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Dr. M. K. Muneer Minister for Panchayats	5th Floor Annexe Secretariat Thiruvananthapuram-695001 Ph: 0471-2327796/2327895 PABX 251-8333 E-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Shri. K. C. Joseph Minister for Rural Development	Main Block Secretariat Annexe Thiruvananthapuram-695001 Ph: 0471-2333176/2332021 PABX 2518178 E-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Shri. Manjalamkuzhi Ali Minister for Urban Affairs and Welfare of Minorities	Room No: 521 2nd Floor South Sandwich Block Secretariat Thiruvananthapuram Phone : 0471-2333371 Mob : 9455515000
Department of Local Self Government Shri. V. S. Senthil Principal Secretary	Tel: 0471-2332935, 2518290 Fax: 0471-2332935 M:9496235500 E-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Dr. Rajan Khobragade Secretary	Ph-0471-2333701, 2517011 Mob: 9968955100
Website	www.lsg.kerala.gov.in

About Local Self Government Department
Kerala has been the trend setter for decentralized development in the country. In fact the mooring for the grass roots level decentralized democratic functioning of administration was laid by the first EMS Ministry. In 1997, the government took the bold initiative of transferring power, finance and expertise to Local Self Government institutions to initiate developmental works at the grass roots level. Till then the results of development did not percolate to the lowest strata. Local initiatives and local participation were fully encouraged by the Government of 1996-2001 through decentralisation. The result of this approach was epoch making. The Panchayati Raj System here was hailed as the best in the country. Experts came from inside the country and abroad to see the miracle that happened here. The Government is engaged in consolidating those gains and taking decentralized development to new heights while plugging the loopholes and closing lacunae in the earlier experience.

Mission and Vision of the department
Institutionalising the gains of decentralisation and the Peoples Plan Campaign initiated under the imaginative leadership of E.M.S. Namboothirippad, the artict of modern Kerala, during the ninth plan was the main objective of the activities of the Local Self Government Department over the past three years. We have been successful to a great extend in stabilising and carrying forward the spirit of decentralisation and making the Local Self Government Institutions (LSGIs) responsive to the local needs. The decentralisation experiment of Kerala has given a prominent position for the local government institutions with regard to the development of local economy. Besides LSGIs are also the providers of a good number of services to the public. The department aims at enabling the LSGIs to become active players in local economic development and to strengthen their service delivery system. This has to result in transforming the LSGIs into people friendly institutions with a high degree of transparency and efficiency.

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Line departments, Institutions and organizations under the department

Town and Country Planning Department
Panchayat Directorate
Urban Affairs Directorate
Commissionerate of Rural Development
Kerala Institute of Local Administration (KILA)
Kerala Rural Development and Marketing Society (KERAMS)
Clean Kerala Mission
State Institute of Rural Development (SIRD)
Kerala Urban and Rural Development Finance Corporation Ltd.
Kerala State Rural Women's Electronics Industrial Co-operative Federation Ltd
Thiruvananthapuram Development Authority (TRIDA)
Greater Cochin Development Authority
Kudumbasree State Poverty Eradication Mission

Major Function of the department

With the decentralisation of powers to, Local self-government Institutions, Local administration department has an important role to play in the formulation of policy and implementation of developmental works at the grass roots level. Director of panchayat and Director of Municipal Administration form the two field departments. There are 991 Grama Panchayats, 152 Block Panchayats, 54 Municipalities, 5 Municipal Corporations and 14 District Panchayats, which together constitute the Local self-government Institutions in the State. The department is headed by a Secretary to Government.