IN its recent judgement, ‘MQM and others vs Pakistan’, the Supreme Court has declared provincial encroachment on “local government functions” contrary to the Constitution. The matter ...

In 1992, the Union government passed the 74th Amendment to the Constitution, trying to administratively and financially strengthen local governments by bypassing state governments.

They sought to institute a third-tier of governance in the federal framework through the devolution of functions, funds, and functionaries to local governments.

R. C. Prasad, Local Government and Development in India, International Political Science Review / Revue internationale de science politique, Vol. 1, No. 2, Recent Changes in Urban Politics: ...

The idea of modern local self-government is a mere 129 years old in South Asia. The seeds of decentralisation were sown by Viceroy Lord Ripon who, in 1882, envisioned that the citizens of India ...

Theoretical and Empirical Researches in Urban Management, Vol. 7, No. 3 (August 2012), pp. 24-37 (14 pages) AbstractThere is a constitutional imbalance between the functions and finances of Urban ...

SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Voting for the first phase of a staggered election to choose a local government concluded Wednesday in Indian-controlled Kashmir, the first such vote since Prime Minister ...