Workshop on Challenges Faced by Women in the Panchayati Raj System
Minutes of the Workshop on “Challenges Faced by Women in the Panchayati Raj System, Holistic Development and Panchayats” Organised on…
India’s Panchayati Raj system comprising over 2.55 lakh Gram Panchayats (village-level elected councils) serving nearly 65 per cent of the population stands at the threshold of a technological transformation driven by artificial intelligence (AI). This report examines the wide-ranging relationship between AI and decentralised local governance in India. It traces how AI tools are being introduced into the day-to-day working of Panchayats, what institutional barriers stand in the way, and what all of this means for participatory democracy, accountability, and equity in rural India.
