00992pab a2200133 454500008004000000100002100040245004600061260000900107300001600116362001100132520066600143650001500809773003400824180718b2005   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aVaidyanathan, A.  aEmployment guarantee and decentralisation  c2005  ap.1582-587.  a16 Apr  aProtagonists of the National Employment Guarantee Scheme do favour entrusting the programme to panchayats and incorporating provisions to this end in the national law. But this aspect is not articulated as strongly and emphatically in the public debate on the subject as on issues relating to scale and coverage. The campaign for a wider and better funded NEGS must be combined with a campaign to generate strong public opinion and mobilise elected panchayatdars all over the country to bring pressure on the central and state governments to strengthen democratic panchayats and empower them to plan and implement all local development programmes. - Reproduced.  aEmployment  aEconomic and Political Weekly