Dr. Isaac was one of the captains of the mass movement that is turning 25 years tomorrowThe Onam of 2018 was at its collective best in Kerala’s flood relief camps. Therefore, democratic decentralisation is a process of widening and deepening political democracy which the Left has believed is helpful in mobilising people better,” says Dr. Isaac. Way forwardThe people’s planning was a big bang with 40% of funds given down without any preconditions of devolution. We can use all this to launch watershed-based planning [all micro-watersheds have been delineated in Kerala] and effective initiatives to mitigate climate change,” says Dr. Isaac. By the time we finished the project, people’s planning programme got under way.

Source: The Hindu August 16, 2021 07:21 UTC