Subject(s): Panchayat in India in Jammu and Kashmir. -- Panchayat. -- India in Jammu and Kashmir. -- Reflections on panchayati raj, towards stregthening India's federal democracy, political parties in panchayati raj, revival of a democratic tradition, panchayati raj in Kashmir, flawed legislation, does the bill giver power to people, panchayati adalats in Jammu and Kshmir legislation, financial problems and panchayati raj institutions and J & K case, poverty alleviation requires more attention, information aspects overlooked, west Bengal's lesson for Jammu and Kashmir -- Jammu and Kashmir Panchayati raj act 1989, basics of democratic decentralization