This paper tries to introduce and highlight the activities and achievements of SUGRAMA - a federa... more This paper tries to introduce and highlight the activities and achievements of SUGRAMA - a federation of Grama Panchayat Elected Women Representatives of Karnataka
"True democracy cannot be worked by twenty men sitting at the centre. It has to be worked from be... more "True democracy cannot be worked by twenty men sitting at the centre. It has to be worked from below by the people of every village" 1 . Indian democracy saw a radical transformation in December 1992 through the 73rd and 74th constitutional amendments, which provided a constitutional mandate to the basic principles of local self-governance. These amendments have had a far reaching impact on the nature of Indian State, governance and peoples' participation in politics. This envisaged a full-fledged decentralization of democratic governance in the country for the first time and empowered the local bodies with enormous administrative and development powers. Different states in India, however, approached this new reform of decentralization differently with varying views.
This paper tries to introduce and highlight the activities and achievements of SUGRAMA - a federa... more This paper tries to introduce and highlight the activities and achievements of SUGRAMA - a federation of Grama Panchayat Elected Women Representatives of Karnataka
"True democracy cannot be worked by twenty men sitting at the centre. It has to be worked from be... more "True democracy cannot be worked by twenty men sitting at the centre. It has to be worked from below by the people of every village" 1 . Indian democracy saw a radical transformation in December 1992 through the 73rd and 74th constitutional amendments, which provided a constitutional mandate to the basic principles of local self-governance. These amendments have had a far reaching impact on the nature of Indian State, governance and peoples' participation in politics. This envisaged a full-fledged decentralization of democratic governance in the country for the first time and empowered the local bodies with enormous administrative and development powers. Different states in India, however, approached this new reform of decentralization differently with varying views.
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