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6. Thus, federal power sharing is more effective today than it was in the early years after the, Constitution came into force., , Decentralization in India:, , 1. We noted above that federal government has two or more tiers of government., , 2. But a vast country like India cannot be run only through these two-tiers., , 3. Federal power sharing in India needs another tier of government, , 4. This resulted in a third-tier if the government called local government., , 5. When power is taken away from Central and State government, it is called, decentralisation., , 6. As the local level, it is possible for the people to directly participate in decision making., 7. A major step towards decentralisation was taken in 1992., , 8. The rural local government is popularly known by the name panchayati raj., , 9. This is a council consisting of several ward members, often called panch, and a president, or sarpanch., , 10. They are directly elected by all the adult population living in that ward or village., , 11. It is the decision-making body for the entire village., , 12. All the panchayat Samiti or mandals in a district together constitute the Zilla Parishad., 13. Local government bodies exist for urban areas as well., , 14. Big cities are constituted into municipal corporations., , 15. This new system of local government is the largest experiment in democracy conducted, anywhere in the world.