Subject(s): Decentralization in government in India. -- Non-governmental organizations in India. -- Rural development in Political aspects in India. -- Interface between gram panchayts and NGOs, NGOs and local government- democratization of local development, interface between NGOs and decentralized government, sustainability and local governance, NGO's role in increasing people's participation in local decentralized government, empowerment of gram panchayat members- experience of young Indian projects, PRAXIS's experience in gram panchayt elections, development of power, Sanghamitra's interface with gram panchayts -- Experiences of SHARE in its attempt at ensuring participation of women in election to local administration