{"id":1325,"date":"2026-08-09T19:11:44","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:41:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/political-decentralization-has-not-been-matched-by-administrative-upsc-psir-2019-2005\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T21:24:06","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T15:54:06","slug":"political-decentralization-has-not-been-matched-by-administrative-upsc-psir-2019-2005","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/political-decentralization-has-not-been-matched-by-administrative-upsc-psir-2019-2005\/","title":{"rendered":"Political decentralization has not been matched by administrative decentralization at the grass roots level. Explain"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pq-flow\">\n<div class=\"pq-flow-h\">Flow snapshot <em>\u2014 how the answer moves<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p1\"><span>Intro routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 1<\/i> political = elected bodies | administrative = functions \/ staff \/ planning <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> 73rd\u201374th gave elections, reservation, three tiers <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> administrative power stayed with states<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> India a leader in political decentralisation but a laggard in administrative <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> why do elected bodies still lack governing power<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p2\"><span>Body flow<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p>Art. 243G leaves devolution to state law <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> states keep planning + budgeting <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> Panchayats lack control over health, education, public works, staff <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> parastatals \/ line departments run core services + MPLADS bypass <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Brass<\/b>: resistance as rival patronage <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> fiscal dependence on grants <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> incomplete 3Fs<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p3\"><span>Counter-view<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p>mismatch not uniform <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> Kerala\u2019s participatory planning devolved further <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> cause is political will, not a constitutional bar<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p4\"><span>Conclusion routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 1<\/i> World Bank gap: high political, low administrative <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> elected but not self-governing<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> real self-government needs functions + finances + staff, not elections alone<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[37],"pyq_marks":[38],"pyq_topic":[61],"pyq_paper":[33],"class_list":["post-1325","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-37","pyq_marks-10-marks","pyq_topic-grassroots-democracy","pyq_paper-paper-1"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/psir_pyq"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1325\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4737,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1325\/revisions\/4737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=1325"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=1325"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=1325"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=1325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}