00898pab a2200145 454500008004000000100001900040245006300059260000900122300001600131362001000147520051400157650002600671650002100697773003400718180718b2004   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aVyasulu, Vinod  aTransformation in governance since 1990s: some reflections  c2004  ap.2377-385.  a5 Jun  aOn the basis of field study, this paper argues that the third tier of government is today, 10 years after these amendments, no more than an agency - and not even the sole agency - of the state government. This is true in perhaps all of India's states, in both the rural and urban sectors. The 73rd and 74th Constitution amendments open up an opportunity to change them to local self governments. This has yet to be realised. How it can be done is the question. some suggestions are offered here. - Reproduced.  aPublic administration  aLocal government  aEconomic and Political Weekly