Includes bibliographical references (p. [380]-388) and index.

Introduction: Grassroots Democratic Institutions
in India: Action Plan for Decentralised Planning
D. Sundar Ram
1. Role of Panchayati Raj Institutions in Good
Governance and Welfare Delivery: Nation's
Focus on Grassroots Planning and People's
Participation
A.N. Tiwari
2. Space Technology Applications for Rural
Development in India
Dr. G. Madhavan Nair
3. Grassroots Level Planning in India:
Need for Strategy for Sustainable Development
Dr. S.S. Meenakshi Sundaram, IAS (Retd.)
4. Inclusive Growth in India: Agenda for
New Government
Dr. Mohan Dharia
5. Fiscal Devolution to Rural Local Bodies:
An Orissa Perspective
KarunakarPatnaik, IAS (Retd.)
6. National Rural Employment Guarantee
Scheme (NREGS) in India: Costly and
Corrupting Welfarism
Dr. T.H. Chowdary
7. Institutional Support and iTamework for
Decentralised Governance and Local
Governments in India
Venkatarao Ghorpade
8. Globalisation, Local Democracy and Inclusive
Governance: Initiatives ami Outcomes in India
S.N. Sangita and T.K. Jyothi
9. Grassroots Governance and People's Participation
at Work after Implementation of PESA:
Evidences from Tribal Regions of Madhya Pradesh,
Rajasthan and Gujarat States
Dr. Yatlndra Singh Sisodia
10. District Planning Committees and Grassroots
Level Planning: Some Issues with Reference to
Karnataka State
Dr. M. Devendra Babu
11. Panchayati Raj in Haryana: A Stiategy for
Effective Functioning in Delivery of Services
Dr. RajvirS. Dhaka
12. l^ural Governance for Inclusive Growth:
The Indian Experience
N. Sivanna
13. Role Performance of Grassroots Leaders in
Andhra Pradesh: A Study
V. Suresh and B. Krishnamurthy
14. Participatory Institutions and People's Practices
in India: An Analysis of Decentralisation
Experiences in Kerala State
K. Rajesh
15. Local-Governance in Scheduled Areas:
A Study of Andhra Pradesh
M. Arun Kumar
16. Empowering Women: Some Aspects of the
Karnataka Experience
Dr. K. Subha and Dr. B.S. Bhargava
17. Equality witliout Reservations;
It's Feasibility for Indian Women
Dr. A. Rizwana
18. Creating the Social Base for Self-Governance
in India: Panchayati Raj Institutions and the Seva
Mandir Experience
Neelima Khetan
19. Village Council: An Institution of Grassroots
Level Administration in Mizoram
J. Zahluna
20. Interventions for Women Empovvernient in India:
A Study in Gujarat State
P. ArjunRao and A.V. Yadappanavar
21. Decentralised Planning in India:
TheHaryana Experience
Ranbir Singh
22. Democratic Decentralisation and Delivering
Good Governance in India: Expectations from
the People at the Grassroots
D. Sundar Ram