STUDY ON PEOPLE’S PARTICIPATION IN RURAL DEVELOPMENT OF INDIA: CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS

ABSTRACT

People’s participation has been widely used in the discourse of development and public administration for the last few decades, and it has become a worldwide phenomenon. India, with its major population living in the rural area, the concept and practice of peoples’ participation in rural development and public administration, is a matter of prime importance. However, the dilemma lies in the fact that rural people participate inadequately in the entire policy process, as regards to rural development and local governance. In this context, the present article examines the concept of people’s participation, underlines the inhibiting factors, particularly in rural India and suggestions to overcome the obstacles in the way of people’s participation.

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