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Community to Constitution Based Local Governance in India

Author(s) Ms. Anjali Kaushik, Dr. Parmod Kumar
Country India
Abstract ‘India lives in villages’ signifies how important rural areas are to India's economy and society. India still has about 65% of its people living in villages, which makes the role of local government very important (World Bank, 2020). The present paper analyzes the evolution of local government in India from the Vedic period to the 21st century. Vedic institutions such as the Sabha, Samiti, Ganapada, and Gramani represent India's early democratic developments, while the Sabha and Samiti began to evolve into the Panchayat in the post-Vedic era. During the Middle Ages, the Delhi Sultanate and the Mughal Empire set up village panchayats and community councils to give people more control over their own lives, but they were still controlled from one central authority. The Cholas also had Ur, Sabha, and Nagaram assemblies that administered village matters and local government. During British rule, the Permanent Settlement (1793) weakened traditional Panchayats, but Lord Ripon's Resolution (1882) and the Government of India Act (1935) laid the foundation for modern local bodies. After independence, recommendations of various committees and reforms paved the way for decentralization & democratization and finally the 73rd and 74th Constitutional Amendments in 1992- 93 gave constitutional recognition to gram panchayats and urban local bodies, making India the largest local self-governance democratic system in the world. Between 1993–2025, Digital India, Panchayat e-Governance Plan, Gram panchayat Development Plan (GPDP), Smart City Mission, Local Governance of SDGs, have given a new direction to the efficiency and transparency of local self-governance.
Keywords Local self-governance, decentralization, democratization, constitutional amendments.
Published In Volume 8, Issue 1, January-February 2026
Published On 2026-02-06
DOI https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2026.v08i01.85025
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