Institution of Local Self Governance and its Linkages with Tourism
Institution of Local Self Governance and its Linkages with Tourism
Institution of Local Self Governance and its Linkages with Tourism
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every state is to open their records to public. The right to information. is getting momentum, where every citizen has the right to information<strong>and</strong> on payment he or she could dem<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> receive details <strong>of</strong> theexpenditure on the work done over the last five years in his or hervillage <strong>and</strong> all the documents could be photocopied as evidence, touse it in future. Ta mil Nadu, Goa, <strong>and</strong> Kerala have already followed it.States like MP <strong>and</strong> U.P. has opened many departments <strong>of</strong>Panchayati Raj to public eye.The new panchayati raj has opened up vistas for better flow <strong>of</strong>information. Information, which was earlier, considered the domain <strong>of</strong>only the dominant classes has percolated to the panchayats, thusbringing in transparency.<strong>Self</strong>-governance for the Scheduled Areas:As per the 2001 census tribal population constitutes about 8. percent <strong>of</strong> the total population <strong>of</strong> India <strong>and</strong> majority <strong>of</strong> them arepositioned in rural areas. Most <strong>of</strong> the tribal societies have their owncustomary laws, their own mode <strong>of</strong> living, organization, traditions,cultural mores, etc. <strong>and</strong> are total cut <strong>of</strong>f from the rest <strong>of</strong> the society.The tribal people have a strong community organization thusfo rmation <strong>of</strong> fo rmal institutions like Panchayats created ananomalous situation. These formal institutions <strong>of</strong>ten came in conflict<strong>with</strong> the tribal customary laws <strong>and</strong> traditions. Whenever these fo rmalinstitutions tried asserting <strong>its</strong> authority, confrontation took place. Theformal institution fa iled to recognize the vibrant tribal communitywhich has been managing <strong>its</strong> affairs in accordance <strong>with</strong> <strong>its</strong> traditionthrough ages, meeting effectively the challenges, which have beencoming in <strong>its</strong> way. The ongoing confrontation between tribal people<strong>and</strong> the formal system was ignored <strong>and</strong> <strong>of</strong>ten treated as law <strong>and</strong>order problem. Thus it was felt to bring a system whereby the tribalcould exercise their freedom <strong>with</strong>out any intervention from outsidefo rces <strong>and</strong> to create a structure, which would be in consonance <strong>with</strong>the traditional system <strong>and</strong> yet encompass the modern elements asenvisaged in various parts <strong>and</strong> Schedules <strong>of</strong> the Constitution.A committee conSisting <strong>of</strong> Members <strong>of</strong> Parliament <strong>and</strong> Experts underthe chairmansip 9f Shri Dilip Singh Bhuria, was created to suggest an., ';"36
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