TY - BOOK AU - D. Sundar Ram. TI - Grassroots planning and local governance in India: policy initiatives and people's participation SN - 9788184572414 U1 - 320.854 PY - 2010/// CY - New Delhi PB - Academy of Grassroots Studies and Research of India, KW - Local government KW - India KW - Panchayat KW - Rural development KW - Politics and government N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [380]-388) and index; Introduction: Grassroots Democratic Institutions in India: Action Plan for Decentralised Planning D. Sundar Ram 1. Role of Panchayati Raj Institutions in Good Governance and Welfare Delivery: Nation's Focus on Grassroots Planning and People's Participation A.N. Tiwari 2. Space Technology Applications for Rural Development in India Dr. G. Madhavan Nair 3. Grassroots Level Planning in India: Need for Strategy for Sustainable Development Dr. S.S. Meenakshi Sundaram, IAS (Retd.) 4. Inclusive Growth in India: Agenda for New Government Dr. Mohan Dharia 5. Fiscal Devolution to Rural Local Bodies: An Orissa Perspective KarunakarPatnaik, IAS (Retd.) 6. National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) in India: Costly and Corrupting Welfarism Dr. T.H. Chowdary 7. Institutional Support and iTamework for Decentralised Governance and Local Governments in India Venkatarao Ghorpade 8. Globalisation, Local Democracy and Inclusive Governance: Initiatives ami Outcomes in India S.N. Sangita and T.K. Jyothi 9. Grassroots Governance and People's Participation at Work after Implementation of PESA: Evidences from Tribal Regions of Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Gujarat States Dr. Yatlndra Singh Sisodia 10. District Planning Committees and Grassroots Level Planning: Some Issues with Reference to Karnataka State Dr. M. Devendra Babu 11. Panchayati Raj in Haryana: A Stiategy for Effective Functioning in Delivery of Services Dr. RajvirS. Dhaka 12. l^ural Governance for Inclusive Growth: The Indian Experience N. Sivanna 13. Role Performance of Grassroots Leaders in Andhra Pradesh: A Study V. Suresh and B. Krishnamurthy 14. Participatory Institutions and People's Practices in India: An Analysis of Decentralisation Experiences in Kerala State K. Rajesh 15. Local-Governance in Scheduled Areas: A Study of Andhra Pradesh M. Arun Kumar 16. Empowering Women: Some Aspects of the Karnataka Experience Dr. K. Subha and Dr. B.S. Bhargava 17. Equality witliout Reservations; It's Feasibility for Indian Women Dr. A. Rizwana 18. Creating the Social Base for Self-Governance in India: Panchayati Raj Institutions and the Seva Mandir Experience Neelima Khetan 19. Village Council: An Institution of Grassroots Level Administration in Mizoram J. Zahluna 20. Interventions for Women Empovvernient in India: A Study in Gujarat State P. ArjunRao and A.V. Yadappanavar 21. Decentralised Planning in India: TheHaryana Experience Ranbir Singh 22. Democratic Decentralisation and Delivering Good Governance in India: Expectations from the People at the Grassroots D. Sundar Ram ER -