[Solved] The strength and sustenance of local institutions in India has shifted from their formative phase of ‘functions, functionaries and funds’ to the contemporary stage of’ functionality’. Highlight the critical challenges faced by local institutions in terms of their functionality in recent times. (UPSC GS -2 Mains 2020)
Panchayati Raj Institutions aka local institutions and Urban Local Governments, as systems of local government, have been in permanence in India for a long time. However, they were granted constitutional status as the third tier of India’s federal democracy through the 73rd & 74th Amendment Act. The principal objective of establishing the third tier of … Read more
