GOVERNANCE SYLLABUS

Government Policies & Interventions for Development

Government Policies & Interventions in Various Sectors

• Health, Gender, Education, Poverty, Economic etc

Issues Arising Out of Their Design & Implementation

• Concerns/Issues

• Suggestions for Improvement

• Critical Assessment of Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSS)

• Rationalisation of CSS

• Analysis of Main Schemes:

 Beti Bachao Beti Padhao

 Smart City

 Swachh Bharat Abhiyan

 MGNERGA

 Digital India

 Make in India

 Skill India

 PM Jan Dhan Yojana

 Start-up India etc.

Development Processes & the Development Industry

• Role of Social Capital Organisations

• Indian Context

• Classification

• Provisions for the Third Sector in the Indian Constitution

• National Policy on the Voluntary Sector 2007

Non-Governmental Organisations

• Role and Impact of Non-governmental Organizations

• Issue Areas: Accreditation, Legitimacy & Accountability, Foreign Funding etc.

Self Help Groups (SHGs)

• Need for SHGs

• Benefits of SHGs

• Weaknesses of SHGs • Challenges

• Measures to Make SHGs Effective

• Case Studies

Societies, Trusts and Cooperatives

• Societies

• Trust

• Religious Endowments

• Cooperatives –

 Need for Cooperatives

 Constitutional Provisions

 National Policy on Co-operatives, 2002

 Issues and Challenges in the Cooperatives Sector

Important Aspects of Governance, Transparency & Accountability

Governance

• Dimensions of Governance

• Good Governance (GG)

• Aspects of GG

• Barriers to GG

• Necessary Pre-conditions for GG

• How to Ensure GG

E-Governance

• Applications

• Models

• Successes

• Limitations

• Potential

• Recent e-governance Initiatives by Government

Citizens Charters (CC)

• Components of CC

• Features of CC

• Six Principles of CC

• Shortcomings of CC

• Measures to Make CC Effective

• Sevottam Model

Aspects of Transparency

Elements & Types of Accountability

Means to ensure Transparency & Accountability

• RTI

• Social Audit

• Whistleblower Protection Bill

• Lokpal & Lokayuktas Act

Role of Civil Services in a Democracy

Relationship Between Civil Service And Democracy

Role Played By Civil Services

• Advisory Role in Policy Making

• Institutionalise Socio-economic change

• Discharge Delegated Functions

• Administer Law of the Land

• Watchdogs

• Continuity in times of Political Instability

• Record-Keeping

• Channel of Communication

Ailments/Issues Afflicting Indian Civil Services

• Lack of Professionalism & Poor Capacity Building

• Inefficient Incentive Systems

• Outdated Rules & Procedures

• Systemic Inconsistencies in Promotion

• Lack of Adequate Transparency & Accountability Procedures

• Arbitrary & Whimsical Transfers

• Political Interference & Administrative Acquiescence

• Gradual Erosion in Values & Ethics

• Redtapism

• Elitist in Nature

• Poor Pay

• Tendency to Capture Power

Reforming Bureaucracy to Strengthen Democracy

• Setting Right the Asymmetry of Power

• Insulating Civil Servants from Undue Political Interference

• Professionalisation with Stability of Tenure & Competition

• Citizen-Centric Administration

• Accountability

• Outcome Orientation

• Promoting Public Service Values & Ethics