Institution of Local Self Governance and its Linkages with Tourism

emarkable feature of the r":,Lht8 Report is its recornmendationfavouring '( pen participation' rf political parties in Pancr.layai rajaffdirs. Due to change in thc government, the recommendations ofthe committee were not accepted However some states like WestBengal,. remodeled its e Panchayat Raj system on therecommendations of Ashoka Mehta committee report.Another committee appointed by the Government was the G. V. RoaCommittee in 1985. The committee's main thrust was on improvingthe representative character and strengthening the capability ofboth the people's representative and the administrativepersonnel in the Panchayati Raj institutions so as to equip them toplay a major role in promoting and managing rural development andlocal affairs.The other committee appointed in 1986 under the noted jurist, L. M.Singhvi advocated giving constitutional status to the Panchayatsto stre!1gthen their position. The P. K. Thungon Committee like theprevious committee recommended fo r the constitu ,tional recognitionof panchayati raj in 1988. It recommended that the Zilla Parish ad bemade the pivotal body to carry out planning and development activityin the district. The most notable recommendation of the Thungoncommittee was about district collector being made Jf::e chief executiveofficer of the Zilla Parishad and the state government to appointofficers of the rank of additional collectors to assist the collector indeve lo pment and regula tory adminiiit ration. Its otherrecommendations were about a detailed list 01 su\.;ject fOi"panchayati raj to be incorporated in the constitution Clild setting up 'fthe state finance commissions to lay down the criteria and guidelinesfr>r devolution of financial resources to the PRls . .It was in this bar.kdrop that on 15 May 1989 the Constitution 64thAmendment hill was drafted and introduced in th!': pmlic:lment Therewere two serious oppositions to the bill : due to its political()vertonesa) the bill overlooked the states and was seen as aninstrument of the centre to deal directly with the PHis and b) that itwas imposing a uniform pattern throughout the country instead of17