Highlight the socio – economic component of decentralistion and suggest necessary measures to strengthen them.

Decentralization cannot be successful until and unless the weaker sections participate in the decision-making process. Keeping this in mind, the 73rd and 74th Amendment Acts, provided for reservation to the weaker sections, which has been hailed as a radical and welcome step. This constitutional guarantee has given adequate opportunity to the women, SCs/STs and OBCs to fight elections and be represented on the rural and urban bodies. The access of weaker sections to rural and urban power structure has been ensured legally thereby enlarging the social base of the system. Prior to the constitutional guarantee, the members of the weaker sections hardly made any dent into the power structure. However, the policy of reservation in Panchayat and urban bodies has empowered them and given an opportunity to air their grievances and get them cleared through participatory decision-making process. (Chandrashekar, B.K; 2000:10). It has provided institutional means for the explicit recognition and representation of the oppressed groups – of women and weaker sections (Buch, Nirmala; 2005:346). The working of decentralisation reveals both negative and positive trends. The negative trends were visible initially, especially where panchayats were headed by SC/ST persons and women. This was because of the fact that most of the members belonging to these groups were found to be illiterate, less articulate and especially inexperienced. In case of SCs/STs, initially only those __________ _____ _______ ______ _________ _______ ___ _____ ___ ___ ____ ___.
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