Bench Marking of Rural Local-Self Government in India:Some Ground Realities at Grassischolar_mains Level

The book makes an effort to assess the ground realities prevailing at all the three levels of Panchayats across 14 Indian States, and provides a benchmark in terms of suggestions and recommendations. The book is based on a study undertaken by Centre for Research in Rural and Industrial Development (CRRID), Chandigarh by organising 67 workshops and some contact programmes in 14 selected States at all the three levels of Panchayats. The focus of the study relies upon examining and understanding the functioning of rural localself government institutions covering 14 selected States across India