{"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":"2026-08-09T21:56:22","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T16:26:22","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>&mdash; 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\">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<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p2\"><span>Body flow<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">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 \u2014 fiscal<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p3\"><span>Counter-view<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">dependence on grants \u2014 incomplete 3Fs<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p4\"><span>Conclusion routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">mismatch not uniform \u2014 Kerala&#039;s participatory planning devolved | further \u2014 cause is political will, not a constitutional bar GB World Bank gap: high political, low administrative &gt; elected but not self-governing \u20ac23 real self-government needs functions + finances + staff, not elections alone<\/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":2,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1325\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2552,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1325\/revisions\/2552"}],"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}]}}