Key to effective decentralization is that decentralization should follow frame and procedure decentralization. Divans in context of independent fused by local governance in India.

Elections not regular (eg: void after 7 years in Tamil Nadu), Lack of independence of State Election Commission. Violent West Bengal. Funds some states were not yet formed. State finance commission (local bodies network to collect revenue eg: Bangalore, Jaipur collect only 5-8% of their potential property taxes). Most funds from Union/State govt are Fixed. Funds from union commission grow, 50-60% of funds commission grants are fixed. Functions devolved, No state has devolved all 29 subjects of 11th schedule. Most states have devolved less than 10. Bureaucratic interference, Local staff not trained. District planning committees formed in only 9 states. Gram sabha scheduled Areas only 8/10 states have NEGA. No municipal extension to scheduled Areas. Trowam sabha not an effective check on Panchayats. Social audit not regular. Strategy used committees not formed.

For financial decentralization: Comptroller state finance commission (16th Finance Commission). Greater un-tied funds. Performance based funding based on increasing revenue. Tag - entertainment loss. For functional decentralization: Adopt principle of subsidiarity (16th AFSRC). Function should be devolved to lower level which is best suited for it. For effective exercise of functions: Skilling of functionaries. Volunteer corps in Kerala. For law and order support to judiciary: By impleader intended it to be a dead letter. Hence SE Bannerji Judgment gave long way in institutionalizing spirit of constitutional assembly.