TLP [OPTIONAL]: PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION Paper 2- UPSC Mains Answer Writing [27th August, 2020] – Day 17

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Topics

Rural Development:

• Institutions and agencies since independence; Rural development programmes: foci and strategies;
• Decentralization and Panchayati Raj; 73rd Constitutional amendment.

Urban Local Government:

• Municipal governance: main features, structures, finance and problem areas; 74th Constitutional Amendment;
• Global local debate; new localism;
• Development dynamics,
• Politics and administration with special reference to city management.

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1.Local self governments do not have a dearth of funds, but they have the dearth of functions and functionaries. Explain.                   15 marks (250 words)

2. When Panchayat Raj is developed, public opinion can do what violence can never do. –Mahatma Gandhi. Comment                        10 marks (150 words)