- make devolution of functions mandatory in Article 243G
- local legislators shouldn’t be made members of PRI
- set up LC in all states to provide for representation to members of PRI
- SEC should be appt through a committee consisting of LoP
- SFC report and ATR to be submitted in 6months
- abolish MPLADS and MLALADS scheme
- parastatal bodies to be shut down
- PRI should have right to recruit their own personnel and regulate their conditions of service
Karnatka success
Karnataka has created a separate bureaucratic cadre for Panchayats to get away from the practice of deputation of officials who often overpowered the elected representatives. Such practices need to be replicated in other states for strengthening the true character of local self-governance