Volume : 2, Issue : 12, December - 2013

Problem and Prospects of Schedule Tribe Women In Local Governance with Reference to Chitradurga District of Karnataka

Dr. Pallavi. S. Kusugal, Dr. Nagaraja. S

Abstract :

Local governments have relevance now in responsive, transparent, participatory and accountable to the people and in the Indian context, the most deprived sections of society such as the dalits, tribals, and women. It is said that ‘politics is about power’, but democratic politics is and should be about inging power down to the people or empowering them. Decentralization therefore may be defined as the empowerment of the local population through the empowerment of local governments. The constitution defines Panchayats as “institutions of self–government” and requires the state legislature to create such institutions. Here, this paper examines the problems and prospects of schedule Tribe Women in local governance with reference to Chitradurga district of Karnataka state.