Democracy, Governance and Development

This book Democracy, Governance and Development:A Panchayati Raj Perspective offers an evaluation of the potential of the Panchayati Raj system to effectively deliver the fruits of good governance in a participatory democracy to assess as to how much in real practice such a potential has led to create confidence among the rural masses. Based on field investigation of relevant details of services provided by way of Panchayati Raj Institution working to transform the quality of rural life in India, this book is of value for planners, policy makers, legislators, researchers working on rural development, tribal development, women and youth empowerment and others generally keen to understand how good governance is a cure which development minded government with its bureaucratic machinery and grassroots level people’s representatives could effectively use for fulfillment of the constitutional commitments to serve the masses for a life of dignity through peace, progress and prosperity achieved through exemplary orders of voluntary and conscious participation to make government programmes real successes.