The third issue of Gramsurajya is in three parts. The first section is an opinion piece titled “Participation and Decentralization for Agricultural and Rural Development.” The second section contains insights from the ARIS/REDS 2006 data on “Does the democratic decentralization really create responsible governance in rural India?” The final section highlights the latest programmes to redress grievances at the local level – ‘Complaints: does anybody actually care?’