Abstract In India, the historically disadvantaged groups of tribal people categorised as the Schedule Tribes have largely remained on the fringes of growth. There is a constitutional provision the Sixth Schedule applicable in certain areas of tribal territorial majorities in the North East of India that recognises the. The question is how effective these legal mechanisms are in protecting the tribal population against marginalisation. This article presents a case study of the socio-political dynamics of community ownership and control of land in the Khasi Hills of Meghalaya, a state in North East India where the tribal people are in the majority. This work aims to analyse more closely the operations and efficacy of the Sixth Schedule as a land governance framework.

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印度梅加拉亚邦卡西山的部落代表制和地方土地治理

摘要在印度，归类为附表部落的历史上处于不利地位的部落群体在很大程度上仍处于增长边缘。宪法第6附则的规定适用于承认印度东北部的某些部落领地多数地区。问题是这些法律机制在保护部落人口免遭边缘化方面有多有效。本文提供了一个案例研究，研究了印度东北部梅加拉亚邦（Meghalaya）卡西山（Khasi Hills）的社区所有权和土地控制权的社会政治动态，该部落是部落居民中占多数的州。这项工作旨在更紧密地分析《第六附表》作为土地治理框架的运作和效力。