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July 2024 and January 2025
This Assignment consists of Section – I and Section – II. There are five questions in each section. You have to answer a total of five questions in about 500 words each, selecting at least two questions from each section. Each question carries 20 marks.
SECTION-I
- Discuss the impact of decentralised development.
- Explain the concept of empowerment by highlighting the problems in achieving empowerment.
- Describe the politico-administrative components of decentralisation and suggest necessary measures to strengthen them.
- Examine the partnership among local authorities and special purpose agencies in the health sector.
- What are the different requirements in development planning?
SECTION-II
- Discuss the evolution and significance of democratic decentralisation in India.
- Explain the term institutional capacity-building and suggest ways for capacity-building of elected representatives.
- “Owing to the 74th Constitutional Amendment Act, 1992, municipalities are functioning as effective institutions of local self-government at the grassroots level”. Comment.
- Examine the structure, powers and functions of local government.
- Write short notes on the following in 250 words each:
a) Modalities for people‟s participation.
b) Sustainable development and governance.
July 2023 and January 2024
This Assignment consists of Section – I and Section – II. There are five questions in each section. You have to answer a total of five questions in about 500 words each, selecting at least two questions from each section. Each question carries 20 marks.
SECTION-I
- Discuss the constitutional dimensions of decentralisation in India.
- Empowerment is a major component of democratic decentralisation in India‟. Comment.
- Explain the factors that influence people‟s preferences for distribution in the context of society wide distribution of resources.
- Describe the impact of decentralised development.
- Examine the weaknesses of new Panchayati Raj system
SECTION-II
- Explain the major features of the 74th Constitutional Amendment Act.
- Discuss the intra-tier responsibilities in the context of the Eleventh Schedule.
- What are the major requirements in development planning?
- Highlight the issues in micro level planning.
- Write a note on resources of the local bodies.
July 2017 and January 2018
This Assignment consists of Section – I and Section – II. There are five questions in each section. You have to answer a total of five questions in about 500 words each, selecting at least two questions from each section. Each question carries 20 marks.
SECTION-I
- Discuss the evolution and significance of democratic decentralisation in India.
- Examine the Constitutional dimensions of democratic decentralisation in India.
- Examine the operational framework of empowerment and suggest measures for effective empowerment.
- ‘Bhagidari, a programme of Government-Citizen Partnership, can be termed as a model of good governance’. Comment.
- Examine the role of Panchayati Raj Institution (PRIs) as an Instrument of social transformation.
SECTION-II
- Explain the significance of capacity building at the local level.
- ‘The 74th Constitutional Amendment Act, 1992, empowers the municipalities to function as an effective institution of local self-governance’ Examine.
- Write a note on modalities for people’s participation.
- What are the basic constraints in micro-level planning?
- Define sustainable development and explain its interlinkages with governance.
July 2016 and January 2017
You have to answer a total of five questions in about 500 words each, selecting at least two questions from each section. Each question carries 20 marks.
SECTION-I
- Examine the constitutional dimensions of democratic decentralisation in India.
- What is Empowerment? Discuss the various initiatives taken for Empowerment in India.
- Discuss how components of Decentralised Development lead to equal distribution of benefits of development.
- ‘Special and Single Purpose Agencies defeat the spirit of the local Governance’. Discuss.
- Explain the impact of Decentralised Development in realising the objectives of Local Governance.
SECTION – II
- Discuss the important recommendations of various Committees on Local Governance.
- ‘The study of 11th Schedule suggests that Local Bodies have been assigned major responsibilities’. Discuss.
- Describe the significance and issues in Micro-Level Planning.
- Highlight the modalities for Peoples’ Participation in Local Governance.
- Define Sustainable Development and identify inter-linkages between Sustainable Development and Governance.
July 2015 and January 2016
You have to answer a total of five questions in about 500 words each, selecting at least two questions from each section. Each question carries 20 marks.
SECTION-I
- Explain the socio-economic components of decentralization and highlight the measures to Strengthen them.
- Describe the significance of democratic decentralization in India.
- Examine the operational framework of empowerment and highlight measures to ensure an effective empowerment.
- ‘Bhagidari, a programme of Government-Citizen Partnership, can be termed as a model of good governance’. Discuss.
- Write short notes on the following in 250 words each:
a) Impact of decentralized development on bureaucracy.
b) The Principle of Balance.
SECTION-II
- ‘The 74th Constitutional Amendment Act, 1992, empowers the municipalities to function as an effective institution of self-governance’. Examine.
- Describe the structure, power and functions of Panchayati Raj Institutions.
- What are the basic constraints in micro-level planning?
- Explain the significance of capacity building at the local level.
- Write short notes on the following in 250 words each:
a) Institutional capacity building of Grassroot functionaries.
b) People’s aspirations towards local Governance.