01270pab a2200145 454500008004000000100001700040245014100057260000900198300001500207362001200222520076400234650005400998650002801052773004401080180718b2010   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aSharma, B.M.  aA step towards district government as the third tier of Indian union (with special reference to 73rd and 74th constitutional amendments)  c2010  ap.202-216.  aApr-Jun  aThe district administration more or less performs the same functions which the state performs at the state level and the Union government for the whole country. Yet the district administration, is not called a district government. It is referred to as district administration only because its chief executive is a bureaucrat and he functions as a representative of the state government, in an area delimited by the state government. In the wake of constitutional amendments of 1992 aimed at greater decentralization of administration the old administrative units at the district level also need changes. The evolving concept of District Government with a well defined form, function, rights and powers may be an innovation worth giving a chance. - Reproduced.  aIndia - Constitution - Amendments - 73rd and 74th  aDistrict administration  aIndian Journal of Public Administration