Simply Put: Conserving forests or rules?
Give more power to local bodies
People's power
Stillborn law
Leaves tribals power-starved
Divisive move
Attempted panchayati raj reforms in Madhya Pradesh
Recall rights
Gram sabhas and bureaucrats slug it out in Maharashtra
Goa disbands panchayats
Children's swaraj
Karnataka turns governance into child's play with kids' assemblies
More land for landless
Proposed change in land law may cause inter village disputes