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Mahi Pal

Rural Local Governance and Development

Theories and Practices of Panchayati Raj Institutions in India

Mahi Pal

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Routledge
01 December 2025

Regional studies; Society & culture: general; Public administration; Regional government

This book introduces its readers to the concept of governance and various aspects of the Panchayat Raj Institutions, including Panchayats in the Fifth Scheduled Areas and the institutional arrangements in the Sixth and other scheduled areas. It also focuses on the role of voluntary and community-based organisations, along with the participation of vulnerable groups and their involvement in the implementation of various programmes and schemes, strategies, and policy instruments in rural development.

Encompassing wider aspects of rural governance and development, this book illuminates how people, communities, institutions, and PRIs plan and implement development in rural India. Drawing extensively on author’s field experiences of working in villages and with grassroots level institutions, each chapter is aided by ‘Main Points to Remember’ and review questions for classroom discussions. This reader-friendly volume also includes PPTs and instructions as support material.

The balanced blend of both theory and field insights makes this book relevant not only to students of public administration, political science, and development administration but also practitioners, civil society actors, and researchers.

By: Mahi Pal
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 1.050kg
ISBN: 9781032711607
ISBN 10: 1032711604
Pages: 464
Publication Date: 01 December 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

PART I: RURAL LOCAL GOVERNANCE 1. Understanding Governance, Rural Local Governance and Rural Development 2. Evolution of Panchayati Raj in India 3. Working of Panchayati Raj in India 4. Provisions of the Panchayat (Extension to Scheduled Areas) Act(PESA) 5. Nyaya Panchayats in India. 6. Inclusiveness of Panchayats 7. Civil Society Organizations and Rural Local Governance PART II: RURAL DEVELOPMENT 8. Changing Strategies of Rural Development 9. Major Rural Development Programmes and their Implementation 10. Convergence and Inter-Sectoral Linkages of Programmes 11. Decentralized Planning 12. Training and Capacity Development 13. Way forward for Effective Rural Local Governance Annexure

Mahi Pal is a former officer of the Indian Economic Service. During his service, he worked in various ministries and institutions in different capacities. He retired from the Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD), where he was engaged in policy and planning matters relating to rural development. Before joining MoRD, he was with the Ministry of Panchayati Raj and studied the state of Panchayats across the states and UTs. He also worked in the then planning commission, Ministries of Social Justice and Empowerment and Statistics and Programme Implementation. In between for five years, he was on deputation as faculty in the Haryana Institute of Rural Development, Nilokheri, Karnal where he was involved in developing reading materials for trainees and imparting training about various issues relating to rural governance, Panchayati Raj and Rural Development to officials and non-officials working in rural areas. He was also engaged in research relating to Panchayats and rural development programmes. There, he observed, very closely, rural society and economy which has subsequently helped him in giving relevant policy inputs in formulating programmes and schemes for rural development in the ministries. He was also a post-doctoral fellowship during 1992–94 at the Institute of Social Sciences, New Delhi, where he specialised in the field of decentralised planning and Panchayati Raj. He was also visiting faculty in the SPA, New Delhi. After retirement Dr. Mahi Pal had worked as Rural Development Expert in the projects on Shyama Prasad Mukherjii Rurban Mission in the SPA, New Delhi. He has also been associated with various civil society organisations and academic bodies. He has also visited several counties. Mahi Pal has published several outstanding research papers in the areas of decentralised governance and rural development in various journals, including Economic and Political Weekly. He has also authored a number of books both in Hindi language and English language. Some of his books have also been published by National Book Trust and Publications Division, Government of India. He has also participated and contributed papers in various national and international conferences/seminars. He has been regularly contributing articles in national dailies and magazines on relevant issues of rural local governance and development.