PANCHAYAT RAJ ACT-Local Self-Government and Decentralised Development

Local Self-Government and Decentralised Development K P Kannan The framework for local bodies as laid down in the 73rd and 74th Amendments to the Constitution and the follow-up action required at the state level for the local bodies to come into existence within the stipulated one year and start functioning as effective units of self government as well as for local level planning and development were the focus of a recent seminar at the Centre for Development Studies. Thiruvananthanuram.