-
The people's machinery — local democracy and development in Andhra Pradesh
01.10.1996
In May 1996, the Leader of India's Janata Dal Party told the Financial Times: 'The people who have energy but no land … have become victims of the machinery of democracy. But this machinery should be the servant of the people.' In rural South India, where the villagers' priorities are water and jobs, a coalition of NGOs is working with their elected representatives to help make things happen.