Rural Development and Panchayati Raj in India
Contents: Preface. 1. Rural infrastructure and regional development. 2. Childhood development policy and programming. 3. Growth and poverty alleviation. 4. India’s administrative development. 5. Gender justice: cast studies. 6. Panchayat Samity Members in National Health and Family Welfare Programs. 7. Theoretical foundations of administrative reforms in India. Bibliography. Index.
Panchayat Raj is an ancient institution as antique as India. In fact, it has been the backbone of Indian villages since the beginning of recorded history. The institution of Panchayati Raj is specifically designed for rural population to take care of the problem of rural areas. It provides the administrative apparatus for implementation of the programmes of rural development. The basic objective Panchayati Raj is to evolve a system of democratic decentralization and devolution of people with a view to ensuring rapid socio-economic progress and speedier and inexpensive justice. Panchayats have been the backbone of the Indian villages since the beginning of the recorded history and to enlist people’s participation in rural reconstruction in the twenty-first century.
Panchayat Raj is an ancient institution as antique as India. In fact, it has been the backbone of Indian villages since the beginning of recorded history. The institution of Panchayati Raj is specifically designed for rural population to take care of the problem of rural areas. It provides the administrative apparatus for implementation of the programmes of rural development. The basic objective Panchayati Raj is to evolve a system of democratic decentralization and devolution of people with a view to ensuring rapid socio-economic progress and speedier and inexpensive justice. Panchayats have been the backbone of the Indian villages since the beginning of the recorded history and to enlist people’s participation in rural reconstruction in the twenty-first century.
