Local Government in India-II

Paper Code: 
POL 614
Credits: 
3
Contact Hours: 
45.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

Course Rationale: 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.

 

The objectives of this course are to:

 

1. Make learners familiarise with emergence and significance of decentralisation in Indian political system.

2. Acquaint the students with the functioning and structure of local government in India.

 

 

Course

Learning outcomes (at course level)

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

Course Code

Course Title

POL 614

Local Government in India-II

CO113: Able to analyze and understand the historical evolution of the Urban Local Government system in India.

CO114: Analyze complex administrative set up in municipal areas of India; apply independent judgment for analyzing the problems in such set ups and discuss the rational decisions for conducting social enquiry in a wider theoretical, practical and policy context of Public governance.

CO116: Evaluate the requirement and significance of Constitutional Provisions and develop a sense of inquiry and capability for asking relevant and intelligent questions and develop problem solving abilities in local affairs.

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
 
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-II

74th Amendment and Urban Local Government- Circumstances, Provisions and Significance

9.00
Unit III: 
Unit-III

Urban Local Finances-Sources of Revenues, Challenges before Urban Bodies, Finance Commision-Composition and Powers

9.00
Unit IV: 
Unit-IV

Mayor- Election, Powers and Functions

Urban Personnel Administration- Municipal Commissioner

9.00
Unit V: 
Unit-V

State Control over these bodies- Administrative, Judicial and Legislative

Essential Readings: 
  • Awasthi and Maheshwari,(2017), Public Administration: Theory and Practice, Agra,Lakshmi Narain Agarwal
  • Bhagwan,V., & Bhushan ,V.,,(2014) ,Public Administration ,New Delhi,S Chand
  • Maheshwari,S.R.,(2020), Local Government in India,Agra, Lakshmi Narayan Agarwal
References: 

Reference Books:

 

  • 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.
  • Gautum,P.N.,(1993), Financial Administration in India,Chandigarh, Vitt Prashan, Haryana Sahitya Academy, Chandigarh

 

 

E-Resources

 

 

Journals

  • Indian Journal of Applied Research
  • Sage Journals
  • Economic and Political weekly
  • IOSR Journal Of Humanities And Social Science (IOSR-JHSS)
  • Kurukshetra: A Journal of Rural Development

 

Academic Year: 
2022-23
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