01116pab a2200181 454500 180718b2009 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d Mishra, K.P. Participatory democracy through Gram Sabha in Madhya Pradesh 2009 p.801-12. Jul-Sep Gram 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. Panchayat - India - Madhya pradesh Panchayat Indian Journal of Political Science N 85037 85037 85037 0 0 0 0 IIPA IIPA 2018-07-19 Volume no: 70, Issue no: 3 AR85497 2018-07-19 2018-07-19 AR