Local Governance in India Kumar Chandan1 Ph. D. Scholar in Department of Political Science, University of Delhi 1Guest Faculty (S.O.L., University of Delhi) Online published on 22 June, 2018. Abstract The rhetoric and theory of decentralisation promise better governance and deeper democracy as public officials are held more directly accountable for their actions and as citizens become more engaged in local affairs. Practice over more than twenty one year's of panchayati raj institutions or local governments in India, however, suggests that new challenges and issues for panchayati raj institutions and democratic decentralisation process. Government of India and Indian States Government are taking actions against these new challenges and issues of local governance but these initiatives and examples are very few. Globalization and the information revolution are motivating a large and growing number of countries around the globe to re-examine the roles of various levels of government and their partnership with the private sector and civil society. These reforms typically involve shifting responsibilities to local governments and beyond government providers, with the objective of strengthening local governance. And majority of states are taking actions again this revolution but local governance we can see as a decentralisation of political power and what questions about fiscal decentralisation, because specially in third world countries are not taking actions for fiscal decentralisation, just because of their own interest and hegemony. Local Governances are trying to involve more and more people at grassroots level for efficient management of economic resources and social upliftment. It is strategy to make government responsive, accountable and democratic. Top Keywords Local Government, Local Governance, Government, Governance, Civil Society, and Policies. Top |