 01.02.2008 223 20. Details of States regarding adoption of Fund Transfer Monitoring Software (FTMS) 224 21. Allocations and Expenditure for the schemes of the Ministry of Panchayati Raj during the year 2006-07 225 22. List of Members of the Central Advisory Committee constituted by the Ministry of Panchayati Raj 226 23. Guidelines of the Backward Regions Grant Fund (BRGF) 227 - 292 24. An Index of Devolution for Assessing Environment for Panchayati Raj Institutions in the States by NCAER 293 - 318 25. Concept Paper on Panchayat Yuva Khel Abhiyan 319 - 327 26. Concept Note on Rural Business Hubs 328 - 335 27. Basic Statistics on Panchayati Raj Institutions and Elected Representatives in the three tiers 336 28. Centrally Sponsored Schemes: Identifying a domain for the Panchayati Raj Institutions and list of Centrally Sponsored Schemes 337 - 353 29. Activity Mapping of Arunachal Pradesh 354 - 412 30. Activity Mapping of Assam State 413-520