01047pab a2200145 454500008004000000100001700040245006500057260000900122300001400131362001200145520065100157650003900808650001400847773004000861180718b2009   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aMishra, K.P.  aParticipatory democracy through Gram Sabha in Madhya Pradesh  c2009  ap.801-12.  aJul-Sep  aGram Sabha characterised as an institution of direct democracy through which rural people participate in the decision-making process. The 73rd Constitutional Amendment accorded constitutional status to the Gram Sabha. In conformity with the Amendment Gram Swaraj Adhiniyam of M.P. enacted in 2001 that expanded the powers of Gram Sabha. The paper deals with the concept of participatory democracy, and role of Gram Sabha as an institution of people's participation. The powers and functions, economic and political bottlenecks in its way, and its interactions with the rural power structure in M.P. have been analysed in this paper. - Reproduced.  aPanchayat - India - Madhya pradesh  aPanchayat  aIndian Journal of Political Science