Volume : 2, Issue : 10, October - 2013

Local Government in India– An Analysis

N. M. Khan, Dr B. M. Ratnakar

Abstract :

Decentralization is a prime mechanism through which democracy as a form of government signifies the empowerment of people and grass root democracy ensuring that genuine participatory development process at the local level empower the local people. A grass root democracy is necessary decentralized democracy in which the management of public affairs operates through a wide network. Decentralization refers to the transfer of authority from higher level of government to a lower level. Today most of the democratic nations of the world have adopted this system. The concept of political decentralization is as old as the concept of Democracy. ‘Bringing government closer to the people’ is the theme behind the decentralization. ‘Returning the power to the people’ is the main slogan behind the democratic decentralization. The Indian Local Self System, which is known as Panchayat Raj System is an innovative mechanism to idge the gap between the rulers and the ruled.