Younis Ahmad Sheikh

• M.Phil. PhD Political Science
• Assistant Professor at Govt. Degree College Awantipora

The term Panchayati raj in India signifies the system of rural local self-government. It has been established in all the states of India by the Acts of the state legislatures to build democracy at the grassroots level. It is entrusted with rural development. It was constitutionalised through the 73 rd constitutional Amendment Act of 1992. Panchayat...

The world has realized that the economic success of the states is directly determined by their education systems. Education is a Nation's Strength. A developed nation is inevitably an educated nation. Indian higher education system is the third largest in the world, next to the United States and China. Since independence, India as a developing nati...

The concept of Panchayati Raj is not new to Jammu and Kashmir. It exists since earliest times. The institutions of Panchayati Raj in Jammu and Kashmir seemed for some time to have disappeared permanently into the mist of militancy. Despite inhospitable security environment, the state government succeeded in restoring the Panchayati Raj Institution...

India is a land of villages. There are no fewer than six lakh villages in India. About 70 per cent people of India live in villages. So, it is rightly said that real India lives in villages. A typical Indian village lacks several facilities, particularly in backward states. Villages are the biggest support for India, from the past to future. They a...

Rural development is a holistic concept encompassing both natural and human resources development in an integrated manner. It aims at increasing the opportunities of all rural people in respect of health, knowledge, and skill development, income and participation in decision making and creating a conducive environment in reducing social and economi...

The article discusses the importance of peace education as a means to promote a culture of peace. Peace education aims to equip individuals with the knowledge, skills, and values necessary to prevent and resolve conflicts and promote peaceful coexistence. The article traces the history of peace education, from the early 20th century to the present,...

The article discusses the importance of peace education as a means to promote a culture of peace. Peace education aims to equip individuals with the knowledge, skills, and values necessary to prevent and resolve conflicts and promote peaceful coexistence. The article traces the history of peace education, from the early 20th century to the present,...

The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) and its partnership with Central Asia have emerged as a pivotal force in promoting regional stability. This paper explores the SCO's role in Central Asia and its contributions to economic cooperation, security collaboration, energy and infrastructure projects, and addressing regional challenges. Through i...

Lot of rural development programmes were carried out by panchayat raj institutions in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir from time to time in order to develop the rural area. The Government of Jammu and Kashmir assures people’s participation in developmental activities and in the local governance institutions with adequate gender, class an...

The Congress Party has a long history linked to India’s independence movement and is associated with a secular and socialist ideology. The BJP, founded in 1980, is associated with Hindu nationalism and has become increasingly influential in recent years. The parties have significant differences in policies and agendas, including economic and social...

Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) play a crucial role in promoting stability and trust between India and Pakistan. This article, therefore, examines the different domains of CBMs, including political, military, economic, people-to-people, and nuclear, and highlights their significance in reducing tensions and fostering cooperation. Various exampl...

Implementation of government rehabilitation policies and programmes for militancy hit victims has gained much popularity and interest to the researchers of social sciences. They argued that these policies and programmes should be implemented transparently so that sufferings of common people could be mitigated.

The victims of human rights violations suffer devastating consequences. Violations of human rights have repercussions on the victim's health, happiness, and financial stability. As a result, every democratic government must implement policies and procedures for limiting human rights abuses so that all citizens can enjoy at least a certain standard...

India, since last seven decades has contributed a lot to develop the rural areas by adopting many schemes in order to improve the living standard of rural masses. In Jammu and Kashmir Rural Development Department, over the period, has assumed a key position in the socioeconomic development of rural areas in view of magnitude of funding provided by...

In the democratic set up voting is an important process. Proper utilization of vote can lead to the development of a country to a greater extent. However political parties try to capture maximum number of votes in order to come in power. For this they tend to develop and determine the voting behaviour of the voters. The behaviour of a voter is infl...

As the peace process started from 1996, it has been taken as a starting point for assessing the efforts of the mainstream political parties in controlling human rights violations. The mainstream political parties had played a crucial role in the peace process. Violence due to militancy and misgovernance has seriously dented the resilient Kashmir id...

Good quality infrastructure is critical to sustainable growth, especially for rural areas. As over 70 percent of Indian population lives in rural areas, with low levels of per capital income, there is need to impart greater attention in improving rural infrastructure. The Infrastructure sector has both backward and forward linkages with the agricul...

Decentralized governance can lead to more flexible, innovative and creative administrative setup. In different nations or regions of the world, national governments are following decentralized governance as a strategy to strengthen accountability, political skills and national integration and bringing government closer to the people. In India major...

The study of determinants of electoral behaviour constitutes a very significant area of empirical investigation. Man is a rational creature in the philosophical sense of term; he is not so rational in the realms of his economic or political behaviour. An empirical study of the determinants of electoral behaviour displays the astounding fact that th...

Decentralization is a word that has been used by different people to mean a good many different things. But what do we see in practice? Experiments with local government that end in chaos and bankruptcy; ‗decentralized' structures of administration that only act as a more effective tool for centralizing power; regional and district committees in wh...