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Local Decisions, Stronger Communities: The Impact of PESA Rules

The Panchayat Extension to Schedule Areas (PESA) Rules for Jharkhand have been approved by the State Government, shifting agency to local communities over land, natural resources, and institutional management, including control over the collection and marketing of forest produce. This policy breaks prolonged system inertia in Scheduled Area governance by आगे पढ़े

admin द्वारा, पूर्व

Reimagining Local Governance: The Kerala Model for Sustainable Commons Management

By Thomas Isaac, Former Finance Minister, Government of Kerala In Kerala, we have spent the last three decades charting an ambitious journey of democratic decentralisation. As someone deeply involved in shaping these processes, both as an academic and as a policymaker, I have witnessed firsthand how empowered local governments and आगे पढ़े

Jagdeesh Puppala द्वारा, पूर्व