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100			_aRao, M. govinda
245			_aExpanding the resource base of panchayats: augmenting own revenues
260			_c2008
300			_ap.54-61.
362			_a26 Jan
520			_aFiscal decentralisation to rural local governments in India is meaningful only when the panchayats have adequate untied funds to provide public services assigned to them which require the assignment of tax powers. This paper shows that revenue mobilisation by rural local bodies is abysmally low. The assignment does not include any important revenue handles and the panchayats are not able to exploit properly even the only notable tax base assigned to them - the property tax. The paper argues that it is necessary to take a re-look at the tax powers of panchayats. It is also important to build administrative and enforcement capacity. An essential precondition for building such capacity is to create a reliable data and information system. - Reproduced.
650			_aPanchayat - india
650			_aPanchayat
700			_aRao, U.A. Vasanth
773			_aEconomic and Political Weekly
908			_aN
909			_a77320
999			_c77320 _d77320