How green were the forests

The van panchayats of the Uttar Pradesh hills were created to restore the vital link between villagers and their forests. Today, they are prime …

End of the postal runner

Terms of estrangement

Follow Up

Power to the people

The NGO problem

Haryana's brew

Over panchayati raj

Women's rule

Should be extended, suggests panchayati raj meet

Devolve further

Less populous and more homogenous, wards serve Panchayati Raj better

Effective art

Survey: Making waves

While it is known that radio reaches about 90 per cent of India's population, what is new -- and good news -- is that it is an extremely …

Panchayat power

Give more power to local bodies

Right track

Finance Commission for direct funding of local bodies

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

New raj wars the old

Its high time the panchayati raj institutions in India reviewed their actual role in spelling out developmental processes

Panchayats' working women

Slowly but steadly, women elected to panchayats are asserting themselves and, in the process, giving a new thrust to grassroot governance

Tribal turmoil

Upbeat about the restoration of ownership rights, Gadchiroli tribals march towards self-governance

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