Bench Marking of Rural Local-Self Government in India: Some Ground Realities at Grassroots Level

Dr. Sukhvinder Singh (b. 1958) has obtained M.A. in Punjabi (GNDU), M.A. in Linguistics (Punjabi University), M.Phil. in Linguistics (Osmania University), and Ph.D. in Linguistics (GNDU). He is currently working as Head, Department of Punjabi of GNDU Regional Campus, Jalandhar. His other publications include Punjabi Bhasha Da Viakaran Part I(co-author 1992), Punjabi Bhasha Vigian (1997), Sahit, Bhasha Ate Bhasha Vigian (2004) and about 30 research papers. He is currently engaged in a major research project on Punjabi in Electronic Media: A Linguistic Study.