Subject(s): Panchayathi Raj -- Community Development -- Local governance -- Decentralization -- Gandhiji's contributions to Panchayathi Raj -- Organization of Panchayat raj -- Grma sabha -- Sarpanch: responsibility and duties -- Panchayat samithi -- Zilla parishad -- District development council -- Panchayat finance -- Assessment of the panchayti raj system -- Illitracy, politicisation -- Corruption -- Excessive government control -- Elections -- Balwant rai mehta committee , Ashok mehta committee -- Panchayti raj bill -- Community development -- Community development and non-government organisation -- Bhoodan and gramdan movements -- Co-operative movement -- Panchayathi Raj system and rural politics