01129pab a2200157 454500008004000000100001900040245005800059260000900117300001400126362001100140520072500151650002500876650002200901650001400923773003400937180718b2003   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aMathew, George  aPanchayati raj institutions and human rights in India  c2003  ap.155-62.  a11 Jan  aThe institutionalisation of panchayati raj systems since the 1990s that has added greater momentum to the decentralisation process has also had deeper implications for the human rights situation in India. Even as the democratic process has been extended, changes in traditional society have involved conflict. This article argues however that as isolation of villages is forever broken by inroads of media, technology and spatial mobility, the new panchayat system will only help weave the village into the broader social fabric. It is with increasing democratisation and intervention of civil society institutions that concern for human rights will assume its rightful place alongside a vibrant democracy.- Reproducced.  aHuman rights - India  aPanchayat - India  aPanchayat  aEconomic and Political Weekly