Subject(s): Peoples planning in Kerala -- Local planning and governance, step by step process of people's planning, decentralization in Kerala, democracy -- Land reforms-Panjal, institutions of social reforms, people's planning and caste system in Kerala, Influence of communism in Kerala, struggles/movements for fundamental rights, PDS, schooling, mid day meal system, local libraries, health, education, nutrition -- People's planning campaign, growth of local governance in India, institutions which supported the peoples planning, experience and experiments in people's planning, people's planning and communist party in Kerala, -- Different aspects of people's planning : Gramasabha, Development seminars, suggestions and other outputs of development seminars, gender and environment, selection of projects to implement, Karmasamith, Planning and implications in lower and upper section of governance, DPC, -- History of local governance,74th amendment,decentralized planning in India,block level planning, district level planning, decentralized planning in Karnataka, West Bengal and Kerala -- Panchayat raj in Kerala, new development culture,Marxist,Agriculture- group farming, artificial fishing reefs,Kerala dinesh bidi, public health,drinking water, sanitation, cost ford,poverty eradication programmes, NABARD,small hydro electricity projects, IRTC, agency for non-conventional energy and rural technology , DNES,literacy, local governance models -- High level guidance council, Problems and solutions for gramasabhas in India and Kerala,small group approach,resource persons, garamasabha campaign -- Vikasana seminars : collection of information and database,micro eco zones, how to write development reports -- Karmasamithi : Preparation of projects design,finding solutions, monitoring ,administration/governance and decentralization -- How to prepare local plans/projects : Peoples representatives,training programmes, padhathirekha, corruption free -- Planning from block to district panchayat planning -- VTC, resource allocation, production, service sector, development of schedules caste/tribe, WCP -- Selection of beneficiaries, implication of projects, Sen committee report on SDG's, sustainable development and governance, role of KILA in people's planning training programs, women empowerment, women representatives, kudumbasree, ayalkuttam -- 25 years of decentralized planning in Kerala : Funds, duties and employees, social development, safe drinking water,small industries, palliative care facilities,schools for differently able kids, ashraya,marginalised sections in the society -- ഗ്രാമസഭാ,കർമ്മസമിതി, പദ്ധതിരേഖ,കുടുംബശ്രീ , അയൽക്കൂട്ടം,ആശ്രയ