Panchayati Raj and Empowerment of Women

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Panchayati Raj was in existence during the Vedic period in ancient India and worked well as the people carried out their personal and official duties based on dharma. After Independence, the Government of India, under the influence of Mahatma Gandhi, was committed to set up Panchayati Raj system to provide real swaraj to the people of rural areas. The dream of decentralization of power in order to empower people at the grassroot level, particularly, to enable rural masses to join the mainstream and claim rightful participation in the process of their own development and governance attained its fulfillment on April 24, 1993. the people of India took over four decades to realize this dream of Mahatma Gandhi. To familiarize a reader with Panchayati Raj institutions and empowerment of women, the book is spread over six chapters. Besides, the detailed bibliography would certainly interest researchers working in this field. The present volume shall provide the necessary base and intellectual stimulus for a more informed debate in working out the future policies and approaches towards democratic decentralization and Panchayati Raj in our country. The book deals with the historical context and examines current issues and would be of much use to research scholars, policy makers, planners, decision-makers, elected members o the Panchayat as well as students in universities and others interested in the concerned subjects.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR A.K. Sinha

Dr. Anil Kumar Sinha (b. 1948) is Assistant Director, Forensic Science Laboratory, Assam, Kahilipara, Gauhati. He got a First Class Masterâ€™s Degree in Physics. Later, joined the Law Faculty at the University of Gauhati and got L.L.M. (1980) and Ph.D. in Law (1989). He also passed the Certificates of Proficiency in French and Russian Languages from the Gauhati University standing first class first. He served as a Guest Lecturer in Law and an invitee lecturer as a resource person to teach L.L.B. and L.L.M. students of the Gauhati University. He was on the distinguished panel of teachers in the Assam Administrative Staff College, at Dispur, Assam. He was also a guest lecturer at the Pre-Examination Training Centre at the Gauhati University to teach criminal law to the Indian administrative Service examinees. As the seniormost ballistics expert of the Government of Assam, he has been imparting training on Forensic Ballistic and related legal matters to senior police and judicial officers of all the states of North-Eastern India. He has published a number of articles on Forensic Science, Law and Criminology in both English and Assamese. He is mainly interested in the subject of criminology. He has attended a number of seminars and conferences held throughout the country.