Abstract
Karnataka is a leading state in the initiation of decentralisation policies and reforms. The state brought out path-breaking legislation in 1985 and made a concerted attempt to implement the Panchayat Raj System during 1987–88 under new legislation (Government of Karnataka 1983). A three-tier panchayat system was established in 1987, which had the following features: devolution of a large number of development functions and responsibilities, merging the District Rural Development Agency (DRDA) with the Zilla Parishad, providing administrative personnel, devolving funds from the state government and constituting a Finance Commission.
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The same government felt the need to assess the performance of panchayat raj institutions in the state and consequently constituted an evaluation Committee chaired by Dr. K. S. Krishnaswamy, the retired Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank of India. The report gave a good account of the functioning of newly established panchayats and rated the performance in terms of socio-economic development as good (Government of Karnataka 1989).
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This 50% was also extended to Grama Panchayat elections in 2015.
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These are Indian Forest Service (IFS), Karnataka Administrative Service (KAS), Karnataka Government Service (KGS), etc.
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This group includes the two newly formed districts of Ramanagara and Chikballapur.
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Rajasekhar, D., Babu, M.D., Manjula, R. (2018). Overview of Decentralisation in Karnataka. In: Decentralised Governance, Development Programmes and Elite Capture. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-1900-6_3
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