THERE is something rotten in the debate on direct rural development funding to the districts (see: "Devolution meet a damp squib" [2]). First, let's look at how the Union government approaches the issue. It is tired of state governments' steady refusal to decentralise real power
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/opinion/federalism-or-local-self-rule
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/full6.asp%3Ffoldername%3D20040731%26amp%3Bfilename%3Dnews%26amp%3Bsec_id%3D4%26amp%3Bsid%3D30
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/down-earth
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rural-development
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/finance
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/panchayats
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india