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Decentralization, Rural Governance and Inclusive Growth

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NCAER Conference on Decentralization and Rural Governance
Activity : Conference Event Venue : Fort Dadhikar, Alwar Rajasthan
Admission : Invitation
Event Date : December 17-18-19, 2012
 
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Roundtable on “Can Panchayats Make Services Work for Poor People in Rural India?”
Activity : Workshop Event Venue : NCAER, New Delhi
Admission : On Invitation
Event Date : February 7, 2013
Event Time : 4.00 PM  
 
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A roundtable was organized by the National Council of Applied Economic Research a Roundtable on February 7, 2013 on the issue “Can Panchyats Make Services Work for Poor People in Rural India?” Dr Hari Nagarajan, Senior Fellow, NCAER presented the findings of his study.

Dr Nagarajan spoke about panchayats’ role in delivering services like management of water, health, education and the pathologies related to service delivery. In his presentation he made an observation that the India’s model of decentralization is different from those prevailing in other countries of the world. He remarked that Panchayati Raj Institutions are having increasingly positive impacts on services and there is need to devolve more powers to them.

He emphasized that Gram Sabhas are an important tool for governance related services and must be strengthened.

Ms Yamini Aiyar from Accountability Initiative, CPR noted that in India the issue is not whether decentralization is good or bad, but that centralized administration has clearly failed. She said that the present analysis offers an opportunity to reorganize current institutions in a bottom-up manner. She observed that panchayats need to be looked at not merely as institutions for service delivery but rather as mechanisms of governance. Commenting on the 3Fs- Funds, Functions and Functionaries formula of decentralization, she noted that along with the devolution of money, functional responsibilities and functionaries should also be devolved.

There was a brief question answer session after the discussions and the roundtable ended with a vote of thanks.

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