The Struggle for Local Government: Indian Democracy's New Phase

Peter Ronald deSouza

Publius: The Journal of Federalism, 2003, vol. 33, issue 4, 99-118

Abstract: The 73-super-rd Constitutional Amendment of 1993 giving local government a constitutional status introduced new institutions into the working of Indian democracy through several significant innovations, such as reservations of seats for marginal groups, women, Dalits, and Adivasis; creation of a decentralized planning mechanism; establishment of state election commissions to oversee local elections and state finance commissions to prepare a blueprint for sharing of state revenues; and institutionalization of the village assembly (gram sabha). This article examines the implications of these innovations for local government and vulnerable groups in the context of Indian democracy. It does so within the larger debate on the capability of political institutions to produce outcomes and so a new political culture. Copyright 2003, Oxford University Press.

Date: 2003
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