Jena, Nalin Ranjan2025-04-302025-04-300000http://192.9.200.215:4000/handle/123456789/552The growing global trend of people’s participation in shaping social and political life, especially in India. It traces historical roots from pre-British self-governance to colonial disruption and revival during the freedom struggle. Various marginalized groups—women, rural people, minorities, and the disabled—are highlighted as excluded from participation. Structural, administrative, and social barriers to inclusive participation are critically examined.People's participation is becoming the central contemporary time. The political transition in issue of many countries, the collapse of many socialist regimes. the developing and worldwide emergence of people's organisations are a part of process of historic change rather than just isolated events. the the And these changes testify one discernible worldwide trend that people today are manifesting an increasing urge to participate in events the and process that shape their lives. People are beginning to move to centre stage in national and global dialogues. Regent Developments all over the globe have posed new threats and coined up new avenues, for the common people to participate in the decision-making process. The Cold War in East-West relation over, market the ideological battles of the past are being replaced forces. The rising environmental threat 15 by reminding humanity of both its vulnerability and its compulsion for common survival on a fragile planet.enEmpowermentDecentralizationColonial DisruptionSocial StratificationPre-British Village SystemWorking Paper