THE CHANGING ROLE OF BUREAUCRACY IN DEVELOPMENT: A CASE STUDY OF GRASSROOTS-LEVEL DEMOCRATIC DECENTRALIZED INSTITUTIONS IN KERALA
Keywords:
Bureaucracy, Empowerment, Participation, People’s Planning, Democratic Decentralization, Development, Grassroots Level Democratic Institutions, Devolution Of Powers, Panchayati Raj System, Rural DevelopmentAbstract
India followed a parliamentary democracy system at the central and state levels, with bureaucratic governance at the lower levels. The 73’rd and 74’th Constitutional Amendment Act of 1993 brought a drastic change in power and position of bureaucracy at lower levels of administration in India. The empowerment of people at grass-roots levels is considered to be one of the most important tenets of the modern democratic administrative system. It provides much scope for the all-round development of society, thereby facilitating effective participation and empowerment of the people. People’s planning in Kerala as a measure of democratic decentralization attempts to introduce effective change in the role of bureaucracy and rural political leadership in the democratic direction.
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