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Enablers of Successful Fiscal Decentralisation

Vol. 57, Issue No. 41, 08 Oct, 2022
Parvathy Sailesh, Padmini Ram

Kerala is among the few states that have a successful record in fi scal decentralisation. This study qualitatively analyses primary data from three gram panchayats in Kerala to identify the factors that enable successful decentralised fiscal governance through panchayati raj. Based on the findings of the study, we have constructed a framework to assess the readiness of gram panchayats to carry out successful decentralised fiscal governance.

Fiscal Decentralisation and Finances of Gram Panchayats and Municipalities

Vol. 57, Issue No. 36, 03 Sep, 2022
B A Prakash

Based on a sample of 56 gram panchayats and 14 municipalities, it is concluded that the fiscal decentralisation implemented in Kerala is partial. In the case of intergovernmental fiscal transfers through state finance commissions, there has been delayed implementation of SFC reports, rejection of devolution recommendations, implementation of very few recommendations and non-implementation of accepted recommendations indicating a distorted implementation of fiscal decentralisation. B

Political Reservations and Service Delivery in Village Government

Vol. 57, Issue No. 28, 09 Jul, 2022
Priyanka Pandey, Sandeep Pandey

The impact of reservations for the Scheduled Castes as village heads (pradhans) is examined on school and governance outcomes. In general, SC reservation is not associated with improved outcomes. The impact differs spatially, based on past history of landlord or non-landlord control under British colonial rule. In historically landlord areas with greater presence of dominant classes and already worse school quality and governance, reservations are associated with no change in outcomes. In the non-landlord areas, reservations are associated with worse outcomes. The findings can be attributed to negative perceptions, discrimination and domination faced by the SCs. For effective formal policy empowerment of the SCs, the attitudes, beliefs and perceptions that dictate the informal rules of individual and social group interactions need to be addressed.

Gram Kachahary in Rural Bihar

Vol. 54, Issue No. 47, 30 Nov, 2019
Mahi Pal

Bihar has an innovative system of rural local governance through judicial institutions led by the people. Each gram panchayat has a gram kachahary. How these institutions work, the challenges they face, while settling disputes, and the ways these challenges could be met are examined.

Grass Roots Politics and 'Second Wave of Decentralisation' in Andhra Pradesh

Vol. 38, Issue No. 26, 28 Jun, 2003
Benjamin Powis

This article considers the impact of multiple channels of village level participation from the perspective of the macro political motives and micro political dynamics. Recent fieldwork from Andhra Pradesh shows that party politics plays an important role in elections to local bodies and that a subset of rural voters, that the author calls the 'political stratum', is emerging. The article goes on to consider the importance of newly created political party structures in the state, and their role in establishing de facto horizontal and vertical linkages that have to date been insufficiently accounted for in studies of the matrix of grass roots development associations.

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