Total Quality Management – a magic potion for achieving good governance in Local Self Governments in Kerala. Biju S K* 1. Introduction By adopting a ‘Big Bang’ approach to decentralization, Kerala is clearly the front- runner in India. Kerala pursued and adopted a wide range of reforms, including setting up a fiscal transfer system that assigned 20 percent of the state capital budget as the vertical share of local governments [1] . Derived from various legislative Acts, rules and bye laws, several efforts were taken by the government of Kerala and capacity building initiatives from KILA, good governance is still remain a gray area in Local governance system. In Dr . Satya Brata Sen Committee report on decentralization, one can find the highlighted need for good governance. RTI, ombudsmen, and the like are the amble evidence for the need of good practices in LSGIs. By observing the true spirit, Government of Kerala did a string of efforts. The priorities of 9 th and 10 t