decentralization in India, summarizes the current fiscal situation of district, block and village panchayats, identifies the main … the rest of India. There is a hierarchical arrangement of center-state-local governance. The 73rd Amendment to the … Constitution made India one of the most politically decentralized countries in the developing world. By the Constitution and in …

This paper summarizes the findings of a study in rural load segregation for lighting rural India. The study focused on … guidance note for a national action plan on rural load segregation. Traditionally, power supply to agriculture in India has … is in this context that several states in India have undertaken programs of rural feeder segregation which involve …

and qualitative analysis of accountability mechanisms in agricultural extension and rural water supply in India, Ghana …

, together spanning a range of conditions in rural India: Maharashtra and Orissa. The secondary objectives of the study were to …