Public Policy and Administration in India

By .DR GURUBASAVARAJASWAMYPANDITA | Post-Graduate Department of Studies in Political Science, Maharani’s Arts College for Women, University of Mysore, Mysuru.

Learners enrolled: 529

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.

Summary

Course Status :	Ongoing
Course Type :	Core
Duration :	15 weeks
Category :	Humanities and Social Sciences
Credit Points :	5
Level :	Undergraduate
Start Date :	08 Jul 2024
End Date :	31 Oct 2024
Enrollment Ends :	31 Aug 2024
Exam Date :	14 Dec 2024 IST
Exam Shift :	Shift-I

Note: This exam date is subject to change based on seat availability. You can check final exam date on your hall ticket.

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Course layout

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

Instructor bio

.DR GURUBASAVARAJASWAMYPANDITA

Post-Graduate Department of Studies in Political Science, Maharani’s Arts College for Women, University of Mysore, Mysuru.

Dr. Gurubasavarajaswamypandita is an Assistant Professor in the Post-Graduate Department of Studies in Political Science at Maharani’s Arts College for Women, Mysore. He holds an M.A. in Political Science from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, and both a Ph.D. and B.Ed. from the University of Mysore. His educational background is complemented by distinctions such as being an All India Topper in UGC-NET June 1998 and successfully clearing competitive exams like the IAS and KAS preliminaries.

Dr. Pandita has a solid background in teaching, having served as a lecturer at the University of Mysore, Kuvempu University, and the University BDT College of Engineering, covering subjects ranging from Political Theory to Public Administration. His research expertise is evident from his eight years at the University of Mysore's Department of Political Science, focusing on "Political Leadership in Karnataka: A Study of Ramakrishna Hegde," which also served as his Ph.D. dissertation topic.

Additionally, Dr. Pandita is a member of the textbook committee for Political Science at the Department of Pre-University Education, Government of Karnataka. His profound knowledge and experience in political science are invaluable assets to his current roles in academia and educational governance.

Course certificate

Assessment/Assignment marks will be considered for Internal Marks and will carry 30 percent for overall Result.

End Term Exam- will have 100 questions and will carry 70 percent of overall Result.

All students, who obtain 40% marks in in-course assessment and 40% marks in end-term proctored exam separately, will be eligible for certificate and credit transfer.

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