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Role of Gram Panchayat in Providing Basic Services: A Case Study of Beguru Village

Author(s) Dr. SUSHMA R
Country India
Abstract Following the historic enactment of the 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act in 1992, rural local bodies (Panchayati Raj Institutions) in India were institutionalized as constitutional units of self-governance. At the foundational tier of this structure sits the Gram Panchayat, tasked with the vital responsibility of providing core civic amenities and executing socio-economic welfare schemes. This study evaluates the performance, systemic capacity, and service delivery efficiency of the Beguru Gram Panchayat in Karnataka. Employing a mixed-methods empirical approach, the paper integrates structural household surveys, key informant interviews, focus group discussions, and physical field observations. The quantitative findings indicate high citizen satisfaction levels in fundamental utilities such as drinking water supply (78%) and street lighting (72%), driven by centralized schemes like the Jal Jeevan Mission. However, vital sanitation and municipal services exhibit substantial delivery deficits, with satisfaction rates dropping for basic sanitation infrastructure (60%) and rural drainage operations (55%). Key structural barriers include volatile fiscal dependency on top-down state/central grants, acute technical administrative staff shortages, elite capture in institutional decision-making, and minimal community mobilization during local planning processes. The article provides a series of comprehensive policy interventions—including digital fiscal reforms via e-GramSwaraj, institutionalizing mandatory social audits, capacity building for local representatives, and optimizing local property tax collections to ensure grassroots democratic institutional sustainability.
Keywords Gram Panchayat, Local Self-Governance, 73rd Constitutional Amendment, Public Service Delivery, Rural Infrastructure, Peri-Urban Governance, Karnataka.
Published In Volume 8, Issue 4, July-August 2026
Published On 2026-07-15
DOI https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2026.v08i04.83738
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