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Local Governance in India
Experiences after the Constitutional Amendments
Overview
The book, broadly, covers the experiences of Decentralisation in South Asia in general and India in specific.
Indian Context
The focus is on Institutional arrangements for Democratic Decentralisation, Constitutional mandatory provision of reservations to the lower castes, Scheduled Tribes and women. It also discusses the role of local governance in service delivery, such as MGNREGA, Public Distribution through E-governance mechanism, Health Services, transference accountability, institutional conflicts, and experiences since constitutional amendment Acts.
Focus Areas
Another important element of the book is that it has focused on two types of areas: one is All India perspective and another one is emerging experiences from different states of India. The states include Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Kerala, Maharashtra, Odisha, Telangana, Uttarakhand, and West Bengal.
Policy and Emerging Issues
The volume also deals with Policy perspective of the Indian state, and emerging issues such as devolution of funds, functions, and functionaries, community participation planning, natural resource management, centrally sponsored schemes, parallel institutions, and the need to strengthen these institutions for inclusive governance.
