Local Governance - An Inspiring Journey into the Future. 6th Report.

Abstract

In this report on Local Governance, the Administrative Reforms Commission has examined in detail the issues relating to rural and urban local governance in India with a special focus on the need for real democratic decentralisation in the country in order to usher in genuine grass roots democracy as envisaged by the founding fathers of our republic and as now specifically mandated by our Constitution. The Report examines these issues in three parts - the first part deals with common issues of local governance that are relevant for both rural and urban areas as well as the rural-urban continuum; the second deals with rural governance issues; and the third with urban governance.