![]() It also looks at Panchayati Raj institutions from a Gandhian perspective. ![]() ![]() ![]() The volume studies themes such as the devolution of powers in India, administrative and fiscal decentralisation, decentralised planning, Panchayats in scheduled areas, the sociological aspects of decentralisation, caste, gender and local democracy, capacity building, ICT for local governance, urban local governance, workfare and decentralisation, and decentralised natural resource management. It also discusses the status of service delivery and identifies the issues and challenges involved in achieving development at the local level. It provides a historical overview of developments since the introduction of decentralisation reforms (73rd and 74th Constitutional Amendment Acts) and critically assesses the measures initiated to strengthen decentralised institutions and deepen grassroots democracy. Handbook of Decentralised Governance and Development in India This handbook examines 25 years of decentralised governance and development in India. Table of contents : Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents List of tables List of figures List of contributors Preface Part 1 The setting Chapter 1 Decentralised governance and development in India: An introduction Chapter 2 Seeing PRIs in India and their history from a Gandhian perspective Chapter 3 The evolution of devolution Part 2 Dimensions of decentralisation Chapter 4 Political decentralisation: Role of political parties from colonial times Chapter 5 Rural local governance and administrative decentralisation: An institutional analysis Chapter 6 Fiscal decentralisation in India: Status and raising issues Chapter 7 State–sub-state level fiscal decentralisation in India: Theoretical issues and policy options Chapter 8 Decentralised planning in India: Challenges and prospects Chapter 9 Implementation of PESA and status of panchayat raj institutions in fifth scheduled areas of Indian states: Issues, challenges and ways ahead Part 3 Decentralised rural governance Chapter 10 Deliberative democracy through Grama Sabha: Progress and issues Chapter 11 Decentralised governance in India: The anticipated and the unanticipated Chapter 12 Interrogating local democracy: Formal and informal local governance in Karnataka1 Chapter 13 Good governance in Gram Panchayats of Kerala: Not so good? Chapter 14 Capacity development for good governance in Panchayats: Status, effectiveness and issues Chapter 15 ICT for local governance: Status, emerging issues and prospects Part 4 Decentralised urban governance Chapter 16 Decentralised governance in urban areas: Problems and prospects from a socio-historical perspective1 Chapter 17 Urban local governance: Revisiting the fundamentals Chapter 18 Intergovernmental transfers to urban local bodies in India: Issues and directions for reforms Part 5 Sectorial aspects of decentralisation Chapter 19 Implementing workfare through decentralised government for poverty reduction Chapter 20 The policy and practice of decentralised natural resource management in India Chapter 21 Devolving rights to forest dwellers: Politics of institutional choice and recognition in the Forest Rights Act implementation process in West Bengal, India Index Recommend Papers ![]()
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