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100			_aPalanithurai, G.
245			_aRole of panchayats in social development: Excellence in decentralised administration
260			_c2006
300			_ap.615-632.
362			_aJul-Sep
520			_aSocial development issues are conveniently relegated to the background from public discussion by the political class, and, as a result. India is ranked very low in the Human Development Report. Now issues of social development have been brought to the centre stage for public discussion. The newly created Panchayat institutions have started demonstrating their potential in addressing the key issues of social development in governance at the grassroots which has been perceived as an emerging alternative governance. This article is based on an action research done in 54 Gram Panchayats of Tamil Nadu in four districts on micro planning for social development. - Reproduced.
650			_aDecentralization
650			_aEconomic and social development
650			_aPanchayat
773			_aIndian Journal of Public Administration
908			_aN
909			_a72391
999			_c72391 _d72391