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Critically examine how Panchayati Raj system is catalyst in decentralized planning in India.

  • UPSC 2021
  • Regional Development and Planning

Decentralized planning distributes the formulating, adopting, executing and supervising of plans among local bodies instead of one central authority; the 73rd Constitutional Amendment (1992) is held to have given India the institution that does this.

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  • The orthodox position
  • The evidence against — devolution is permissive, not mandatory
  • The three F's devolve unevenly
  • Fiscal hollowness
  • Parallel bodies, line departments and dormant committees
  • The counter-example that proves the point
  • …and 1 more sections, with a conclusion

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