Indian Constitution and Local Government

Paper Code: 
NSS 201
Credits: 
3
Contact Hours: 
3.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

The focus of this paper is on the political processes and the actual functioning of the political system in India. One needs to understand that the Indian Constitution was intended to provide a framework for a modern, secular and democratic Society and simultaneously be discussing the working of select political institutions like the Panchayati raj institutions and Municipal Bodies.

Salient features of the Indian Constitution, Preamble

Fundamental Rights, Fundamental Duties, Directive Principles of the  State Policy

Community Development Programme, 73rd and 74th Constitutional Amendments

Panchayati Raj Institutions: Gram Sabha and Gram panchayat, Panchayat Samiti, Zila Parishad: structures, functions, sources of revenue, problems

Municipal Bodies: Municipal Corporation, Municipalities, Township, Notified Area Committee, Cantonment Board: structures, functions, sources of revenue, problems

Essential Readings: 
  • BL Fadia, Indian Government and Politics,, Sahitya Bhawan,Agra, 2013
  • Granville Austin, Working A Democratic Constitution,  Oxford University Press,New Delhi,2000
  • RC Agarwal, Indian Political System,  Sultan Chand & Sons,New Delhi,2009
  • Granville Austin, The Indian Constitution: Cornerstone of a Nation, Oxford University Press, New Delhi,1966
  • DD Basu, Shorter Constitution of India, Prentice Hall of India,New Delhi,1994
  • SL Goel, Public Administration, New Delhi, Deep and Deep Publications, New  Delhi,2003
  • Awasthi and Maheshwari, Public Administration: Theory and Practice, Lakshmi Narain Agarwal,Agra,2004
  • S.R.Maheshwari , Local Government in India, Lakshmi Narayan Agarwal, Agra, 2013
  • K.N. Basiya, Financial Administration in India,  Himalya Publishing House, Bombay,1986
  • Padam Nath Guatam, Financial Administration in India, Vitt Prashan, Haryana Sahitya Academy, Chandigarh, 1993.
References: 
  • Iqbal Narain, Secularism in India,  Classic Publishing House, Jaipur,1995
  • Arora, Balveer and Verney, Douglas (ed.), Multiple Identities in a Single State : Indian Federalism in a Comparative Perspective, Konark, Delhi, 1995.
  • Brass, Paul, Politics of India since Independence, Orient Longman, Hyderabad, 1990
  • A.G. Noorani., Constitutional Questions in India : The President, Parliament and the States, OUP, 2000.
  • Lawerence Saez, , Federalism without a Centre : The Impact of Political and Economic Reforms on India’s Federal System, Sage, New Delhi, 2002.
  • Rajendra Vora and Suhas Palshikar (eds.), Indian Democracy : Meanings and Practices, Sage,New Delhi, 2003.
  •  Christophe, Jaffrelot, India’s Silent Revolution : The Rise of the Low Castes in Northern Indian States, Permanent Black, Delhi, 2003.
  • Daiv E. Klainger: Public Personnel Management, IPMA, Englewood Cliffs, Prentice Hall, New Jeresy,1986.
  • Edwin, B. Fllipo:Principles of Personnel Management, 6th edition, McGraw Hill, Singapore, 1984.
  • W. Cunning Mourice, Theory and Practice of Personnel Management, Heinemann, London,1968.
  • S.L. Goel, Financial Administration, Deep and Deep Publication, New Delhi, 2002.
Academic Session: 
2020-21
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