CONTENTS : Forestatement ix I Overview of Panchayati Raj in India 1. Constitutionalization and Beyond: Panchayats as Institutions of 3 Self- Government and as Instruments for Development Rakesh Hooja and Meenakshi Hooja 2. Institutions of Self-Government or Agencies for Development: 36 Panchayats in India Meenakshi Hooja and Rakesh Hooja 36 II Some Issues Pertaining to Panchayati Raj 3. The Third Tier: Decentralization and Separation of Powers 71 within PRIs Meenakshi Hooja 4. Activating Panchas and Ward Sabhas: A Remedy for 77 Large Unwieldy Gram Sabhas and Dominating Sarpanchas Meenakshi Hooja 5. Community-Based Organizations and Panchayats as Instruments 83 of Governance in the Sphere of Watershed Development Rakshat Hooja and Rakesh Hooja 6. Panchayati Raj: Policy Issues and Academic Concerns from 94 the Rajasthan Viewpoint Meenakshi Hooja and Rakesh Hooja III Panchayati Raj: Rajasthan Experiences 7. Continuity and Change in Rajasthan's Panchayati Raj 109 Rakesh Hooja and Meenakshi Hooja 8. The Status of Panchayati Raj in Rajasthan: Reflections on 153 Some Slect Indicators in the Context of the 1994 Act Rakesh Hooja and Meenakshi Hooja 9. Some Developments in Rajasthan's Panchayati Raj Since 2000 181 Rakesh Hooja 10. Reflections on Applying The Provisions of the Panchayats 189 (Extension to the Schedule Areas) Act, 1996 in Rajasthan Meenakshi Hooja IV District and Decentralized Planning 11. Decentralized Planning and the District Level: 199 A Pre-Constitutional Amendment Perspective Rakesh Hooja 12. Training for, and Expectations from, District Planners 224 Rakesh Hooja V Development Administration at District and Sub-State Levels 14. The Delivery System at the District Level: 275 A view from the mid-1980s Rakesh Hooja 15. Administrative Machinery for Tribal Development at State and 308 Lower Levels Meenakshi Hooja Appendix 319 B. Yerram Raju and Rakesh Hooja Index 325