The people's planning programme in Kerala is under threat of a bureaucratic capture with
government orders and guidelines from above subduing the process of participatory …

There has been a world-wide trend towards decentralisation in recent years. Many countries
have experienced devolution of administrative, political and fiscal responsibilities to lower …

In keeping with the global trend, India too has taken significant steps towards greater
devolution of powers to urban and rural local governments since the early 1990s. The …

The task of restructuring public finance substantially depends on streamlining the multiple
channels of resource flow from the Union to the local governments through the states. In the …

CESS Monograph-49 2 govern (i) the distribution between the state and LBs (PRIs and
ULBs) of the net proceeds of taxes, duties, tolls and fees leviable by the state and the inter …

The Twelfth Finance Commission has broken new ground in several key areas and made
recommendations which, if fully implemented, will have a far-reaching impact on the …

State finance commissions ensure that finances are appropriately devolved to all the tiers of
the panchayat bodies. This role is supplemented by the central finance commission …

The People's Campaign for Participatory Planning in Kerala, which is celebrating its silver
jubilee this year, is now widely recognised as the most enduring as well as one of the most …

Latin America is rising from a long slumber. The great awakening of the continent has
roused expectations the world over regarding possibility of alternatives, especially in …

The people's planning programme in Kerala, the latest episode in the state's experiments
with democracy, is in the shadow of a bureaucratic capture. Government orders and …