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THE KERALA DECENTRALIZATION PARADIGM
Powerful initiatives for Social Justice and Economic Development through Decentralisation
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The Kerala Decentralization Story
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Kerala's Digital Frontier
in Governance.
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Litter Free Kerala
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Enactments, Regulations and Policies
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Principal Directorate
It is an office system that has been started to form a unified local government department by coordinating the five services of Panchayat, Village Development, Urban Affairs, Local Government Engineering Department and Urban and Rural Planning under the Department of Local Self-Government.
Schemes
Centrally Sponsored Schemes
State Sponsored Schemes under LSGD

Careers and Internships
The Local Self Government Department (LSGD), Government of Kerala, offers a unique opportunity to students who are passionate about nation-building and want to make a difference in their communities. As an intern in the LSGD department, you will get to work with people from all walks of life, bureaucrats, and elected representatives, giving you exposure like nowhere else.
News and Updates
Important Notifications
- Quotations are invited from authorized dealers for the supply of a Laptop for the RGSA Project
- Proposals are invited from eligible firms for providing consultancy services to Local Self Government Department (Planning) for the Formulation of GIS based Master Plans for AMRUT 2.0 towns in Kerala
- Invited Expression of Interest (EoI) Cum Techno Commercial proposal for setting up Online Training Studio Facilities for LSGD
- PMGSY IV – Tenders invited for DGPS Survey
- PMGSY IV – Tenders invited for Soil & Material testing
- Competitive quotations are invited from authorized dealers for the replacement of all four tyres (175/65 R 15) of the official vehicle, Honda City (KL 01 CG 3353) under the Principal Directorate
- Expression of Interest (EOI) for inviting private agencies to establish facilities for processing combustible non-recyclable reject waste into RDS/SCF and enabling its co-processing
- The Principal Directorate of the Local Self Government Department invites competitive quotations from agencies/individuals for providing two vehicles with drivers on hire up to 31st March 2026
- Quotations are invited from owners/agencies of vehicles with taxi registration who are willing to rent Innova Crysta on full-time basis to the Kerala State Rural Road Development Agency office
- Inviting Expression Of Interest :The Local Self Government Department is looking for agencies to manage the Online Social Media activities of the Department.
- Local Self-Government Department – 15th Legislative Assembly – Recommendation in paragraph 23 of the first report of the Estimates Committee – Necessary steps to ensure the quality of roads to areas important for tourism
- Applications are invited for the panel of State Quality Monitors in KSRRDA for the PMGSY Scheme
- Green Kerala Ride 2025
- The Hon’ble Chief Minister will launch the State-Level K-SMART software application for all Grama, Block, and District Panchayats of Kerala on 10th April 2025, at 10:30 AM.
- The Department of Local Self-Government issues an order selecting the local self-government institutions eligible for the Swaraj, Mahatma, and Mahatma-Ayyankali awards for the year 2023-24.
- Local Self Government Department- Principal Directorate- Online Public Transfer 2025 – Instructions related to updating of employees’ incumbency information in the software
- Local Self-Government Department- Principal Directorate- Deployment of Smart Software in Village-Block-District Panchayats- Regarding Guidelines
- Local Self-Government Department – Ayyankali Urban Employment Guarantee Scheme – issues order increasing daily wages of workers.
- Services available to the public from the Panchayat Department in exercise of the powers vested in it under Section 3 of the Right to Services Act, 2012 (Act 18 of 2012), time limit for provision of services, and designated officer.
- Quotations are invited from authorized dealers for the supply of a Laptop for the RGSA Project
- Proposals are invited from eligible firms for providing consultancy services to Local Self Government Department (Planning) for the Formulation of GIS based Master Plans for AMRUT 2.0 towns in Kerala
- Invited Expression of Interest (EoI) Cum Techno Commercial proposal for setting up Online Training Studio Facilities for LSGD
- PMGSY IV – Tenders invited for DGPS Survey
- PMGSY IV – Tenders invited for Soil & Material testing
- Competitive quotations are invited from authorized dealers for the replacement of all four tyres (175/65 R 15) of the official vehicle, Honda City (KL 01 CG 3353) under the Principal Directorate
- Expression of Interest (EOI) for inviting private agencies to establish facilities for processing combustible non-recyclable reject waste into RDS/SCF and enabling its co-processing
- The Principal Directorate of the Local Self Government Department invites competitive quotations from agencies/individuals for providing two vehicles with drivers on hire up to 31st March 2026
- Quotations are invited from owners/agencies of vehicles with taxi registration who are willing to rent Innova Crysta on full-time basis to the Kerala State Rural Road Development Agency office
- Inviting Expression Of Interest :The Local Self Government Department is looking for agencies to manage the Online Social Media activities of the Department.
- Local Self-Government Department – 15th Legislative Assembly – Recommendation in paragraph 23 of the first report of the Estimates Committee – Necessary steps to ensure the quality of roads to areas important for tourism
- Applications are invited for the panel of State Quality Monitors in KSRRDA for the PMGSY Scheme
- Green Kerala Ride 2025
- The Hon’ble Chief Minister will launch the State-Level K-SMART software application for all Grama, Block, and District Panchayats of Kerala on 10th April 2025, at 10:30 AM.
- The Department of Local Self-Government issues an order selecting the local self-government institutions eligible for the Swaraj, Mahatma, and Mahatma-Ayyankali awards for the year 2023-24.
- Local Self Government Department- Principal Directorate- Online Public Transfer 2025 – Instructions related to updating of employees’ incumbency information in the software
- Local Self-Government Department- Principal Directorate- Deployment of Smart Software in Village-Block-District Panchayats- Regarding Guidelines
- Local Self-Government Department – Ayyankali Urban Employment Guarantee Scheme – issues order increasing daily wages of workers.
- Services available to the public from the Panchayat Department in exercise of the powers vested in it under Section 3 of the Right to Services Act, 2012 (Act 18 of 2012), time limit for provision of services, and designated officer.













