DECENTRALIZATION AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Paper Code: 
PAD 225
Credits: 
3
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

Course Objective:

  • To acquaint the participants the structure and administrative machinery at Local Governance in India after the constitutional provision of 73rd and 74th Amendment Act.
  • To comprehend the institutional arrangements and processes of rural and urban governance

Course Outcomes (COs):

Learning outcomes

(at course level)

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment

Strategies

  
 

CO.51 Acquiring the theoretical knowledge and understanding of the evolution and growth

of local governance.

CO.52 Gaining insights about composition, role and functions, resources of Panchayati Raj Institutions.

CO.53 Connecting the role and relationships of rural

 local democratic decentralized institutions (PRIs) with other related issues and institutions

CO.54 Understanding about the composition, role, functions, and resources of urban local bodies.

CO55. Understanding of the structure and working of urban development programmes

 

 

Class Lectures

students-teacher interactions, group discussion, quiz, seminar and assignment

Self learning assignments, question preparation

 

Class test, Semester end examinations, Quiz, Solving problems in tutorials, Assignments, Presentation, Individual and group projects

 

 

  

 

12.00

Democratic Decentralization- Concept, Evolution and Significance of Democratic Decentralization, Sustainable Development and Challenges to Decentralized Governance, Capacity Building of Grass roots functionaries

14.00

Features of 73rd and 74th Constitutional Amendment Act, Structure and functions of rural and urban government with special reference to PESA Act and Municipal Act of Rajasthan, Intra Local Government Relationship

10.00

Cooperation and Rural Development-Role of Cooperatives, Cooperative Principles; Forms of Cooperatives. Cooperative Administration at the Centre, State and Local Levels, Micro Level Plans- Formulation and Implementation; Development Planning

 

12.00

Decentralized Development Through Cooperation and Partnership between different levels of Government-Union and State Governments; Partnership among Different Levels of Government-II: Local Authorities and Special Purpose Agencies, Partnership between Local Government and Non-State Agencies/Actors

 

12.00

Rural and Urban Governance: Themes and Issues, Personnel Administration: Recruitment and Training, State-Local Relationship- Administrative and Financial, State Election. Commission: Composition, Functions and Role. Contemporary Scenario of Rural and Urban Governance, Issues and Challenges

Essential Readings: 

Essential Readings:

  • Misra B, BN Singh, HB Singh and Kusum Lata, Indian Urbanisation and      SustainableDevelopment, IIPA, 2016
  • Kumar, Girish (2006). Local Democracy in India: Interpreting Decentralization. New           Delhi:Sage.
  • Mehta, Aasha Kapur, Shepherd, Andrew, Bhide, Shashanka, Shah, Amita and Kumar,Anand (2011). India Chronic Poverty Report: Towards Solutions and New Compacts in a    DynamicContext. New Delhi: CPRC-IIPA.
  • Pardeep Sachdeva: Urban Local Government and Administration in India, Kitab Mahal,      New Delhi, 2000.
  • Hoshiar Singh: Local Government in India, Britain, France and USA, Kitab Mahal, Allahabad, 1997.
  • Hoshiar Singh and Zia-U-Din Khan: leadership in Municipal Government, Jaipur, RBSA Publishers.
  • Hoshiar Singh: State Surpevision and Control over Municipal Bodies, New Delhi:  Associated Publishers.
  • S.L. Kaushik: Leadership in Urban Government in India, Allahabad: Kitab Mahal 1989.
  • Sahib Singh and Swinder Singh: Local Government in India, Jalandhar: New Academic   Publishing Co., 1991.

 

Academic Session: 
2022-23
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