Role of Panchayats in Welfare Administration

The book is a useful study which contains principles for the growing need of literature in development administration. Various dimension of Panchayati Raj, Implementation and evaluations of welfare and development programmes for weaker sections in rural areas have been analysed with the help of micro study. It also exhaustively deals with centrally sponsored schemes and programmes for poverty alleviation. About The Author:- Dr. Abraham Mathew, is Selection Grade Lecturer, Post-graduate Department of Political Science and Public Administration, St. John's College, Anchal, affiliated to the University of Kerala. Contents:- CONTENTS:- # Acknowledgements 7: 1. Introduction 9: • Concept of Welfare • Evolution of the Welfare State • Welfare: Administration • India - A Welfare State • Welfare: Administration in India • Role of Panchayats in Welfare: Administration • The Panchayati Raj System • Village System: after Independence • The New Panchayati Raj System in: India • The Panchayati Raj System in Kerala - Developments: After the 73rd Constitution Amendment • People’s Planning: • The Sen Committee • Panchayats and Welfare: Administration in Kerala • Statement of the Problem: • Objectives • Hypotheses • Methodology • The Scope and: Relevance of the Study • Limitations of the Study • Scheme: of the Study: 2. The Conceptual Framework of the Study 37: • Welfare • Public Administration • Sustainable Development: • Decentralisation and Panchayati Raj System • Planning: and Poverty Alleviation: 3. Poverty Alleviation Programmes Under the 8th Five: Year Plan 81: • Planning Commission • Five Year Plans • Manpower: Planning and Poverty Alleviation • Human Development in: Kerala • Schemes for Poverty Alleviation: An Analysis •: Jawahar Rozgar Yojana (JRY) • JRY and Employment: Generation: 4. JRY in Action—the Kerala Experience 125: • Purpose and Features • Evaluation Studies of JRY in Kerala: • Need for an Investigative Study • Methodology • Profile of: the Sample Districts • Empirical Data: Profile of the Individual: Benefeciaries • Awareness of the Programme • Employment: Generated • Duration of Employment Generated • JRY and: 6 Role of Panchayats in Welfare Administration: Individual Assets Created • The People who Qualified for: Benefits • Distribution of Assistance • Financial Assistance: • Leakages of Assistance • Technical Assistance • Quality of: Assets Created • Maintenance of Assets • Community Assets: • Implementation of the Project • Transparency • Financing: the Project • Types of Works undertaken • Assets and its: Quality • Maintenance of Assets • Usefulness of the JRY: Scheme: 5. Panchayats and Welfare Administration 165: • Panchayats and their Functions • Centrally Sponsored: Schemes and the Role Assigned to the Panchayats • Role: of Bureaucracy • Profile of the Officials • Implementation of: the Programme • Panchayati Raj and Implementation of: Welfare Projects • Public Participation and Implementation: of JRY Projects • Assets Created • Representatives of the: People and Welfare Administration • Awareness of the: Programme • Implementation of the Programme: • Panchayati Raj and Implementation of Welfare: Programmes • Public Awareness and Participation • Assets: Creation and its Maintenance: 6. Conclusion and Suggestions 205: Appendices 213: Bibliography 251 The Title 'Role of Panchayats in Welfare Administration written/authored/edited by Abraham Mathew', published in the year 2005. The ISBN 9788178354507 is assigned to the Hardcover version of this title. This book has total of pp. 273 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Kalpaz Publications. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is Public Administration. Size of the book is 14.34 x 22.59 cms Vol:-