Pratap Bhanu Mehta on The Theory of Moral Sentiments
Ideas of India
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The India Curve Is a Complete Outlie, Right?
Local government is simply disempowered in terms of capacity. The biggest obstacle to decentralization has actually not been the central government, it's been state governments. No state chief minister wants to relinquish power over cities which are your cash cows. You don't want the mayor of mumbai to be a political rival to the chief minister of marasta. And we could argue that decentilization often has to be claimed. Nobodyis going to give you, give it to you.
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