make an assessment of the system of local government as it operates in India.
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A local government is a form of public administration which, in a majority of contexts, exists as the lowest tier of administration within a given state. ... Local governments generally act within powers delegated to them by legislation or directives of the higher level of government.
Local government serves a two-fold purpose. The first purpose is the administrative purpose of supplying goods and services; the other purpose is to represent and involve citizens in determining specific local public needs and how these local needs can be met.
Municipal governments are organized local governments authorized in state constitutions and statutes, established to provide general government for a defined area, generally corresponding to a population center rather than one of a set of areas into which a county is divided.
Local self-government implies the transference of the power to rule to the lowest rungs of the political order. It is a form of democratic decentralization where the participation of even the grass root level of the society is ensured in the process of administration.