Karnataka Panchayats Strengthening Project

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The Karnataka Panchayats Strengthening Project for India aims at improving the effectiveness of service delivery by Karnataka's Gram panchayats (village governments) with respect to the management of public resources and the delivery of relevant services that the rural people prioritize. The project consists of the following components: Component 1: will finance block grants to Gram panchayats. The block grants will finance services listed in Panchuyat participatory plans and budgets. Component 2: will increase the ability of rural people to voice their demands to local governments and elicit responses from them, in particular for the poorest and excluded people such as women, scheduled castes and scheduled tribes. Component 3: will increase the capacity of all three levels of Punchayats in managing resources, collecting revenues and delivering services. In total about 5,500 local governments and 100,000 elected representatives will benefit. Component 4: will put in place systems at the state level to enable it to oversee, facilitate and manage the Panchayat system.