CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION 7-13 1.1 STATEMENT OF PROBLEM 8 1.2 NEED OF STUDY 9 1.3 AIM 9 1.4 OBJECTIVES WITH RESEARCH QUESTION 9 1.5 METHODOLOGY 10 1.6 SCOPE AND LIMITATION 12 1.7 CHAPTERIZATION 12 2 LITERATURE REVIEW 14-29 2.1 INTRODUTION 15 2.2 LOCAL SELF GOVT. (PANCHAYATI RAJ) EXPERINCE IN INDIA 15 2.2.1 PANCHAYATI RAJ IN PRE-BRITISH PERIOD AND BRITISH PERIOD 15 2.2.2 PANCHAYATI RAJ IN INDEPENDENT INDIA 16 2.2.3 RECOMMENDATION OF BALWANTRAI MEHTA AND ASHOK MEHTA COMMITTEE 16 2.3 73rd CAA 17 2.4 SCOPE OF MARGINALIZED PEOPLE PARTICIPATION IN 18 LOCAL SELF GOVERNMENT 19 2.5 HARYANA PANCHAYATI RAJ ACT 1994 19 2.5.1 INTRODUCTION 19 2.5.2 DEFINITION OF FUNCTIONAL DOMAINS 19 2.5.3 GRAM SABHA 20 2.5.4 PANCHAYAT AT DIFFERENT LEVELS 20 2.5.5 COMMITEE SYSTEM 21 2.5.6 PREPARATION OF DEVELOPMENT PLANS BY PANCHAYAT 23 2.5.7 SETTING UP OF INDEPENDENT INSTITUTIONS 23 2.5.9 SETTING UP ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM 24 2.6 PLANNING PROCESS 25 2.7 EOPLES PLANNING 27 2.8 CONCLUSION28 3 STUDY AREA PROFILE AND NATURE OF GRASS ROOT DEMOCRACY 29-44 3.1 INTRODUCTION 30 3.2 HARYANA CONTRIBUTION IN GRASSROOT DEMOCRACY 30 3.3 EMERGING LEADERSHIP 31 3.4 NATURE OF PRI INSTITUTIONS IN THE STUDY AREA 40 1. MURTHAL 2. HARSHALKALA 3. GHUNA 3.5 LEVEL OF INTEREST IN POLITICS 41 3.6 PARTICIPATION OF ELECTED REPRESENTATIVE 41 3.7 DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE OF STUDY AREA 42 3.8 FACTOR CONTRIBUTING TO THE LOWER PARTICIPATION IN PANCHAYAT 43 3.9 CONCLUSION 44 4 PANCHAYAT AT WORK: STUDY OF SGRY 45-59 4.1 INTRODUCTION OF SGRY 46 4.2 SOCIAL PROFILE OF THE RESPONDENT 46 4.3 PERIPHERAL ROLE OF THE GRAM SABHA 50 4.4 AVAILABILITY AND UTILIZATION OF FUNDS 51 4.5 PERCEPTION OF BENEFICIARIES 54 4.6 CONCLUSION 58 5 MAJOR FINDING AND CONCLUSION 60-62 5.1 ANOTHER BOUT OF CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT 61 5.1.1 PRIMACY TO GRAM SABHA 61 5.1.2 SECURE FUNDINGS 61 5.2 ENSURING MEANINGFUL DEVELOPMENT 62 5.2.1 MASTER PLANNING 62 5.2.2 APPLICATION OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 62 5.2.3 CLASSIFICATION OF VILLAGES 62 BIBLIOGRAPHY 63-64 ANNEXURE 65-70