Tag: economics

• This committee suggested for constitutional recognition of Panchayat Raj System.
  
• The 72^nd and 73^rd constitutional amendment belong to rural area local self-government. They came to force in the year 1991.
  
• Constitutional amendment by which rural self-government was constitutionally recognized is the 72nd amendment.
  
• According to 73rd amendment out of the total number of seats to be filled by the direct elections for local self-governing bodies, 1/3rd have to be reserved for women.
  

National Institute Of Rural Development is an Indian Institute for research in rural development, located In Rajendranagar near Hyderabad.

In order to decentralize power and to make the policies available to the people of even remote areas government has introduced a three-tier system of local governing bodies in the rural areas.

The advantages of decentralization of power include:

• Reduces the burden on top executives
  
• Executive Development
  
• Better control and supervision.
  

Though decentralisation of powers through local self-governing bodies have been proved to be helpful in many ways it has following disadvantages

• Uniform policies not followed
  
• Problem of Co-Ordination
  
• Conflict among different governing bodies and also within 
  

The Community Development Programme was started in India just after independence (1952). It was a multi-project programme, with the aim of an overall development of rural people. This programme consisted of agriculture, animal husbandry, irrigation, cooperation, public health, education, social education, communication, village industries etc.