Context: Federalism and good governance need engagement between people and o?cials, as the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee (MGNREGA) programme in Rajasthan shows.
Case study: Implementation of the MGNREGA in Rajasthan -
Conclusion: As The American civil rights activist Jesse Jackson said, ‘Deliberation and debate is the way you stir the soul of our democracy’, a government committed to constitutional principles should heed to people’s views.