India

 Power to the people

THE country took a big step towards giving more power to the people with the Panchayati Raj Act becoming operational on April 23 following all states and Union territories amending their respective

Publication Date: 
30/05/1994
Down to Earth
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Panchayats, India
Water Pollution

 The NGO problem

THE RECENT controversy over the national and global role of non-government organisations (NGOs), generated at the preparatory meeting for the United Nations-sponsored International Conference on

Publication Date: 
14/05/1994
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Development, Panchayats, NGO
India

 No takers

When the Karnataka government announced substantial reservation of seats for the "backward and the oppressed classes" in the state's panchayats in 1992, it was welcomed by most experts and analysts.

Publication Date: 
30/01/1994
Down to Earth
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Tribals, Panchayats, India, Karnataka
India

 A question of control

Karnataka's new panchayati raj law has sparked a debate, with the Congress government saying it gives the people more power and opposition politicians contending it does not.

Publication Date: 
30/10/1993
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Rural Development, Legislation, Panchayats, India, Karnataka
India

 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

Publication Date: 
30/08/1992
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Political Decentralisation, Panchayats, Gram Sabhas
India

 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.

Publication Date: 
30/08/1992
Anumita Roychowdhury
Down to Earth
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Political Decentralisation, Panchayats, Gram Sabhas
India

 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

Publication Date: 
30/08/1992
Down to Earth
Tags:
Political Decentralisation, Panchayats, Gram Sabhas
India

 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

Publication Date: 
30/08/1992
Down to Earth
Tags:
Political Decentralisation, Panchayats, Gram Sabhas
Environment

Towards green villages: a strategy for environmentally sound and participatory rural development

In India, recent micro-experiments clearly show that environmental regeneration is possible if native wisdom and local decision-making is respected. Towards Green Villages sets out an environmental improvement strategy that is based on real life experiences of grassroots work in which people have improved their environment together with their economy. Three initial steps are essential. First, the decline in overall biomass production must be reversed. Second, economic growth and rural development programmes must focus on how to increase biomass in an equitable and sustainable manner.

Publication Date: 
Dec 1988
Anil Agarwal, Sunita Narain
Centre for Science and Environment
Tags:
Environment, Water Harvesting, Afforestation, Chipko Movement, Biomass, Rural Development, Village Level Planning, Governance, Panchayats, Ecosystems
Environment
DHAN Foundation
Development, India, Poverty, Finance, Irrigation, Dryland Farming, Agriculture, Panchayats, Dhan Foundation

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