Subject(s): Panchayat in India. -- Decentralization in government in India. -- Local government in India. -- New Panchayati raj system- Phenomenon in Indian politics, panchayati raj movement, panchayati raj democracy v/s parliamentary democracy, decentralization and development, transfer of power to the people, common property resource management in panchayti raj, resource management of minor irrigation tanks and panchayati raj, NGO and grassroot democracy, geographical information system for grassroot level planning, panchayati raj institutions and women, participatory planning in the new panchayati raj system -- Grama sabha in new panchayati raj system, status of new panchayati raj system in India, issues of new panchayati raj system