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Sociology Optional PYQ Solutions · Model answer

Write short note : Democratic Decentralisation.

  • UPSC 1988
  • Politics and Society in India

Democratic decentralisation transfers decision-making authority, finance and staff to elected bodies at lower levels, so that participation becomes structural rather than exhorted. The phrase entered Indian usage with the Balvantray Mehta Committee (1957).

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