Democratic decentralisation is the process of transferring power, authority, and resources from central or state governments to elected local bodies, empowering them to make decisions and manage affairs at the local level. Local self-government bodies like Panchayats and Municipalities in India are prime examples of this principle in practice.
Local self-government can be best explained as an exercise in
Asked in UPSC IAS 2017 · Topic: Panchayati Raj and Community Development (Concept of Participatory Planning and Decentralized Governance through PRIs)
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Answer: B. Democratic decentralisation
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