A Thesis to Treat the RWA as the 4th-Tier of Governance
Dr Rao VBJ Chelikani During the 19 th and 20 th centuries when common people wanted to have a share in the governance, electing a few representatives to rule at central and state levels was considered adequate. Having accomplished it, the political institutions in the Western European countries have been evolving along with the changing times. What is certain, to-day in India that the democratic spirit is well ingrained in the psyche of an average Indian, though not as much as that is desirable after seventy years of democratic experience. B…
Why a Resident Welfare Association?
By Rao VBJ Chelikani Urban civil society organisations including RWAs have emerged as important players in governance and development of cities functioning as a fourth tier of grassroot self-governing micro-urban communities. Howeverm we have a peculiar situation where parallel mechanisms formed by the state apparatus exist to deliver functions that these micro-communities are carrying out. Including a list of functions that can be devolved to these bodies in the 7th Schedule of the Constitution could be considered as a solution to this weak…
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