PYQ Vault · Paper 1 · Local Government
Political decentralization has not been matched by administrative decentralization at the grass roots level. Explain
How the answer moves
The flow snapshot — the routes in, the body, the counter-view and the routes out.
Flow snapshot — how the answer moves
Intro routes
GB political = elected bodies | administrative = functions / staff / planning ~ 73rd-74th gave elections, reservation, three tiers ~ administrative power stayed with states 3 India a leader in political decentralisation but a laggard in administrative ~ why do elected bodies still lack governing power
Body flow
Art. 243G leaves devolution to state law ~ states keep planning + budgeting ~ Panchayats lack control over health, education, public works, staff ~ parastatals / line departments run core services + MPLADS bypass ~ Brass: resistance as rival patronage — fiscal
Counter-view
dependence on grants — incomplete 3Fs
Conclusion routes
mismatch not uniform — Kerala's participatory planning devolved | further — cause is political will, not a constitutional bar GB World Bank gap: high political, low administrative > elected but not self-governing €23 real self-government needs functions + finances + staff, not elections alone
Model answer
Handwritten, in the form it would be written in the examination hall.
