Analysis of Institutional Strengthening of Gram Panchayats Program (ISGPP)

TARGET GROUP: GRAM PANCHAYATS

OBJECTIVES

·        To analyze the performance of grants modalities of ISGPP-I.

·        To analyze the financial management system in Gram panchayats.

·        To analyze the participatory planning and budgeting mechanism at the local level.

SUMMARY

Panchayats in India forms the third tier of governments. Panchayats in India play a important role in the delivery of public services and fostering social inclusions. Panchayats can act as self-government under the Directive principle of the state policy (under Article 40). Under the article 40, panchayats vested with such power and authority as may be necessary to enable them to functioning as units of self-government. Panchayats can act as a government wings and working freely for planning and implementing programs for economic development and social justice in grass root level for villagers, particularly the poor and vulnerable sections. In India more than 60 percent of the people live in rural areas. Poverty has been widespread in rural areas since the British period. It has been estimated that more than two third of the Indian populations lives below the poverty line and the majority of this lives in rural area. In 1956, the planning commission appointed a study team led by Balwant Rai Mehta, to study and report on ‘community development projects and national extension service’ with view to assessing the economy and efficiency to the panchayat system.

The study is based on secondary data. The data have been collected from several published reports of central governments, state governments, internet, articles, newspapers and magazines etc. Graphs and percentile methods have been used to analyze the data.

REFERENCE

http://timesjourney.co.in/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/TJ_2020_JAN_4.pdf