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Distribution AgreementDistribution Agreement • April 14th, 2010
This paper aims to study how a diverse country, such as India, manages to promote a unified civil society. This question is addressed by focusing on decentralization in India through the local democratic institutions known as Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs). The panchayats were given formal authoritative governing power in 1992 through the 73rd constitutional amendment. This increased their roles and importance as local rural governing structures. The goal of the study is to answer the questions: What accounts for variations among the strengths of the panchayats? Does a strong panchayat necessarily translate into greater efficacy for the village community? These questions are examined both at an inter-state level through comparisons between Kerala and Uttar Pradesh and at an intra-state level by focusing within Uttar Pradesh. Dreze and Sen’s categorizations of high facility, involvement, and equity define the variations in the strength of panchayat. The causes for these variations i
