01257pab a2200145 454500008004000000100001700040245011100057260000900168300001400177362001200191520079800203650005201001650001401053773004401067180718b2010   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aBiswas, S.K.  aDevolution of powers and utilisation of resource under panchayat raj system in Andaman and Nicobar islands  c2010  ap.90-107.  aJan-Mar  aIndia's independence has created a hope that decentralised governance will be able to retrieve her past glory through introduction of Gandhian ideals of "Gram Swaraj" by creating a polity with maximum powers devolved to the local bodies. The introduction of new Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) with the passage of the 73rd Constitutional Amendment (1993) has created roadmaps for this dream. It is hoped that the process of political and administrative decentralisation will enable the PRIs to become instruments of decision making with autonomy and administrative capacity, ability for proper planning, power and resources for effective implementgation of panchayat initiated development plans. But the existing situation shows a wide gap between the expected and the actual. - Reproduced.  aPanchayat - India - Andaman and Nicobar Islands  aPanchayat  aIndian Journal of Public Administration