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CEC

Public Policy and Administration in India

CEC via Swayam

Overview

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The proposed course titled “Public Policy and Administration in India” serves as an essential idea about policies and workings of government. The proposed course provides various dimensions of Public Policy and Administration in India as it covers all core areas namely Public Policy, Decentralization, Budget, Citizen and Administration Interface and Social Welfare Policies. It also focuses on various policies such as RTI, Lokpal, Citizens Charter and E-Governance. The course facilitates students in understanding how the government machinery functions which will enhance their knowledge and come close to eradicate corruption, red-tapism , bring transparency in policies etc. It enhances student's skills to address and analyse how these policies will bring benefits and helps people to define constructive criticism such that any changes if required to be brought about. It also imparts knowledge which aids to address the needs of the weaker sections through MNREGA, Right to Education, Right to Food Security and National Health Mission.The course encourages and enhances the students who are the aspirants of becoming government servants by providing in depth understanding of various recent trends and various schemes brought by government like how it benefits the people of India. The course is very much relevant to undergraduate students who are studying arts and other social science disciplines. The students who are preparing for various competitive examinations can also embrace the course.Hence, the proposed course needed for students to make them strategically fit to embrace the future course of action.

Syllabus

Week

Items

Title of Video and Reading text/Lecture/ppt

First Week

Public Policy

Introduction to Public Policy: Meaning of Public Policy, Theoretical Dimension of Public Policy, Elucidate the Objectives of Public Policy

Significance of Public Policy: Why Public Policy is Important?

Types of Public Policy: How government performs different actives through these types PF policies.

Approaches/ Models to Public Policy: Institutional Approach, Group Theory and Elite theory Approach

Second Week

Public Policy Functional Dimensions

Approaches/ Models to Public Policy: Rational Model, Incremental Model and Game Theory

Approaches/ Models to Public Policy: System Approach Theory

Public Policy Functional Dimensions: The Policy Environment and Official Policy makers

Unofficial Policy Makers: To understand the roles played by unofficial policy makers such as Political Parties, Pressure Groups, Individual Citizens

Third Week

Public Policy Process in India

Public Policy Process: Brief knowledge about different stages of the policy process and Policy Formulation

Policy Implementation: Importance of Policy Implementation and Hurdles in Policy Implementation

Policy Evaluation: Types of Policy Evaluation and Methods of Policy Evaluation

Public Policy Process in India: To understand how public policy is a vital function of the government in a democratic country like India.

Fourth Week

Decentralization

Decentralization: Introduction and Meaning of Decentralization

Significance of Decentralization: Why distribution of d functions and power is important?

Approaches to Decentralization: The Doctrinal Approach, The Political Approach

Approaches to Decentralization: The Administrative, the Dual- role Approach

Fifth Week

Rural Local Self Governance

Types of Decentralization : Political Decenralization and Administrative Decentralization

Types of Decentralization: Fiscal Decentralization and Functional Decentralization

Democratic Decentralization and Local Governance in India : Understanding 73rd Constitutional Amendment

Assessment of the Functioning of Panchayati Raj System since 1992

Sixth Week

Urban Local Administration

Urban Local Administration: Structure and Functions

74th Amendment Act and Implications of 73rd and & 74th Constitutional Amendments

People’s Participation in Rural and Urban Development: To focus on how people’s participation has given utmost priority both in urban and rural development.

Major Rural and Urban Development Programmes and their Management: Community Development Programmes, National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, Intensive Agricultural District Programme, Specific group and Area-specific Programmes etc

Seventh Week

Budget

Budget: To understand the concept of Budgeting

Significance of Budget : Importance of Budget and Functions of Budget

Types of Budget : Line-item Budget, Performance Budgeting

Types of Budget : Planning, Programming and Budgeting System ( PPBS), Zero based budgeting

Eighth Week

Budget Policy Orientations in India

Types of Budget : Gender budgeting

Budget Policy Orientations in India: Budget as socioeconomic tool of development in India

Major Actors in Budgetary Process in India: Who makes Budget in India

Budget System in India: Classification, Formation and Composition

Ninth Week

Budgetary Cycle in India

Budgetary Process in India : Budget Planning, Budget Scrutiny, Budget Implementation, Budget Audit

Finance Management in India: Finance Revenue and Expenditure, Funds and Government Bonds

Budget System Reforms in India : Finance System Reforms in India

Budget : Concluding Observation

Tenth Week

Citizen and

Administration

Interface

Interactions between Citizen and Administration: To understand the interaction between citizen and administration

Citizen Perception Towards Administration: To Focus on general perceptions of the people about administration

Preconditions for Citizen centric Administration: To describe the preconditions for citizen- centric administration

People’s participation in Administration: To examine people’s participation in administration and its decision making

Eleventh Week

Public Service Delivery

Public Service Delivery: Meaning of Public Service Delivery?

Why Public Services are Provided Mainly by the Government? Role of Public Administration in providing Public Services

Impact of Public Service Delivery on Political Economy of Nation, Challenges to Public Service Delivery and Solutions to it

Machinery For Redressal of Public Grievances: Grievance Redressal Mechanism in India

Twelfth Week

Redressal of Public

Grievances

Right To Information

Lokpal

Citizens Charter

E- Governance

Thirteenth Week

Social Welfare Administration

Social Welfare Administration: To understand the concept of Social Welfare and Social Welfare Administration

Approaches to Social Welfare and Major Traits of Social Welfare

Principles of Social Welfare Administration

Social Welfare Administration and Protection of Weaker Sections in India: Social Welfare Ministry In India, Welfare Provision for Scheduled Caste and Schedule Tribe, Welfare Schemes for ST, SC and OBC’s

Fourteenth Week

Social Welfare

Policies

Education : Right To Education

Health : National Health Mission

Food : Right To Food Security

Employment : MNREGA

Taught by

.DR GURUBASAVARAJASWAMYPANDITA

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