Governance
Over-Centralization & Disempowered Local Government
Funds, functions, and functionaries all stay above the district. Local bodies carry responsibility for delivery without the money or the authority to act.
Power piles up at the top when local governments lack funds, functions, and trained staff to solve everyday problems.
What keeps this stuck
- Starvation of funds, functions, and functionaries at local level
- State governments hoarding power and budgets
- Colonial-era collector culture dominating district administration
- Proxy rule at the village level (sarpanch-pati dynamics)
Is this a root problem worth fixing first?
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