Polity and Constitution

Democratic decentralisation: committees, DRDAs and evolution

• Local self-government as democratic decentralisation
• Balwant Rai Mehta Committee 1957 and the three-tier scheme
• Ashok Mehta, G. V. K. Rao, L. M. Singhvi and Thungon Committees
• Historical role of District Rural Development Agencies
• Devolution of funds, functions and functionaries; challenges