#763
March 2023
LOCAL GOVERNANCE
evaluating 30 years of
the 73rd and 74th
constitutional amendments
Cover design by www.designosis.in
NEXT MONTH : THINKING ABOUT THE BODY
symposium participants
Posed by Rahul Verma, Fellow, Centre for Policy Research, Delhi
Mukulika Banerjee, Associate Professor, London School of Economics, with
Yamini Aiyar, President and CEO, Centre for Policy Research, Delhi
Satendra Kumar, Senior Researcher, Institute of Asian and Oriental Studies,
University of Zurich
Avani Kapur, Senior Fellow, Centre for Policy Research, and Lead,
Accountability Initiative, Delhi
Anustubh Agnihotri, Assistant Professor, Ashoka University, Sonipat
Rahul
Verma,
Fellow,
Centre
for
Policy
Research,
and
Nishant
Ranjan,
Research Associate, Centre for Policy Research, Delhi
M.R.
Sharan,
Assistant
Professor,
University
of
Maryland;
and
Sabyasachi
Das,
Assistant Professor, Ashoka University, Sonipat
Vasundhara Sirnate, political scientist, journalist, and creator of the India Violence
Archive; and Susan L. Ostermann, Assistant Professor, Keough School of Global
Affairs, University of Notre Dame
Chhavi Rajawat, former sarpanch of Soda, Tonk district
D. Shyam Babu, Senior Fellow, Centre for Policy Research, Delhi
T.R. Raghunandan, Indian Administrative Service (retired); currently Senior Visiting Fellow, Centre for Policy Research, Delhi
Partha
Mukhopadhyay,
Senior
Fellow,
Centre
for
Policy
Research;
and
Neelanjan
Sircar, Senior Fellow, Centre for Policy Research, Delhi
Interview
with
Chandan
Kumar,
writer
of
'Panchayat'
season
1
and
2,
and
Sweksha
Bhagat,
screenwriter
and
teacher
THE PROBLEM
IN CONVERSATION
BETWEEN HOPE AND DESPAIR
THE MISSION CREEP PROBLEM IN PANCHAYAT FINANCES
BUREAUCRACY, LOCAL GOVERNANCE AND DECENTRALIZATION OF
POWER
PANCHAYAT SECRETARY: THE LAST-MILE BUREAUCRAT
DISPUTE RESOLUTION MECHANISMS IN BIHAR
DEMOCRACY IN TRIBAL AREAS OF INDIA AND PAKISTAN
BURSTING THE BUBBLE OF TRADITIONAL LEADERSHIP
DECENTRALIZATION FACILITATED DOMINANT CASTE ENTRENCHMENTS
DECENTRALIZATION IN LIMBO AND DECLINE
PROXIMITY AND PRECARITY IN URBAN GOVERNANCE
WEAVING FICTION THROUGH REALITY
BOOKS
A
review
essay
by
Thibaud
Marcesse,
Assistant
Professor,
Boston
College