RURAL LOCAL ADMINISTRATION

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

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):

Learning outcomes

(at course level)

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment

Strategies

  
 

CO 81.Acquiring the theoretical knowledge and understanding of the evolution and growth of rural local governance with special reference to Panchayati Raj Institutions

CO 82. Gaining insights about composition, role and functions, resources of Panchayati Raj Institutions.

CO 83. Connecting the role and relationships of rural local democratic decentralized institutions (PRIs) with other related issues and institutions

CO 84. Acquire skill to evaluate the various governmental schemes.

CO 85. Exploring the governmental framework at rural level.

 

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

 

 

  

 

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
  • National Council of Educational Research and Training. ISBN 81-7450-550-4.         Retrieved 30 January 2016.

 

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.

 

Academic Session: 
2022-23
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