An Archive on Local Democracy (LSG Archive) focusing mainly on Local Governments was established by the Research Unit on Local Self Governments (RU-LSG) in February 2013. The Local Democracy Archive is housed in the K. N. Raj Library of the Centre for Development Studies. To enable and strengthen Local Self Governance and to make it more meaningful, the archive would preserve the relevant details of all activities and endevours being implemented in different parts of Kerala.
The LSG Archive will strive to accumulate and preserve materials on all forms of local democracy initiatives; materials related to various forms of collective action by the people for democracy, civil / human rights, participation in local governance, improved service delivery, accountability and so on.