Local Governance in India

The book, broadly, covers the experiences of Decentralisation in South Asia in general and India in specific. In Indian context the focus is on Institutional arrangements for Democratic Decentralisation, Constitutional mandatory provision of reservations to the lower casts, Scheduled Tribes and women, the role of local governance in service delivery, such as MGNREGA, Public Distribution through E-governance mechanism, Health Services, transference accountability, intuitional conflicts and experi