Rural Local Administration

Paper Code: 
PAD 602
Credits: 
3
Contact Hours: 
45.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

Course Objectives:

The objectives of this course are to -

  1. Understand 73rd constitutional amendment act and functioning of various rural local bodies working at different levels.
  2. Impart an understanding about personnel and financial system in India under the rural local administration.

Course Outcomes (COs):

Course

Learning outcomes

(at course level)

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment

Strategies

Paper Code

Paper Title

PAD 602

 

 

 

 

 

Rural Local Administration

CO 63.Acquiring the theoretical knowledge and understanding of the evolution and growth of rural local governance with special reference to Panchayati Raj Institutions

CO 64. Gaining insights about composition, role and functions, resources of Panchayati Raj Institutions.

CO 65. Connecting the role and relationships of rural local democratic decentralized institutions (PRIs) with other related issues and institutions

Teaching and learning needs to be undertaken through conventional class room lectures, class room discussions and interactions, quizzes, case study analysis, assignments and student presentations

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

 

 

9.00

·         Concept of Democratic Decentralization

·         Features of 73rd Constitutional    Amendment

Historical Perspective of Local Administration

9.00
  • Organization and Functions of :
    i) Gram Sabha
    ii) Gram Panchayat
  • iii)Panchayat Samiti
  •  iv)Zila Parishad

 

9.00
  • Relationship among the structures of Panchayati Raj Institutions
  • Centrally Sponsored Important Schemes in Panchayats

 

9.00

·         Personnel Administration of Rural Local Bodies.

·         Financial Administration of Rural Local Bodies,

Reports of State Finance Commission

9.00
  • State Control over Rural Local Bodies
  • Working of Directorate of Panchyati Raj.
  • Problems and Prospects of Panchayati Raj in India

 

Essential Readings: 

Essential Readings: 

·      Agarwal, Amba( 2005) Fiscal Decentralization: Financing of Panchayati Raj Institutions in India. Serial Publications: New Delhi

·      Baluchamy, S (2004) Panchayati Raj Institutions. Mittal Publications: New Delhi

·      Bhadouria, B D S and Dubey, V P (1989) Panchayati Raj and Rural Development.Commonwealth Publishers: New Delhi

·      Biju, M R (2008) Panchayati Raj System in India: A Symbol of Participatory Democracy and Decentralized Development. Kaniska Publication: New Delhi

·      Dharmaraj, Sengmalam (2008) Panchayati Raj System in India.Abhijeet Publications: New Delhi

·      Dube, M P and Padalia, Munni (Eds.) (2002) Democratic Decentralization and Panchayati Raj in India.Anamika Publishers: New Delhi

·      Hochgesang, Thomas W (1994) Rural Local Self-Government in India. NIRD: Hyderabad

·      Jayal, Niraja Gopal; Prakash, Amit and Sharma, Pradeep Kumar (2007) Local Governance in India – Decentralisation and Beyond, Oxford University Press:New Delhi

·      Khanna, B S (1992) Rural Development in South Asia. Deep and Deep : New Delhi

·      Maheshwari, S R (2003) Local Government in India. Lakshmi Narain Agarwal: Agra

·      Maheswari, Shriram (2008) Local Government in India, Lakshmi Narain Agarwal: Agra

·      Arora, R. K. (2006). Public Administration in India: Tradition, trends, and

·      transformation. New Delhi: Paragon International.

·      Ashraful Hasan, S.A., Ganesh Prasad, G.S., & Nayakara Veeresha. (2010).

·      Proceedings of the National Seminar on Gramsabha, Functioning of Gramsabha in Tamilnadu: A study in Selected Village Panchayats in Sriperumbudur Block. Kancheepuram District, Kamal Impressions, Mysore.

·      Balwantrai Mehta Committee Report (1984).Kurukshetra, A Journal of Ministry ofRural Development, Vol. XXXVII, No.5, Feb. 8-37.

·      Banerjee, Benoy; Khan, Irfaan; Kumar, Rajeev et al. (2006). & quot; Chapter Eight:Local Governments". India Constitution at Work: Textbook in Political Science for Class XI. National Council of Educational Research and Training. ISBN 81-7450-550-4. Retrieved 30 January 2016.

·      Barthwal, C.P. (2003)Understanding Local Self-Government, Bharat Book Centre, Lucknow.

·      Bhagwan, Vishnoo, Bhusan, Vidya, (2001)Public Administration. Delhi. S. Chand and Company limited.

·      Boddington, M.(1996) 'Training issues for sustainable agriculture and rural development', in S. A. Breth (ed.), Integration of Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development Issues in Agricultural Policy, Winrock International Institute for Agricultural Development, Morrilton, Arkansas.

·      Bose, B.P.C., & Koteswara Rao, M.V.S. (2004) Democratic Decentralization Through Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs): Trends in Devolution of Powers and Functions. ISDA Journal, 14(2), April- June, p. 150.

·      Kumar, Rajendra (2008) Rural and Urban Government. New Delhi: Omega Publications, New Delhi.

·      Maheswari, S.R. (2005) Local Government in India. Agra: Lakshmai Narain Aggarwal.Panth, Ananth S. and Bohra, Om Prakash (1995).Finance of PRI, Indian Journal

·      of Public Administration, Vol.41, No.1, Jan-March, New Delhi: 76.

·      Sapra, Ipsita (2013) "Living in the villages". Rural Democracy. Development and

·      Cooperation. Retrieved 24 April 2015

·      Sarkar, S. (2010). Public Administration in India. New Delhi, India: Phi Learning Private Limited.

World Bank, (2000), Overview of Rural Decentralisation in India, Volume III

References: 

Suggested Readings: 

  •  Ashok Sharma, (2004). Sthaniya Prashansan, RBSA Publisher.
  • S.L. Goel & Shalini Ramesh, Panchayati Raj in India
  • H.K. Singh, Local Government
  • S.R. Maheshwari, (2005). Local Government in India, Laxmi Narayan Agarwal.
  •  Katar Singh, (1999). Rural Development, Sage Publications.
  • Arora, K. Ramesh and Rakesh Hooja. Administration and Rural Development: Indian and
  • Comparative Perspectives. New Delhi: Arihant Publication,1994.
  • Arun Keshav and B. Komaraiah (2014), “Population Trends of Urban India”, Research Gate Publications
  • Aziz, Abdul . Decentralised Planning: The krnataka Experiment. New Delhi: Sage
  • Publication, 1993.
  • Bhargava , B.S. Grass Root Leadership - A Study of Leadership in Panchayati Raj
  • institutions, New Delhi: Ashish Publishing House, 1980.
  • Geddes P (1949), “Cities in Evolution London”, Williams and Norgate.
  • Ghosh, Arun. West Bengal Landscape. Calcutta: K.P. Bagchi & Company, 1989.
  • Hania Zlotnik (2011), “Population, Distribution, Urbanization, Internal Migration and
  • Development: An International Perspective”, A Report by Department of Economic and
  • Social Affairs, Population Division, United Nations Publications.
  • Jha, Nagesh and Prakash Chand Mathur. Decentralisation and Local Politics. New Delhi:
  • Sage Publication, 1999.
  • Mathur, Kuldeep. Development Policy and Administration. New Delhi: Sage Publication,
  • 1996.
  • Mihir Bholey (2016), “India’s Urban Challenges and Smart City: A Contemporary Study”, Scholedge International Journal of Business Policy and Governance (2394-3351), Vol.03, Issue 03, pg:17-38
  • Mukherjee, Amitava. Researches in Decentralisation. New Delhi: Heritage Publication,
  • 1990.
  • Nitin Munde and Ravindra G. Jaybhaye (2014), “A Spatio-Temporal Analysis of
  • Urbanization in India”, http://www.researchgate.net/publication/281320805
  • S. Farooq and S. Ahmad (2008), “Urban sprawl development around Aligarh City: A study aided by satellite remote sensing and GIS”, Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing, Volume36, Issue 1, pp. 77-88
  • Singh, Surat. Decentralised Governance in India: Myth or Reality. New Delhi: Deep & Deep Publication, 2004.
  • Town and Country Planning Organization (1997), Master Plan Approach in India and Other Countries. Master Plan Approach: Efficacy & Alternatives, pp.23-24, Government of India, New Delhi
  • United Nations (2014), “World Urbanization Prospects: The 2014 Revision”, Department of Social and Economic Affairs, ISBN 978-92-1-151517-6
  • Yugandhar, B.N. and Amitava Mukherjee. Reading in Decentralised Planning. New Delhi: Heritage Publication: New Delhi, Vol. 1(1991) & 11(1992).

 

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