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100			_aMilind Bokil
100			_aSatish Gogulwar
245			_aGram Sabha as a body corporate : The emerging reality
246			_aEPW _fVol.58; No.37 - _g16 Sep. 2023 _hpp. 35-39
520			_aSince the passing of the Constitution (73rd Amendment) Act, 1992, the institution of the gram sabha has assumed signifi cance as a basic unit of self-governance but there area lot of misconceptions about its nature, and it is merely understood as a “meeting of village people.” However, in the Scheduled Areas of Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra, the gram sabhas are demonstrating how they could function as “bodies corporate,” a fact recognised only by a few of the state panchayat acts. This has got a great transformative potential not just in ushering participatory democracy but also in livelihood generation, conservation and management of natural resources.
630			_aPOL
650			_aGram Sabha
650			_aLocal self-government
650			_aSwaraj
650			_aVillage assembly
856			_uhttps://www.epw.in/journal/2023/37/perspectives/gram-sabha-body-corporate.html
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