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LogoLink coordinator in South
Asia, PRIA, as technical advisor to the Government of India and on its
request, is facilitating the participatory process of mapping all the
functions that should be devolved to local governments in the spirit of
the Seventy-third Constitutional Amendment.
This process, which PRIA is
facilitating in 12 Indian states, is called Activity Mapping and it involves
intensive interfaces with elected representatives of local governments,
senior bureaucrats from federal governments, media and citizens and sometime
politicians. The basic principle underlying the Activity Mapping is 'Principle
of Subsidiarity'. The Government of India is signing memorandum of understanding
with state governments to devolve Funds, Functions and Functionaries to
local governments as per Activity Mapping in the state.
It is assumed that once this
process is complete, local governments in India will become genuinely
capable of leading economic development and social justice.
 For
more information on this initiative, contact PRIA at logolink@pria.org
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