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TITLE
DECLARATION
CERTIFICATE
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
CONTENTS
LIST OF TABLES
LIST OF FIGURES
1 INTRODUCTION
1.1. Introduction to the Thesis
1.2 Review of Literature
1.3 Research Problem
1.4 Importance of the Study
1.5 Statement of the Objectives
1.6 Area of the Study
1.7. Methodology of the Study
1.8 Sources of Data
1.9 Organisation of the Thesis
Notes and References
2 PANCHAYATI RAJ INSTITUTIONS - STRUCTURE AND COMPOSITION
2.1 Mahatma Gandhi’s Vision
2.2 Panchayati Raj-The Constitutional Status
2.3 Creation of Community Development Blocks
2.4 Balvant Ray Mehta Committee and Three-tier Panchayats
2.5 Asok Mehta Committee and Panchayati Raj
2.6. Planning Commission’s Working Group on District Planning
2.7. Constitutional Amendment
2.7.1 Features of the 73rd Constitution Amendment Act
2.8. Units of Decentralisation Under Panchayati Raj
2.8.1. District as the First Tier of Decentralisation
2. 9. Local Level Planning - Methodologies
2.9.1 The Area Approach
2.9.2 The Demand and Supply Approach
2.9.3 The Potentiality Approach
2.9.4 Other Approaches
2.10. Programmes for Decentralisation
2.10.1 Expert Teams on Programmes of PRIs
2.11. Panchayati Raj Institutions- The Operational Framework
2.12. Pre-requisites for Decentralised Planning
2.13. Shifting of Planning Functions from the State to PRIs
2.14. Planning Machineries at the District Level.
Table 2.1Planning Machineries at the District level
2. 15. Financing the Decentralised Plans:
TABLE 2.2 Allocation of district sector funds on the basis of weightage (in %)
2.16. Decenralised Planning Process in the States
2.16.1. Decentralisation Initiatives by Karnataka and West Bengal
Notes and References
3 PANCHAYATI RAJ INSTITUTIONS IN KERALA
4 PLAN FORMULATION BY PANCHAYATI RAJ INSTITUTIONS IN KERALA
4.1 Phases of PRIs Planning in Kerala
4.2 Grama Sabha- The beginning phase
4.2.1 Operation of Grama Sabha
Table 4.1 District-wise Attendance of People in the First Grama Sabha in Kerala in 1996
5 PANCHAYATI RAJ INSTITUTIONS IN PATHANAMTHITTADISTRICT - AN OVERVIEW
5.1. Demographic Features
Table 5.1 Taluk - wise Population of Pathanamthitta District
5.2. Occupational Distribution of Population
Table 5.2 Occupational Distribution of Population of Pathanamthitta District
5.3 Land Use Pattern
Table 5.3 Classification of Area under Land Utilisation (in Lakh Hectares)
5.4. Distribution of Cropped Area
Table 5.4 Distribution of Cropped Area
5.5. Agricultural Development Programmes
5.6. Animal Husbandry
5.7. Fisheries
5.8. Industrial Development of the District
5.9. Infrastructural Development
5.10. Local Self - Governments
Table 5.5 Composition of the Local Self-Governments in Pathanamthitta District
5.11. Plan Outlay of the Local Self- Governments in Pathanamthitta District
Table 5.6 Plan Outlays of Local Self-Governments in Pathanamthitta District
5.12. Grant-in-aid for PRIs in the Pathanamthitta District
Table 5.7 Grant-in-aid for the Local Self -Governments of Pathanamthitta Districtin 1997-98 (In Rs Lakhs)
Table 5.8 Grant-in-aid for the Local Self -Governments of Pathanamthitta Districtin 1998-’99 (In Rs. Lakhs)
Table 5.9 Grant-in-aid for the Local Self -Governments of Pathanamthitta Districtin 1999-2000 (In Rs. Lakhs)
Table 5.10 Grant-in-aid for the Local Self -Governments of Pathanamthitta Districtin 2000-01 (In Rs. Lakha)
Table 5.11 Grant-in-aid for the Local Self -Governments of Pathanamthitta Districtin 2001-02 (In Rs. Lakhs)
5.13. Resource Mobilisation by the PRIs of Pathanamthitta District.
Table 5.12 The Share of Plan Fund in the Plan Outlays of PRIs (In %)
Table 5.13 The Share of Own Fund in the Plan Outlays of the PRIs (In %)
5.14. Development Projects
Table 5.14 Projects formulated under Production Sector by PRIs of Pathanamthitta District during the Ninth Plan period
Table 5.15 Projects formulated under Service Sector by PRIs of Pathanamthitta District during the Ninth Plan period
Table 5.16 Projects formulated under Infrastructure Sector by PRIs of Pathanamthitta District during the Ninth Plan period
5.15. A Brief Profile of the Sample Units
6 PERFORMANCE OF PANCHAYATI RAJ INSTITUTIONS IN KERALA
6. 1. Frequency and Attendance of People in Grama Sabhas
Table 6. 1 Average Attendance of People in the Proceedings of Grama Sabha over the period 1997-2002 and also the Percentage
Fig.6.1 Attendance of People in the Meetings of Grama Sabha (in %)
6.2. Public Participation in Development Seminars
Table 6.2 Participation of People in Development Seminars
6.3. Plan Outlay of the Village Panchayats
Table 6.3 Plan Outlay of the Village Panchayats (in Rs. Lakhs.)
6.4. Grant-in-aid for the Village Panchayats
Table 6. 4 Grant-in-aid to the Village Panchayats under General Sector (In Rs.Lakhs.)
Table 6.5 Grant-in-aid to the Village Panchayat for the SCP Projects (In Rs.Lakhs)
6.5. Project Formulation
Table 6.6 Projects Formulated by the Village Panchayats Under General Sector (In Nos.)
Fig.6.2 Number of projects formulated by the Village Panchayats under the general sector
Table 6.7 Number of Projects Formulated by the Village Panchayats under SCP (in Nos.)
6.6. Project Implementation by the PRIs
Table 6.8 Project Implementation by the Village Panchayats under General Sector (Nos.)
Table 6.9 Project Impementation by the Village Panchayats Under SCP Category (Nos.)
Fig. 6.3 Trend in the implementation of projects by the Village Panchayats underGeneral and SCP Sectors
6.7. Utilisation of Plan Outlays by the Village Panchayats
Table 6.10 Utilisation of Plan Outlays by the Village Panchayats (In Percentage)
6.8. Plan Fund Utilisation by the Village Panchayats
Table 6.11 Utilisation of Plan Fund by the Village Panchayats (In Percentage.)
Table 6.12 Percentage Decline in the Spending of Plan Fund Compared to the Period 1997-98
Fig.6.4 Nature and trend in the utilisation of the plan fund by the Village Panchayats
Table 6.13 Projects Formulated and Implemented by the Village Panchayats
Fig. 6.5 Projects formulated and implemented by the Village Panchayats
6.9. Resource Mobilisation by the Village Panchayats
6.10. Own Fund
Table 6.14 The Share of Own Fund in the Total Outlays of the Village Panchayats (In %)
Fig. 6.6 Average share of Own Fund in the Plan Outlays of the Village Panchayats
6.11 Institutional Loans
Table 6.15 Share of Institutional Loans in the Plan Outlays of theVillage Panchayats (In %)
6.12. Beneficiary and Voluntary Contributions
Table 6.16 Share of Beneficiary and Voluntary Contributions in thePlan Outlays of the Village Panchayats (In %)
Fig. 6.7 Nature and Trend in the Share of Beneficiary and VoluntaryContributions in the Plan Outlays of the Village Panchayats
Table.6.17 The Share of Grant-in-aid in the Annual Plans of Village Panchayat (In%)
Fig. 6.8 Nature and Trend in the Share of Grant-in-aid in the Plan Outlays ofthe Village Panchayats
6. 13. Achievements of the Panchayati Raj Institutitons
Table 6.18 Individual Beneficiaries of the Programmes of Village Panchayats (In Nos)
6.14. Sectoral Achievements
6.15. Achievements in the Production Sector
Table 6.19 Asset Creation of the Village Panchayats under the Production Sector during the Ninth Plan period
6.16. Achievements in the Service Sector
Table 6.20 Asset Creation of the Village Panchayats under the Service Sector during the Ninth Plan period
6.17. Achievements in the Infrastructure sector
Table 6. 21 Asset Creation of the Village Panchayats under the Infrastructure Sector during the Ninth Plan period
6.18. Social Security Programmes
Table 6.22 Social Security Programmes of Village Panchayats during the Ninth Plan
6.19. Inferences of the Study
Shortcomings in the Functioning of Panchayati Raj Institutions.
Suggestions for Improvement
7 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
Achievements of the Panchayati Raj Institutions
Shortcomings in the Functioning of Panchayati Raj Institutions
Suggestions to make the Panchayati Raj Institutions more effective
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