Read the following passage and pick out any one of the prudential reasons for power sharing offered in this.
“We need to give more power to the Panchayats to realise the dream of Mahatma Gandhi and the hopes of the makers of our Constitution. Panchayati Raj establishes true democracy. It restores power to the only place where power belongs in a democracy - in the hands of the people. Giving power to Panchayats is also a way to reduce corruption and increase administrative efficiency. When people participate in the planning and implementation of developmental schemes, they would naturally exercise greater control over these schemes. This would eliminate the corrupt middlemen. Thus Panchayati Raj will strengthen the foundations of our democracy.”
Participation of the people in the planning and implementation of developmental schemes, naturally enhances control over these schemes. Panchayati Raj will strengthen the foundations of our democracy. It is referred as grass root democracy, as Gandhi had himself confessed that real India lives in Villages. The prime objectives is to get rid of the corrupt middle man.
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