Local Government in India-II

Paper Code: 
POL 614
Credits: 
03
Contact Hours: 
45.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

This paper focuses on the conceptualization and working of urban local government in India. Local Government and politics in urban India has an appreciable say in the processes of democratic decentralized governance. The course intends to generate familiarity with the issues of politics involved in managing socio-economic development through urban local institutions. The paper also deals with the 74th Constitutional Amendment as an important milestone in the movement towards greater urban local autonomy.

9.00
Unit I: 
UNIT 1

The concept of Local Government in a welfare state

Patterns of Urban Local Government -Composition, Structures & Powers

9.00
Unit II: 
UNIT 2

74th Amendment and Urban Local Government

9.00
Unit III: 
UNIT 3

Urban Local Finances

9.00
Unit IV: 
UNIT 4

Personnel Administration

9.00
Unit V: 
UNIT 5

State Control over these bodies

Essential Readings: 
  • Awasthi and Maheshwari,(2017), Public Administration: Theory and Practice, Agra,Lakshmi Narain Agarwal
  • Basiya,K.N,(1986), Financial Administration in India, Bombay, Himalya Publishing House
  • Gautum,P.N.,(1993), Financial Administration in India,Chandigarh, Vitt Prashan, Haryana Sahitya Academy, Chandigarh
  • Goel,S.L,(2003), Public Administration, New Delhi, Deep and Deep Publications
  • Maheshwari,S.R.,(2004), Local Government in India,Agra, Lakshmi Narayan Agarwal
References: 
  • Bhagwan,V., & Bhushan ,V.,,(2010) ,Public Administration ,New Delhi,S Chand
  • Bhagwan, V., (2000), Indian Administration,New Delhi, S Chand.
  • Edwin,B.F., (1984), Principles of Personnel Management, 6th edition,Singapore, McGraw Hill
  • Goel,S.L,(2002), Financial Administration,  NewDelhi,Deep and Deep publications.
  • Goel,S.L,(2002), Public Personnel Administration,New Delhi, Deep and Deep publications
  • Mourice,W.C.,(1968),Theory and Practice of Personnel Management, London,Heinemann
  • Daiv E.K., Public Personnel Management, IPMA, Englewood Cliffs, Prentice Hall, New Jeresy,1986.
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