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Article Name :
PANCHAYAT RAJ AND RURAL DEVALOPMENT IN THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT
Author Name :
Basavaraj Benakanahalli , Santoshkumar Kumbar
Publisher :
Ashok Yakkaldevi
Article Series No. :
ISRJ-566
Article URL :
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Abstract :
Since ancient time, rural India had developed democratic tractions. The main objective was to promote economic development with distributive justice. The people formed little republic institutions to perform function as a unit. It was called as Samiti. In which all the village elders discussed the issues pertaining to the village. It can be compared to the present day gram samba, during the Vedic period each village elders met together to discuss local issues and the venue was called choral participation in the meeting was together considered as a privilege. During the latter part of the Vedic period, they had put an end to Gram Sabha system as bigger kingdoms emerged as a result of emerging big kingdom.
Keywords :
  • panchayat raj
  • historical context
  • developed democratic tractions.