Local Governance in India : Experiences After the Constitutional Amendments

ABOUT THE BOOK:- The book, broadly, covers the experiences of Decentralisation in South Asia in general and India in specific. In Indian context the focus is on Institutional arrangements for Democratic Decentralisation, Constitutional mandatory provision of reservations to the lower casts, Scheduled Tribes and women, the role of local governance in service delivery, such as MGNREGA, Public Distribution through E-governance mechanism, Health Services, transference accountability, intuitional conflicts and experiences since constitutional amendment Acts. Another important element of the book is that it has focused on two types of areas, one is All India perspective and another one is emerging experiences from different states of India. The states includes Andhra Pradesh Assam, Kerala, Maharashtra, Odisha, Telangana, Uttarakand and West Bengal. The volume also deals with Policy perspective of the Indian state, the emerging issues such as devolution of funds functions and functionary's, community participation planning, natural resource management, centrally sponsored schemes, parallel institutions and need to strengthen these institutions for inclusive governance. ABOUT THE AUTHOR:- E. Venkatesu obtained higher education from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, and University of Hyderabad. He was fellow Sir Ratan Tata Trust-Naandi Foundation. He worked as training and research coordinator in Society Elimination of Rural Poverty, Hyderabad and faculty in the Centre for Panchayati Raj of National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj. He was Coordinator for the National Advisory-cum-Review Committee on Backward Regions Grant Fund appointed by the Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Government of India. He was Member of the delegation led by the Union Minister for Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, Govt. of India to Norway in 2010. He is member advisory committee, Decentralisation Community Solution Exchange of India (UNDP). At present he is faculty in the Department of Political Science, University of Hyderabad and also coordinating Lokniti (CSDS) activities for Andhra Pradesh. He has published Grassroots Politics in India (2009) and Panchayats and Building of Model Villages (2013). The areas of interest are public policy, governance, election studies, social movements and human rights. CONTENTS:- Foreword . 7 Preface . 9 Acknowledgements . 13 Introduction . 15 List of Contributors . 19 1. Local Governance in Selected Asia-the Pacific Countries . 21 —S K Singh 2. Urban Local Governance in India- An Analysis . 39 —Shankari Murli 3. Ward Committees, Citizen Participation in Urban Governance: Experiences of Kerala and Maharashtra. 51 —Yacoub Zachariah Kuruvilla and Smita Waingankar 4. Structural and Functional Aspects of Panchayats and Autonomous Councils in Assam . 75 —Harsha, S. 5. Devolution of Funds, Functions and Functionaries: An Odisha Experience . 93 —Janmejay Sahu 6. Local Body Elections and OBC Reservation in Andhra Pradesh . 105 —K. Kondala Rao 7. Democratic Decentralisation and Political Participation of Backward Castes in Andhra Pradesh: Pros and Cons . 113 —Gooru Sreeramulu 8. Democratic Decentralisation and Religious Minorities: A Case Study of West Bengal . 127 —Sk. Abdul Matin 9. Empowerment of Women through Reservations in Panchayati Raj Institutions: An Analysis . 141 —Shriram Yerankar 10. Panchayat Extension to Scheduled Fifth Areas- An Assessment of its Implementation . 159 —Mahi Pal 11. Governing the Scheduled Areas: Appraising the Decentralisation and Self-Rule in Adilabad District of Telangana . 169 —Jadhav Prathap Singh 12. Rural Development, Local Governance and Implementation of MGNREGA . 185 —E. Venkatesu 13. Public Distribution System through e-Governance: A Case Study . 213 —I. Ramabrahmam and Gowd Kiran Kumar 14. The Implications of Decentralisation of Health Services: A Case Study of Uttarakhand. 235 —Mehar Puri 15. Inclusion of Local Community in a Model of Public– Private Partnership for Environment and Climate Governance in India . 249 —Umar Jalees Moniri 16. Implementation of MGNREGA: Top down Design without Accountability . 259 —Murali Karnam 17. Transparency and Accountability Mechanism in Panchayats and Autonomous Councils: A Comparative Study in Assam . 267 —Harsha, S 18. Panchayati Raj Institutions in Goa and Emerging Constraints for the Participation of People in Post 73rd Amendment Era . 281 —Aditi M. Rane 19. Two Decades of Democratic Decentralisation in India: Issues and Challenges . 291 —Ch. Bala Ramulu Index . 307 The Title 'Local Governance in India : Experiences After the Constitutional Amendments written/authored/edited by E. Venkatesu', published in the year 2016. The ISBN 9789351282020 is assigned to the Hardcover version of this title. This book has total of pp. 315 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Kalpaz Publications. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is Political Science. Size of the book is 14.34 x 22.59 cms Vol:-