Subject(s): Decentralization in government -- Panchayat -- Regional planning -- Prospective of decentralized planning : District planning, Panchayati raj institutions -- Democracy, development, decentralization and district planning in India, developmental economics of district planning in India, decentralized planning, new technologies -- Issues in district planning in India, role of financial institutions in integrated rural development program in Pune -- India's experience in district planning and Indian states -- Conditions for success of district planning and tasks ahead in India -- Panchayati raj - theory and practice