Urban Local Administration

Paper Code: 
PAD 502
Credits: 
3
Contact Hours: 
45.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

Course Objectives:

The objectives of this course are to -

  • Understand the general background of urban local administration
  • Analyze the working and role of various bodies at the local level in Rajasthan

 

Course Outcomes (COs):

Course

Learning outcomes

(at course level)

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment

Strategies

Paper Code

Paper Title

PAD 502

 

 

Urban Local Administration

CO 53.Analyze the evolution and growth of urban local bodies in India

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

CO 55.Analyze  the structure and working of urban development programmes.

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
  • Evolution of Local Administration.
  • Urbanization- Trends and Challenges, 74th Constitutional Amendment Act.
  • Various Forms of Urban Local Bodies.

 

10.00
  • Structure and role of Municipal Corporation in Rajasthan.
  • Problems of Autonomy and Accountability.
  • Urban Development Programmes- Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT), National Urban Health Mission (NUHM), Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Urban Livelihoods Mission

 

7.00
  • Personnel Administration-
    Recruitment of personnel in Urban Local Bodies, Training of personnel in Urban Local Bodies
  • Bureaucracy and Local Governance

 

10.00
  • Financial Administration of Urban Local Bodies.
  • Methods and suggestion for strengthening of Financial Resources.
  • Role of State Finance Commission

 

9.00
  • Modes of State Control over Urban Local Bodies
  • Working of Directorate of Local Bodies
  • Concept of Smart Cities Mission

 

Essential Readings: 

Essential Readings: 

·               Aziz, A. 2000. Democratic Decentralization — Experience of Karnataka. Economic and Political Weekly. Pp. 3517–3524

·               Corbridge, S., and J. Harris. 2000. Reinventing India: Liberalization, Hindu Nationalism and Popular Democracy. London: Oxford University Press.

·               Dutta, A. 1994. Constitutional Status of Local Government in India. The Indian Journal of Public Administration. Pp. 41–56.

·               Dutta, A. 1998. Panchayats and Municipality within Indian Federalism. In Governing India: Issues Concerning Public Policy, Institutions and Administration, edited by O.P.

Dwividi and D. Vajpeyi. New Delhi: B.R. Publishing Corporation.

·               Gopal, S. 1965. British Policy in India. Cambridge: University Press.

·                Hardgrave, R. 2000. India, Government and Politics in a Developing Nation. New York: Harcourt College Publishers.

·                Lawrence, L. 1864. Gazette of India. New Delhi: Government of India Press.

·               Maheshwari, S.R. 2000. State Governments in India. New Delhi: Macmillan.

·                Matthew, G. 1994. Panchayati Raj — From Legislation to Movement. New Delhi:

Concept Publishing Company.

·               Mohanty, P.K. 1995. Municipal Decentralization and Governance: Autonomy, Accountability and Participation. The Indian Journal of Public Administration. pp. 7–27

·               Mukarji, N., and A. Banerjee. 1989. Democracy, Federalism and the Future of India’s

Unity. New Delhi: Uppal.

·               Mukhopadhyaya, A. 1994. Status of Municipal Government. Nagarlok. pp. 17–29

·               Nehru, J. 1959. The Discovery of India. New York: Anchor Books.

·               Pandey, B.N. 1969. The Break-up of British India. New York: St. Mart in Press.

·               Rai, S. 2000. Local Politics and Government in India. Paper presented at the XV III World Congress of International Political Science Association, Quebec City, August.

16. Sleeman, W.H. 1893. Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official. London: Cambridge.

·               Srinivasan, Rajamanickam (2016) Local Government in India: Past, Present, and Future

Perspectives

·               Tinker, H. 1968. The Foundations of Local Self-Government in India, Pakistan and

Burma. New York: Praeger.

·               Vajpeyi, D. 1979. Modernization and Social Change in India. New Delhi: Manohar.

·               Vajpeyi, D. 1987. Public opinion of Bureaucratic Performance in Uttar-Pradesh and its

impact on Social Change and Modernization. The Indian Journal of Public Administration. pp. 940–969.

·               Vajpeyi, Dhirendra K (2018) Local Democracy and Politics in South Asia-TowardsInternal Decolonization. Springer

Vohra, R. 1997. The Making of India —A Historical Survey. New York: M.E. Sharpe

References: 

 

Suggested Readings : 

·Abid Aslam and Julia Szczuka, “The State of the World’s Children 2012: Children in an Urban World”, A report by UNICEF, 2012, United Nations Publications, New York, United States of America

·Annapurna Shaw (2017), “Political Economy of Emerging Markets Countries: TheChallenges of Developing More Humane Societies”, Santineketan, West Bengal

·Arun Keshav and B. Komaraiah (2014), “Population Trends of Urban India”, Research GatePublications

·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

 

·Web Resources :

·History of Local Self Government in India

         https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/66871/7/07_chapter%20...

·Local Self Government in India

         http://egyankosh.ac.in/bitstream/123456789/10183/1/Unit-2.pdf

·Local Government and Development in India

         https://www.jstor.org/stable/1600996?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents

·Challenges for Urban Local Governments in India

http://www.lse.ac.uk/asiaResearchCentre/_files/ARCWP19-Aijaz.pdf

 

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