Janaagraha

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Janaagraha is a not-for-profit organization that aims to strengthen democracy in India by working for citizen participation in urban local government. Janaagraha aims to spread awareness of the benefits of engaging local governments after electing them and to lobby the Government of India to enact legislation to extend the 74th Amendment to the Constitution of India for more representative local urban government.

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[edit] Local Government in India

The 73rd and 74th Amendments to the Constitution of India aimed at reforming local government in India. The 73rd Amendment gave constitutional recognition and backing to the institution of Panchayati Raj in rural India, a cherished dream of Rajiv Gandhi, the 7th Prime Minister of India.

[edit] Citizen Participation in Urban Local Government in India

[edit] Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission

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