• Parkash Kaur
• Dr. Tilak Raj Ahuja

In India, most of its population resides in rural areas and thus democracy should begin thereon in order to ensure good governance and a better functioning of local affairs that we desire. To extend democracy to the rural India, the system of Panchayati Raj was established. The Panchayati Raj system is not a new concept and therefore is considered as one of the best ways of governance of the rural India. However, the system of Panchayati Raj, despite having derived their powers and existence from the Constitution of India, faces a lot of challenges in their day to day working because of various reasons and therefore this third tier of government has not been able to serve the purpose with which it was introduced in India. Therefore, the present paper analyses the issues and challenges which the PRI's are facing in the present. The paper also makes an attempt to design few strategies to efficate the PRI's functioning in the states.

PANCHAYATI RAJ: ISSUES AND CHALLENGES

"PANCHAYATI RAJ: ISSUES AND CHALLENGES", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 9, page no.e191-e202, September-2021, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2109529.pdf

"PANCHAYATI RAJ: ISSUES AND CHALLENGES", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 9, page no. ppe191-e202, September-2021, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2109529.pdf