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Tracking functional devolution by states to panchayats

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  • Rajaraman, Indira

    (National Institute of Public Finance and Policy)

  • Sinha, Darshy

    (National Institute of Public Finance and Policy)

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The Eleventh Schedule added to the Constitution by the Seventy-third Amendment lists twenty-nine functions developable by States to Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs). States were free to set the speed and design of their approach to decentralization under the general framework of the Constitutional mandate. Fourteen years on, a quantitative measure is attempted in this paper of the extent to which functional transfers have been achieved through the budgetary transfer of funds, with respect to the fiscal year 2006-07, in four states: Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan and Orissa. The approach taken here is thus radically different from that in official documents, where functional transfer to PRIs is dealt with in a purely qualitative manner, based on administrative notifications. Without an associated budgetary provision these do not carry any operational significance.

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  • Rajaraman, Indira & Sinha, Darshy, 2007. "Tracking functional devolution by states to panchayats," Working Papers 07/48, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy.
    • Handle: RePEc:npf:wpaper:07/48
    Note: Working Paper 48, 2007
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    1. Raabe, Katharina & Sekher, Madhushree & Birner, Regina, 2009. "The effects of political reservations for women on local governance and rural service provision:," IFPRI discussion papers 878, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
    2. Sally Wallace, 2011. "Status of PRI Finances in West Bengal Final Report," International Center for Public Policy Working Paper Series, at AYSPS, GSU paper1115, International Center for Public Policy, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University.

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    Keywords

    Function devolution ; Rural local bodies;

    JEL classification:

    • H72 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - State and Local Budget and Expenditures

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