FINANCING THE GRASSROOTS GOVERNMENT
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Author: Bijoyini Mohanty (Ed)
2001, APH Publishing Corporation, New Delhi
ISBN 81-7648-224-2
Grass covers surface of earth flourishing with luxuriant green, anchoring steadily to earth by its roots that nourishes with nutrients from below. Similarly grassroots form the base of an organization that provides breadth and stability to stand.
Government in general thrives on finance. In a multi-tier government system with sharing revenue pattern, the grassroots government is led from above, not really from below through its roots. With this reverse feeding pattern, the natural situation breaks down grassroots government is considered as a creation of higher tiers, not really from below from its geographic position.
Grassroots government, the ultimate base of direct democracy, must be secured with all its resources. India’s experiments over forty years only prove that poverty is the main hindrance in functioning of the grassroots government. A lot of legislative provisions have been made for this purpose in Seventy Third and Seventy Fourth Constitutional Amendments awaiting real translation in field.
Here is a compilation of a number of articles drawn from reality fo situations from the state of Odisha, at instances with a comparative background. It deals with articles like Local Finance in Odisha; Functions and Finances of Panchayats in Odisha; Finances of Local Government Institutions of Odisha: Challenges and Response; Finance of Rural Local Bodies of Odisha: A Study; Management of Grama Panchayat; Problems of Local Finance: Few Remedial Measures; Devolution of Resources to Local Bodies by State Finance Commissions; Replacement of Octroi in Odisha; Panorama of Panchayat Finance: A Study of Chandradeipur Grama Panchayat in Odisha; Finance of Village Panchayats in Odisha: Need for an Alternative Approach; Operational Aspect of Panchayat Finance after 73rd Amendment: A Study of Rayagada Panchayat Samiti; Financial Out flows through Local Bodies in Odisha and Prospects of Non-Tax Revenue Generation; Finances of Local Government Institutions of Odisha: A Problem; Octroi Inconvenience in Odisha and Remedies.