Subject(s): Rural local self government in India -- Decentralised planning -- Experiance, content and direction of panchayati raj: Reappraisal and implications -- Third stratum -- Socio-administrative implications -- Politico-legal implications of constitution - 73rd amendment -- panchayati raj and the dynamics of social change and responsive administration -- Relationship of the district bureaucracy and the elected functionaries of zilla parishad -- Interface between officials and elected representatives in panchayati raj -- Self government and its instrumentalities -- panchayati raj and human rights -- Economic implications -- Emerging economic issue in panchayati raj -- Decentralised planning : issues and training implication -- Recognising grassroots institutions for sustainable development -- Role of panchayati raj bodies in education