For common weal
Kerala, along with Gujarat and Maharashtra, are the three Indian states selected for a programme called the Commonwealth local government good practice scheme. The scheme is to be implemented by the Commonwealth Local Government Forum (cglf), a London-based institution founded in 1995 as a focus for action on local democracy in the Commonwealth, and endorsed by Commonwealth Heads of Government that year. The All-India Institute of Local Self-Government will co-implement the scheme, along with the un Habitat Urban Management Programme. Under the scheme, approved projects will receive