India's political parties
A study of democracy is incomplete without a study of one of its most fundamental components—political parties. In India, works on the country’s political parties so far have explored, among other things,
Political Decentralisation
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A long haul
Decentralisation in Kerala is the work of a persistent civil society
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The impact
<i> Kerala s income growth rate has increased, among several other positive signs</i>
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Banking on labour
It is a labour bank called Thozhil Sena . Its capital is human labour and the clients are mostly farmers who loan labour at a rate of interest. Perhaps the first of its kind in India, the
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The next challenge
Bureaucrats pose a threat to the process
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Freedoms of two different worlds
The Shuria Committee's "revolutionary" suggestions on revertihg tribal areas back to decentralised Gram Raj systems is unlikely to be accepted by the bureaucracy, says RAHUL
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Give more power to local bodies
IT IS indeed unfortunate that the two Constitutional amendment bills to strengthen Panchayati Raj institutions and urban municipalities have received little public attention. Political
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Bill must ensure power to the people
The political debate on the Panchayati Raj and Nagarpalika bills does not address the issue of giving power to the people so they can take control of their environment.
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The Panchayati Raj bill
• State legislature should decide the powers of gram sabhas. • All states must have panchayats at the village level. But state legislatures can decide if they want panchayats also at
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The Nagarpalika bill
• State legislatures can decide the composition of municipalities. • State legislatures can decide whether they want committees at the ward level or other levels within a municipal
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The third wind
The new challenges before Japan require leadership from not just the government and the corporate sector but also the civil society