Incomplete success

Second roundtable of state ministers on panchayati raj

Bank on people

What a new minimum livelihood programme must do, at the least

Federalism or local self-rule?

It's a great shame for India's democracy that we have to choose between the two

Limited democracy

Panchayati raj institutions have not given much justice to Dalits

Panchayat power

Give more power to local bodies

Right track

Finance Commission for direct funding of local bodies

Divine protection

Kumaon villagers discover that gods are the best forest guards

Decentralisation snag

No takers

No elections, no funds

An official vendetta

The recent MEF move for statewide appointments of van mukhiyas stir a hornets' nest

Panchayat power

Consolidating grassroots democracy -- a strident demand by the people

The law holds no water

The state holds water resources in trust; it exercises proprietory rights over them

Poll hurdles

Several problems ail the panchayat elections

Coke high

Court's green signal to Plachimada plant

People's power

In line of fire

Legislators' prize scheme

Participatory pangs

Local governments and the problem of development programmes

The joke

Decentralisation

Good bye, people's planning

The programme had little place in the debates of the recent Kerala panchayat elections

The state of welfare

Is the UPA government on social overdrive?

Unity in adversity

Divisive move

Attempted panchayati raj reforms in Madhya Pradesh

Troubled start

Creation of panchayati raj ministry sparks row