Major · Rural Studies · Semester 4 · SY BA · 4 credits · 100 marks · 60 hours
Module 1: Historical Background of Panchayat Raj
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Historical Background
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Rural local‐ self government
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3
Lord Ripons resolution
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4
Self Sufficient Village System
Module 2: Democratics Decentralization
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1
Concept of Democratic decentralization
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2
Panchayati Raj‐ background and Balwantrai Mehata
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3
Provisions in Bombay Gram Panchayat Act-1958
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4. 73rd Amendment – Various Provisions
Module 3: Rural Local Bodies: Composition, Power and Functions
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1
Gram Panchayat–Composition Powers and Functions
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2
Gram Sabha Composition Powers and Functions
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3
Panchayat Samiti-Composition Powers and Functions
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4
Zillah Parishad- Composition Powers and Functions
Module 4: Challenges before Local Self Government
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Finance Commission and Issues in local finance
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2
Issues of participation
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3
Emerging patterns of Leadership
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4
Impact of leadership on development
Text Books
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Panchayat Raj · Written by: M.K. Gandhi · Compiled by: R.K. Prabhu · First Edition: February 1959 ·
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Panchayat Raj · Publication: Future Publication · Author: Mahesh Gharge , Ganesh Khatade · Edition: 4th 2024
Reference Books
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S.R Maheshwari Local Government in India, Lakshmi Narayan Agarwal, Agra, 1984.
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Abdual Aziz, Decentralized Planning, the Karnataka Experiment, Sage New Delhi, 1992.
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Amitav Mukherjee ed. Decentralization: Panchayat Raj in the Nineties, Vikas, New Delhi 1994.
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.Social economic ans political development in India: V.S. Mahajan 1991.
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.Politics of Rural Development: C.N. Roy1994
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Indian Elite and Nationalism Saroj Sharma 1997.
