Nelaturu Sreekanth ReddyAIR 151 · CSE 2024 · 167 wordsTheir whole copy
Opening · a definition
Decentralisation of power refers to devolution of powers from higher hierarchies of government to lower hierarchies.
Body · points
Concept of Decentralisation of power in Indian society
→ Constitutionalisation of local bodies through 73rd and 74th constitutional amendments empowered local bodies.
→ Women reservation also decentralised the power from patriarchs to the women.
→ Reservation for SC/ST communities in the local village level decentralised the power from dominant caste to lower sections of society.
→ Decentralisation of power by providing tribal autonomy led to empowerment of tribals.
→ Emergence of nuclear families lead to decentralisation of power from traditional head to nuclear head.
→ Economic empowerment of women made women equal power holders in household decisions.
Criticism
→ Even in local bodies dominant caste controls the elected individuals.
→ Marxists argue that in Capitalistic societies real power can never come to common man.
→ Feminist scholars criticise the concept of 'pati panchayat/ Sarpanch pati'.
Close · a summary
Decentralisation of power helped in improving secular hierarchy of lower sections in Indian society.