Subject(s): Local government in India -- Decentralization in government in India -- Rural conditions -- Kerala's decentralisation -- Panchayat system -- Participatory government -- Rural fiscal decentralization in India -- Local finance : 73rd constitutional amendment -- Water (natural resource) and local government -- Reservation in panchayati raj -- Randomized experiment -- Political representation and empowerment -- Women in local governance -- Centralized governance -- Right to information in India