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Legislative Practices and Procedures (Skill Based Elective)
Course Rationale: To acquaint the student broadly with the legislative process in India at various levels, introduce them to the requirements of peoples’ representatives and provide elementary skills to be part of a legislative support team and expose them to real life legislative work. These will be, to understand complex policy issues, draft new legislation, track and analyse ongoing bills, make speeches and floor statements, write articles and press releases, attend legislative meetings, conduct meetings with various stakeholders, monitor media and public developments, manage constituent relations and handle inter-office communications. It will also deepen their understanding and appreciation of the political process and indicate the possibilities of making it work for democracy.
The objectives of this course are to:
- Acquaint the students with administrative set up, personal administration and different tiers of governance.
- Understand continuity and change within the administrative working of different systems.
Course Outcomes (CO)
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SPOL 311 |
Legislative Practices and Procedures |
CO1: Understand the way in which the public power is exercised, and public resources are managed and expanded. CO2: Unravel the varying methods of performance assessment of public institutions. CO3: Acquaint with the various aspects of media monitoring and communication. CO4: Understand the basic principles in public finance, accounting, and auditing that relate to public budgeting and the budgetary process.
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Approach in teaching
Lecture, Power point presentations, Classroom discussions and Virtual Displays
Feedback through class discussions
Pictorial presentations through Power point and other virtual tools
Class discussions through presentations and case studies |
Class test, Semester end examinations, Quiz, Solving problems in tutorials, Assignments, Presentation, Individual and group projects.
Online Quiz |
Members of Parliament, State legislative assemblies, functionaries of rural and urban local
self - government from Zila Parishad, Municipal Corporation to Panchayat/ward.
How a bill becomes law, role of the Standing committee in reviewing a bill, legislative ; consultants, the framing of rules and regulations
Types of committees, role of committees in reviewing government finances, policy, programs, and legislation
Overview of Budget Process, Role of Parliament in reviewing the Union Budget, Railway; Budget, Examination of Demands for Grants of Ministries, Working of Ministries.
: Types of media and their significance for legislators; Basics of communication in print and electronic media
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E-Resources
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