Grassroots Planning and Local Governance in India: Policy Initiatives and People\'s Participation
Contents: Foreword. Preface. Introduction. 1. Role of Panchayati Raj Institutions in Good Governance and Welfare Delivery: Nations Focus on Grassroots planning and peoples participation/A.N. Tiwari. 2. Space Technology Applications for Rural Development in India/G. Madhavan Nair. 3. Grassroots Level planning in India: Need for strategy for sustainable development/S.S. Meenakshi Sundaram. 4. Inclusive Growth in India: Agenda for New Government/Mohan Dharia. 5. Fiscal Devolution to rural local bodies: An Orissa Perspective/Karunakar Patnaik. 6. National Rural Employment guarantee scheme (NREGS) in India: Costly and corrupting welfarism/T.H. Chowdary. 7. Institutional support and framework for decentralized governance and local government in India/Venkatarao Ghorpade. 8. Globalisation, local democracy and inclusive governance: Initiatives and outcomes in India/S.N. Sangita and T.K. Jyothi. 9. Grassroots governance and people’s participation at work after implementation of PESA: evidences from tribal regions of Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Gujarat States/Yatindra Singh Sisodia. 10. District Planning Committees and Grassroots level planning: some issues with reference to Karnataka State/M. Devendra Babu. 11. Panchayati Raj in Haryana: A Strategy for Effective functioning in delivery of services/Rajvir S. Dhaka. 12. Rural Governance for inclusive growth: The Indian experience/N. Sivanna. 13. Role performance of grassroots leaders in Andhra Pradesh: A study/V. Suresh and B. Krishnamurthy. 14. Participatory institutions and people’s practices in India: An analysis of decentralization experiences in Kerala State/K. Rajesh. 15. Local Governance in Scheduled Areas: A Study of Andhra Pradesh/M. Arun Kumar. 16. Empowering Women: Some Aspects of the Karnataka Experience/K. Subha and B.S. Bhargava. 17. Equality without Reservations: Its Feasibility for Indian Women/A. Rizwana. 18. Creating the Social Base for Self governance in India: Panchayati Raj Institutions and the Seva Mandir Experience/Neelima Khetan. 19. Village Council: An Institution of Grassroots level administration in Mizoram/J. Zahluna. 20. Interventions for Women Empowerment in India: A Study in Gujarat State/P. Arjun Rao and A.V. Yadappanavar. 21. Decentralized Planning in India: The Haryana Experience/Ranbir Singh. 22. Democratic Decentralization and delivering good governance in India: Expectations from the people at the grassroots/D. Sundar Ram. Appendices. Bibliography. Index.
The present volume aims to map the spectrum of new vision for inspiring journey into the future of Panchyati Raj and Nagar Palika Institutions, with more powers and functions. This volume is a collection of 22 original essays presented by prominent policy makers, academicians, researchers, administrators, social activists and planners. (jacket)
