Subject(s): Rural development -- Decentralization in management -- Government policy in India. -- De-planning and decentralized governance- anachronicity of 73d amendment act in LPG marketization o Indian economy, gram sabha, citizen participation in grass root governance in Rajasthan, constitutional 73rd amendment act and gram sabha, grassroot governance through people's participation, good governance some conceptual and institutional issues, panchayati raj in India, good governance at grass roots level- challenges and prospects, constitutional PRIs and decentralized governance in Madhya Pradesh -- Role of panchayat (village) secretary in decentralized governance in Andhra Pradesh, social conditions and awareness levels of women in Himachal Pradesh, myth and reality of political empowerment of women in Haryana, new trends in panchayati raj- critical assessment, holding local body elections, third tier needed decentralization - separation of powers within panchayats, planning, decentralization and rural development in India, community based organizations and panchayts as instruments of governance in sphere of watershed development- Haryali guidelines