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Contrasting Experiences of Decentralization in Two States in India

In: Foundations for Local Governance

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  • Chihiro Saito

    (Nihon Fukushi University)

  • Rika Kato

    (Civic and Economic Affairs Bureau)

Abstract

As similar trends towards decentralization in the developing world became apparent in the 1990s, India enacted the Seventy-third and Seventy-fourth Constitutional Amendments in 1993. Direct elections were required in each of the three tiers of local self-government, panchayat (which generally mean rural local government).1 Some of the representation came to be reserved for women and people from low-caste groups. In this way, authority principally over local infrastructure and welfare schemes was devolved in India. However, the details of the new system of local government were left to each state and therefore the systems differ significantly. In reality, the average extent of genuine functional or fiscal devolution remains low, with state bureaucrats continuing to retain control over public services in all but three or four states (Chaudhuri 2006).

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  • Chihiro Saito & Rika Kato, 2008. "Contrasting Experiences of Decentralization in Two States in India," Springer Books, in: Fumihiko Saito (ed.), Foundations for Local Governance, chapter 5, pages 93-111, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-7908-2006-5_5
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7908-2006-5_5
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