Decentralization of power is not a mere incident in the Political History of India. It is a global movement to release the individual energy for constructive purposes to usher in growth and development. 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act is sequence of the global movement. It is not for local activities of the citizenry. It is meant to globalize the local activities for benefit of the grass roots. To protect the people and their environment at the grass root level from the exploitation by the "Big", powers are given to them. The problems are varied in nature. It is a power shift, which warrants political will and determination on the part of the leaders. Equally it provides heavy responsibility to the grass root level functionaries to take up development activities. To surmount all the problems at all levels, the participants have found out ways and means within the powers assigned to the body. This work touches the Major Issues in New Panchayati Raj System in the context of Tamil Nadu.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR G Palanithurai
G. Palanithurai teaches Political Science and Development Administration at the Post-Graduate level in Rural University, Gandhigram. Tamil Nadu, Currently he is the chairman of the Department of Politics and Public Administration. He has a number of books to his credit. Some of the important titles include Reaction and Response in Legislature, Role Perception of Legislators, A Comparative Analysis of Political Performance of DMK and AIADMK, Perspectives on Indian Regionalism,Ethnic Movement in India: Theory and Practice, Dynamics of Tamil Nadu Politics in Sri Lankan Ethnicity, Indian Polity: Myth and Reality and Management of ethnic Conflict in India and Canada He has written extensively in national and international Journals on Legislative Behaviour and Ethnicity. He has completed a major research project funded by ICSSR besides other minor projects. He was awarded Shastri Indo Canadian Institute fellowship to visit Canada and the US to write a book on Ethnic Conflict Management in Canada and India. He has undertaken major project entitled, Strategies to stimulate upward Social Mobility, with The Mother's Service Society, Pondicherry. He is actively involved in the thinktank group in Tamil Nadu to prepare an Agenda for 21st Century, Tamil Nadu. He is a life member of various professional associations.
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