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Gandhiji’s political philosophy which paved gram swaraj, it paved the way for making panchyats effective instrument of grass root governance and participatory development. It is an undisputable part that decentralization is key to both healthy democracies for the socio-economic development of Indian society. This paper seek to present the findings of an empirical study of people participation in gramsbha of Mariyammanahalli village panchayat of Bellary district, for exploring the extent of peoples participation in gramsabha as a result of an implementation of section of 2 Karnataka state4 ZP,TP,GP and NP Act-1993.This made provision for the people’s participation at grass root level for village development it also aims at making some suggestions for making participation of people effective in this institution of decentralize of rural governance. The present study is an attempt to understand people. A BA B S T R A C TB S T R A C T “According to UNDP (1993:21), Participation means that people are closely involved in economic, social, cultural and political processes that affect their lives.”