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Legislative Support (Skill Based Electives)
Course Rationale: Peoples’ representatives need support for the multiple tasks they are supposed to undertake. The need 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. All over the world, elected representatives have an office with specialised support team to carry out these tasks.
The objectives of this course are to:
- To acquaint the student broadly with the legislative process in India at various levels
- To introduce them to the requirements of peoples’ representatives
- To provide elementary skills to be part of a legislative support team.
Course Outcomes (CO)
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SPOL 501 |
Legislative Support |
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to: CO1: Define the basic concepts of Budget documentation and legislative committees. CO2: Understand Powers and functions of people’s representatives at different tiers of governance CO3: Learn about different types of Media monitoring and communication skills. CO4: Identify the major problems related to legislative functions of institutions. CO5: Apply the knowledge of the legislative process to analyze and explain the progress of a specific bill through its various stages |
Approach in teaching: Interactive Lectures, Discussion, Tutorials, Reading assignments, Power Point Presentation
Learning activities for the students: Self-learning assignments, Effective questions, Seminar presentation, Giving tasks. |
Class test, Semester end examinations, Quiz, Solving problems in tutorials, Assignments, Presentation, Individual and group projects |
Members of Parliament, State Legislative Assemblies, functionaries of rural and urban local self-government from Zila Parishads/Municipal Corporation to Panchayat/Ward
How a Bill becomes a Law, Role of the Standing Committee in reviewing a Bill, Legislative Consultations, amendments to a Bill, the framing of Rules and Regulations.
Types of committees, Role of committees in reviewing government finances, policy, programmes, 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:
- Singh, M.P., & Roy, H.,(2018), Indian Political System, New Delhi, Pearson., Can be retrieved from
Journals :
- Economic and Political Weekly
- India Quarterly
- Indian Journal of Political Science
- International Journal of Conflict and Development
