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Synopsis Substantially based on the research papers presented at a regional seminar on the Functioning of New Panchayati Raj Institution, this book portrays different aspects of the Functioning of the New Panchayati Raj Institutions after the Constitutional Amendment Act, 1992. The papers contained in the book may be classified into five categories. One, papers pertaining to Women's Participation in the Panchayati Raj Institutions and Problems encountered by them in discharging their constitutional obligation. Capacity building in Panchayati Raj Institution is another category of papers. Efforts have been made to elaborate about the knowledge level and training needs of functionaries at the grass-root level. Third type of papers pertain to the problems encountered by women's representatives of the Panchayati Raj Institutions in discharging their roles. Fourth category concentrates on perception of voters towards Women's Empowerment, Participation and Problems. A few papers pertain to functioning of New Panchayati Raj Institution in totality. Finally there are also papers which are discussing decentralization of power at gross-root levels, participatory development and Gandhian perspective of Panchayati Raj Institutions. The book depicts an all round situation about functioning of new PRIs in the post constitutional amendment era. It will serve as a bench mark for future research on the subject.