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Low fiscal decentralization: A road-block to rural development

Decentralization is broadly defined as transfer of power to the lower level of government (PRIs). It mainly takes three forms, namely political, administrative and fiscal. The legitimacy of the centralized system of governance is on a decline because of various factors including lower participation by people, lack of accountability, weak and inefficient delivery mechanism of public services and corruption in many government programmes.