Panchayati Raj in India: An Institutional Failure?
- Author Dr.Santosh Kumar
- DOI
- Country : India
- Subject : Political Science
Keywords : Panchayti Raj System, Democracy, Development, Governance, Performance
Abstract
"Democracy is not only the goal of development; it is the primary means of development.”
For India to build a broad-based, solid foundation for economic and social progress, it must uproot the vestiges of feudalism and instill democratic values and practices. The people who live in India‟s 750,000 villages must become the authors of their own lives, and women must be respected and supported as equal partners in the process of development. Panchayati Raj is of the oldest system of governance in India. It has existed in India since Vedic times as there has several references of Panchayats in Vedas. The description of Panchayats was next picked up by Karl Marx and used to describe what he saw as one of the characteristic features of the societies that existed under „Oriental despotism‟.i In this project the researcher has discussed the functions of the Panchayats and has looked into the system if the Pancahayats are Performing its duty or not and the researcher has in the paper also discussed the evils done by the system of Panchayati Raj. The researcher also states the problem faced by the Panchayats and in the end the researcher has discussed the ways by which these problems can be overcome.
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