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Meenakshi Hooja (b 1952) taught Political Science at the University of Rajasthan before joining the Indian administrative Service in 1975. Having served on many important positions in Government of India and Governmentof Rajasthan, she retired in 2012 as Chairman Board of Revenue for Rajasthan. From January 2013 to June 2017 she was Member Central Administrative Tribunal at Jodhpur and Jaipur Bench.
In 1999-2000 she was, for an Academic Year, Visiting Fellow at ...
Perhaps the most significant characteristic of India's parliamentary democracy is its vigorous grassroots structure. Local level participatory and democratic institutions, sprawling throughout the country, have not only brought authenticity to the democratic spirit, but have also made the whole process of governance increasingly effective and responsive. More particularly, after the 73rd and 74th amendments to the Indian Constitution, the decentralized ...
This book analyses the changes in approaches, strategies and schemes for tribal development in India over the various Five Year Plan Periods. Special attention has been paid to the problems and achievement of tribal development programmes and administrative arrangements in India’s Central Tribal Belt (CTB) comprising the states of Orissa, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Chhatisgarh, Gujarat, Maharashtra and Rajasthan that contains nearly ...
For almost 50 years since 1959, India has been striving to make decentralized democracy more meaningful and effective. Efforts at vitalizing development administration and at more relevant and efficacious district and decentralized planning have been underway since independence. The authors have highlighted various aspects and issues, touched upon successes and failures, and commented upon the evolution of concepts and described what has been happening in actual ...