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The success of Panchayati Raj depends upon meaningful participation of people at grassroot level. Examine.

  • UPSC 2020
  • Regional Development and Planning

The Gram Sabha is the only Indian body composed of a village's entire adult electorate, and the 73rd Constitutional Amendment (1992) made it the participatory unit on which the edifice rests — approving plans, selecting beneficiaries, receiving accounts.

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  • Taking the claim apart — what would make participation “meaningful”
  • The evidence — attrition at every step
  • The failure modes
  • What converts nominal into meaningful

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