Question

Panchayati Raj has changed the face of Indian villages.Explain

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For Latak in Assam’s Dhemaji district, floods are a living reality. But this remote village of about 300 houses has found a novel cost-effective way to connect flood-affected areas — a bridge made out of neatly stacked bamboo. It may not sound like a big success story but, for the village panchayat, it is a cause for much celebration. The panchayat planned the project after deliberations with villagers and funded it from its own resources: an example of complete decentralisation of planning.

From a bamboo bridge in flood-affected Latak to rainwater harvesting in Jharkhand’s drought-hit regions and sensitisation programmes on open defecation in Goa, India’s villages are deciding what they want to solve age-old problems. The mantra behind focused planning is simple: your money, your plan.