This study, undertaken under the aegis of Rajiv Gandhi Chair for Panchayati Raj Studies, Gandhigram Rural Institute, Gandhigram, seeks to evaluate the performance and efficiency of Gram Sabha in Tamil Nadu, in the light of 73 Amendment to the Constitution of India. Evaluating the functioning of Gram Sabha meeting in terms of assigned roles and responsibilities as per the Tamil Nadu Panchayats Act, it studies the trends of people’s participation in the meeting, efforts made by Panchayat Presidents to ensure their active participation, perception of the leaders and people about the role of the Gram Sabha, implications of the Gram Sabha meeting, and the difficulties faced by the Panchayat leaders. It also suggests ways and means to bring efficiency to Gram Sabha functioning. The book will be useful for researchers, Panchayat functionaries and development workers.
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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