Perceived to be in the driver's seat at the Centre, the Left parties had a mixed bag in the outgoing year as they stalled the Government's moves on issues dear to them, while they were virtually helpless in some areas like the privatisation of the Delhi
During the year Ministry of Panchayati Raj set up a working group with the Republic of South Africa on local governance. An agreement with Pakistan was signed on 22/11/2006 in Islamabad on setting up a joint working Group on Local Governance and accountab
The world got flatter this year. The past 12 months carried on their shoulders %u2014 at times held high and celebrated robustly %u2014 the continuation of a global trend that looks at India through a fresh prism.
