UTKAL UNIVERSITY

SYLLABUS
FOR THE
CHOICE BASED CREDIT SYSTEM
SEMESTER M.A. EXAMINATION 2016-17
(ONWARDS)
(SUBJECT TO APPROVAL BY ACADEMIC COUNCIL)

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
DETAILED COURSE APPROVED BY TEACHER’S COUNCIL
APPROVED BY BOARD OF STUDIES ON 20TH MAY 2016

Semester – I- 20 credits
Semester – II- 20 credits
Semester – III-20 credits
Semester- IV- 22 credits
Total - 82 credits
 P. G. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
UTKAL UNIVERSITY, BHUBANESWAR
(Choice Based Credit System)

Semester-I

Code Course Name Marks Credit Category

MPA-101 Administrative Theory 100 4 A

MPA-102 Administrative Thinker-I 100 4 A

MPA-103 Indian Administration 100 4 A

MPA-104 Rural Local Governance 100 4 A

MPA-105 State, Society and Public Administration 100 4 A

Total 500 20

Semester-II

Code Course Name Marks Credit Category

MPA-201 Recent trends in Administrative Theory 100 4 A

MPA-202 Comparative Public Administration 100 4 A

MPA-203 Administrative Thinkers-II 100 4 A/C/D

MPA-204 Urban Local Governance 100 4 B/C/D

MPA-205 Organizational Behaviour and Management 100 4 B/C/D

Process
Total 500 20

Category: A- Core, C- Open to Allied subjects, D- Open to All

Semester-III

Code Course Name Marks Credit Category

MPA-301 Development Administration 200 8 A

MPA-302 Public Personnel Administration 100 4 A/C/D

MPA-303 Public Policy 100 4 B/C/D

 Governance
MPA-304 100 4
MPA-305 Disaster Management 100 4 B/C/D

MPA-306 Tribal Administration 100 4

MPA-307
Indian Administration : Issues and
100 4
Trends

MPA-306 Financial Administration in India 100 4 B/C/D

MPA-307 E-Governance 100 4 B/C/D

100 4
500 20

Category: A- Core, B- Elective, C-Open to Allied Subjects, D-Open to All

Semester-IV

Code Course Name Marks Credit Category

MPA-401 Welfare Administration 100 4 A

MPA-402 Research Methodology 100 4 A

MPA-403 Human Resource Development 100 4 A/C

MPA-404 Dissertation 100

100 10
Presentation & Viva

500 500 22

Category: A- Core, B- Elective, C-Open to Allied Subjects, D-Open to All

Audit Courses
i) Public Policy
ii) Indian Administration
iii) Financial Administration
iv) Welfare Administration
v) International Administration
(Credit will be assigned if the student opts to go through the examination process. But it will not
be considered for CGPA (Cumulative Grade Points Average)
Evaluation: End Term: 70 Marks
 Mid Term- 30 Marks,
Project Report: Thesis: 100 marks, Presentation & Viva-Voce: 100Marks
Minimum Total Marks= 2000
Minimum Credit Points: Core 58 + Elective 24 = 82
FIRST SEMESTER
Paper – MPA-101
Administrative Theory

Objectives:
This paper aims to make student aware about different theoretical perspectives on public
administration. In this context there is a need to introduce different concepts and principles of
administration to the students. Further its relevance to be explained through historical evolution
of the subject. The outcomes are to be assessed through its multidisciplinary manifestations.

Unit – I
i) Public Administration : Meaning, Nature, Scope and Importance
ii) Public and Private Administration
iii) Role of Public Administration in Developing and Developed countries

Unit-II
Principles of Public Administration: Hierarchy, Span of Control, Unity of Command
Delegation, Co-ordination, Delegated Legislation, Administrative Adjudication
Unit-III
i)Development and Growth of Administrative Theories
ii)Scientific Management Approach
iii)Administrative Management Approach
Unit-IV
i) Organizational Theory of Bureaucracy,
ii) Critique of Weber’s bureaucracy
iii) Human Relations Theory

Essential Readings:
1. Avasthi and Maheswari, “Public Administration”, Agra, Laxmi Narayan Agarwal,
1988.
2. Mohit Bhattacharya “Public Administration”, World Press (Second Edition, 1991)
3. B.L. Fadia and Kuldeep Fadia, “Public Administration: Administrative Theories and
Concepts”, Agra, Sahitya Bhawan, 2014.
4. Rumki Basu, “Public Administration: Concepts and Theories” New Delhi, Sterling
Publishers, 2011.
 Paper – MPA- 102
Administrative Thinkers-I
Objective:
There has been a consensus among scholars that the modern theoretical foundation of
administrative knowledge got its genesis from Weberian conception of Bureaucracy. However,
in subsequent years concern arises that mere focus on Law as the sole basis of Public
Administration fails to address the efficiency of bureaucracy. In order to make bureaucracy
efficient in ensuring service to the society begets it scientific enquiry through Wilsonian
Paradigm. In further years it has opened up new philosophical debate on where the actual domain
of public administration to be located? In this regard the paper introduces different classical and
contemporary thinkers and their ideas to students.

Unit-I
Kautilya, Woodrow Wilson, F W Taylor
Unit-II
Henri Fayol, Gullick and Urwick,
Unit-III
Karl Marx, Max Weber
Unit-IV
Elton Mayo , Mary Parker Follet
Essential Readings:

1. D.Ravindra Prasad, V.S. Prasad, P. Satyanarayan, Y. Pardhasarathi, “Administrative

Thinkers”, New Delhi, Sterling Publishers, 2014.
2. Shriram Maheswari, “Administrative Thinkers”, Delhi, Macmillan, 2003.
3. R.K. Sapru, “Administrative Theories and Management Thought”, New Delhi, P HI
Learning Private Limited, 2013.
4. Bidyut Chakravorty, “Public Administration in a Globalized World”, New Delhi, Sage
Pub.
 Paper – MPA - 103
Indian Administration
Objective:

Modern Indian administration initiates its journey through legacy of British colonialism. In fact
there has been a wider acknowledgement that the practices of Indian administration date back to
Kautilya’s era. Hence the paper seeks to introduce to students the historical roots of Indian
administration and its relationship with accountability, welfare and well being of the society.
Secondly it deals with how the commencement of modern bureaucracy and its intersection with
political structure has to be analyzed.
Unit- I
Evolution of Indian Administration : Ancient period, Medieval period, Modern Period
upto 1947, Salient Features of Indian Constitution, Preamble, Federalism, Centre – State
Relations (Administrative Legislative and Financial).
Unit- II
Government at the Central Level: President, Prime Minister, Parliament, Cabinet
Secretariat, Prime Minister’s Office, Judiciary.
Unit- III
State Administration: Governor, Chief Minister, State Legislature, District Collector,
Chief Secretary.

Unit- IV
Inistitutional Arrangement : Niti Aayog, NDC, Election Commission, ARC.

Essential Readings:

1. Hoshiar Singh and Pankaj Singh, “Indian Administration”, Delhi, Pearson, 2011
2. B.L. Fadia and Kuldeep Fadia, “Indian Administration” Agra, Sahitya Bhawan, 2014
3. D.D. Basu, “Introduction to the constitution of India” New Delhi, Prentice Hall of
India, 2014
4. S.R. Mahesswari, “Indian Administration”, New Delhi, Orient Longman, 2011.
5. S.Choudhury, M.Khosla & P.B. Mehta, 2016, (Eds.), Oxford Handbook of Indian
Constitution, Oxford University Press
6. P. Mahapatra, 2015, An Introduction to Indian Administration:Cerabntral,State
&Local, Gyanjug Publications
7. Bidyut Chakrabarty & R.K.Pandey,2015, Indian Government & Politics, Sage
 Paper – MPA– 105
Rural Local Governance

Objectives: This paper deals with the wider debate on compatibility of democracy and
development. It intends to initiate discussion among students about the mechanisms and
methods on how the benefit of development to be shared by the local structure of our society, as
there has been a general concern that democracy is subject to elite capture.

Unit-I
i)Rationale and Necessity of Local Government, Local Government & Local Governance
ii)Democratic Decentralization, Decentralized Planning, History of Local Governance
Unit-II
i) Features of Rural Indian Society & Polity, Evolution of Rural Local Self Government
ii)73rd Constitutional Amendment Act, PESA Act
Unit III
i) Structure and Process of Rural Local Bodies
ii) Sources of Finance of these Bodies
Unit-IV
i)Rural Poverty Alleviation Programmes , NRHM,Glocalisation, New Localism.
ii)State Control over Rural Local Bodies
ii) Problem and Prospects of Rural Local Self-government

Essential Readings:

1. Bidyut Chakravarty, “Public Administration: in a Globalized world”, New Delhi, Sage,

2014
2. Bijoyini Mohanty, “Glimpses of Local Governance”, New Delhi, Kunal Books, 2012.
3. Anirban Kashyap, “Panchayati Raj, Views of Founding Fathers and Recommendations of
different committees, Lancer Books, 1989.
4. M. Venkatrangaya and M. Pattabhiram, “Local Government in India”, New Delhi, Allied
Publishers, 1969.
5. S.R. Maheswari, “Local Government in India”, Agra, Lakshmi Narain Agarwal, 1984.
6. A.R.Desai, ‘Rural Sociology’

MPA-105
State, Society and Public Administration
 Objectives: This course takes a holistic view of public administration and its
juxtaposition with state on the one hand and society on the other. It introduces the
students the pertinent points of convergence between society, politics and administration.
Unit-I
Nature of State, Relationship between state, society and public Administration,
Unit-II
Diverse Perspectives of State: Liberal, Marxist, Neo-liberal and Gandhian
Unit-III
Challenges to Traditional Bureaucratic Paradigm, Contemporary context of Indian
bureaucracy, Changing nature of Indian state
Unit-IV
Growing role of civil society organizations, Concept of good governance, Impact of
globalization on administration, Ethical Concerns in Public Administration

Essential Readings:
1. Bidyut Chakrabarty & Mohit Bhattacahrya (Eds), 2003, Public Administration: A
Reader, Oxford University Press, New Delhi
2. Alaka Dhameja (Ed), “Contemporary Debates in Public Administration”, New
Delhi, 2003.
3. Ramesh K. Arora(Eds.), 2004, Public Administration: Fresh Perspectives, Aalekh
Publishers, Jaipur
4. Bidyut Chakravorty, “Public Administration in a Globalized World”, New Delhi,
Sage
 SECOND SEMESTER

Code Course Name Marks Credit Category

MPA-201 Recent trends in Administrative theory 100 4 A

MPA-202 Comparative Public Administration 100 4 A

MPA-203 Administrative Thinkers-II 100 4 A/C/D

MPA-204 Urban Local Governance 100 4 B/C/D

MPA-205 Organizational Behaviour and Management 100 4 A/C/D

Process

Total 500 20

Category: A- Core, C- Open to Allied subjects, D- Open to All

Paper-MPA-201
Recent Trends in Administrative Theory

Objective: This paper aims to make student aware about different theoretical perspectives on
public administration. In this context there is a need to introduce different concepts and
principles of administration to the students. Further its relevant to be explained through historical
evolution of the subject. The outcomes are to be assessed through its multidisciplinary
manifestations
Unit-I
Nature &typologies of Organizations: Formal & Informal, Line & Staff
Structure of Organizations-Centralization & Decentralization
Processes of Organization, Departmentalization
Unit-II
i)Behavioural Approach,- Chris Argyris, Herbert Simon
ii) New Public Administration
iii) Systems Approach- Closed and Open system, Chester Bernard
Unit-III
i) Public Choice Approach
 ii) New Public Management, Good Governance. Public Service Approach, Feminist
Approach
Unit- IV
i)Administrative Practices-Governance, Regulatory Governance, Citizen Charter, Public
Private Partnership
ii)State of Administrative Theory in 21st Century
Essential Readings:
1. Alaka Dhameja (Ed), “Contemporary Debates in Public Administration”, New Delhi,
2003.
2. Arun Kumar Behera, “Public Administration: Theory and Practice”, Delhi, Pearson,
2012.
3. Bidyut Chakravarty, “Public Administration: in a Globalized world”, New Delhi,
Sage, 2014.

Paper-MPA-202
Comparative Public Administration

Course Objectives:
The paper intends to develop a comparative assessment on bureaucracy and its relationship with
different forms of constitutional government. The content has been formed to aware students
about the critical perspectives on how conceptualization of modern administration and its
applicability in different states and societies meted with variations.
Unit-I
The Concept, Nature, Scope and Approaches to the Study of Comparative Public
Administration, Emerging Trends in Comparative Public Administration.

Theories and Models of Comparative Public Administration: Fred Riggs and Ferrel
Heady.
Unit-II
Comparative Study on Executive, Legislative and Judiciary
(U.K. & U.S.A)
Unit-III
Citizen and Administration: A comparative study of various mechanisms for Redessal of
citizens’ grievances in U.K. & U.S.A.
Unit- IV
Control Mechanisms over Administration in U.K. & U.S.A.

Essential Readings:

1. Ramesh k. Arora,” Comparative Public Administration”, 1996.

2. J. A. Chandler (ed), “Comparative Public Administration”, Routledge Publications, 2010
3. Sabine Kuhalmann, “Introduction to Comparative Public Administration”, Edward Elgar
Publishing, 2014.
 4. K.K. Ghai, “Major Governments, Political System of U.K., USA, Switzerland, France
and China”, New Delhi, Kalyani Publishers, 2013.
5. J. A. Chandler (ed), “Comparative Public Administration”, Routledge Publications, 2010
6. Sabir Kuhalmann, Introduction to Comparative Public Administration, Edward Elgar
Publishing, 2014.
7. Nirmood Rapheli (ed), Reading in Comparative Public Administration, 1970.

Paper-MPA-203
Administrative Thinkers-II

Unit-I
Chris Argyris , Chester I Barnard, Herbert Simon
Unit-II
Abraham Maslow, Douglas McGregor, Frederick Herzberg
Unit-III
M.K. Gandhi, Michael Foucault
Unit-IV
Peter Drucker, Rensis Likert, Y. Dror

Essential Readings:

1. D.Ravindra Prasad, V.S. Prasad, P. Satyanarayan, Y. Pardhasarathi, “Administrative

Thinkers”, New Delhi, Sterling Publishers, 2014.
2. Shriram Maheswari, “Administrative Thinkers”, Delhi, Macmillan, 2003.
3. R.K. Sapru, “Administrative Theories and Management Thought”, New Delhi, P HI
Learning Private Limited, 2013.
4. Bidyut Chakravorty, “Public Administration in a Globalized World”, New Delhi, Sage

Paper-MPA-204
Urban Local Governance
Objectives: This paper deals with the wider debate on urban development. It intends to initiate
discussion among students about the mechanisms and methods on how the benefit of
development to be shared by the local structure of our society.

Unit-I
i) Growth of Urbanization and its consequences, Rural-Urban Fringe, Rural-urban migration
Features of Urban India
ii)Evolution of Urban Local Self Government,74th Constitutional Amendment Act

Unit II
Structure and Process of Urban Local Bodies, Sources of Finance of these Bodies
State Election Commission, State Finance Commission

Unit-III: Urban Planning and Policies

Urban Transport, JNURUM
Urban Land Use & Housing, Development of sub-urban areas
Slum Management
Urban Sanitation
Specialized Development Agencies

Unit-IV
i) Urban Poverty Alleviation Programmes , Urban Public Health
ii)State Control over Urban Local Bodies
iii)Problem and Prospects of Urban Local Self-government

Essential Readings:

1. Bijoyini Mohanty, “Glimpses of Local Governance”, New Delhi, Kunal Books, 2012.
2. Anirban Kashyap, “Panchayati Raj, Views of Founding Fathers and Recommendations of
different committees, Lancer Books, 1989.
3. M. Venkatrangaya and M. Pattabhiram, “Local Government in India”, New Delhi, Allied
Publishers, 1969.
4. S.R. Maheswari, “Local Government in India”, Agra, Lakshmi Narain Agarwal, 1984.

Paper – MPA- 205

Organizational Behavior & Management Process

Objectives :
Organizational behavior is a discipline, which provided the organizational behavior list to find
out some ways and means to establish acceptable behavior. It is a study and application of
knowledge about human behavior in organization as it relates to other system elements, such as
structure, technology and external social system. Therefore, it is relevant to introduce this paper
in the Masters programme in Public Administration.

Unit-I
Organizational Behaviour- Meaning, Nature and Challenges, Organizational Structure
and Design, Concept of Learning Organisation
Unit-II
Organizational Culture- Old & New, Organizational Development, Organizational
Change
Unit-III
Management- Meaning, Functions and Challenges of Managers, Motivation, Leadership,
Communication.
Unit- IV
 Conflict Management, Total Quality Management, Strategic Management and
Management of Change.

Essential Readings:

1. Niranjan Pani, “Management Concepts: Organizational Behaviour, Human Resource

Management” New Delhi, Kunal Books,2009.
2. S.S. Khanka “Organisation Behaviour”, New Delhi, S. Chand and Company Ltd., 2011.
3. Fred Luthans, “Organisational Behaviour”, New Work, M.C. Graw- Hill, 2000.
4. David J Cherrington, “Organisational Behaviour”, Allyn and Bacon, Boston, 1989.
Third Semester

Code Course Name Marks Credit Category

MPA-301 Development Administration 200 8 A

MPA-302 Public Personnel Administration 100 4 A/C/D

MPA-303 Public Policy 100 4 B/C/D

MPA-304 Development and Governance 100 4 B/C/D

MPA-305
Public System Management
100 B/C/D
MPA-306 Indian Administration : Issues and 100 4 B/C/D
Trends
100 4
MPA-307 Disaster Management
MPA-308 100 4
Tribal Administration

MPA-309 Financial Administration in India 100 4 B/C/D

MPA-310 E-Governance 100 4 B/C/D

100 4
Category: A- Core, B- Elective, C-Open to Allied Subjects, D-Open to All

Paper – MPA-301
Development Administration
Objectives: This course gives an idea about the diverse perspectives on Development and
development Administration. It initiates the discussion on changing role of non-Governmental
Organizations and bureaucracy in administration.
Unit-I
Development Administration: Conceptual Analysis,
 Development Administration and Administrative Development, Features of Developed
and Developing Countries, Structural Adjustment Programme, Changing profile of
Development Administration.
Unit-II
Various Development Strategies, Mixed Economy Model, Goals of Development,
Unit-III
Decentralization and Development, Planning, National planning, State Planning, District
Planning, Mechanisms of Development Administration in India : Self-Help Group
(SHG), Displacement for Development and Rehabilitation Policy.
Unit-IV
Bureaucracy and Development, Role of NGOs, Cooperatives and Specialized
Development Agencies.

Essential Readings:

1. R.K. Sapru, “Development Administration”, New Delhi, Sterling Publishers, 2014.

2. Mohit Bhattcharya, “Development Administration”, Kolkata, World Press, 1979.
3. V.A. Pai Panandikar (ed) “Development Administration in India”, New Delhi,
Macmillan, 1974.
4. S.A. Palekar, “Development Administration

Paper – MPA – 302

Public Personnel Administration in India
Objective:
This has been a universal fact that human resource is the foundation to institute any kind of
organization. In fact in cases of public personnel though legality became the base to hold
authority but their role assumed to serve the moral concern of society. In this context the
knowledge on Public Personnel Administration in India requires to be relevant. Here the students
need to be aware on the concept and its philosophical ground to study civil service system in
India.

Unit-I
Public Personnel Administration: Concept, Scope, Significance and Objective
Problems of Public Personnel Administration
Unit-II
Civil Service in India: Recruitment, Union Public Service Commission, State Public
Service Commission Training, Promotion, Classification.
Unit-III
Civil Service in India: Code of Conduct, Discipline, Performance Appraisal, Pay and
Service Conditions, Morale, Ethics; Good Governance Initiatives
Unit-IV
 All India Services, Central Services, Employer-Employee Relationship, Joint
Consultative Machinery in India, Civil Service neutrally

Essential Readings:

1. Rajesh K. Jha (ed), “Public Personnel Administration”, New Delhi, 2012

2. Bidyut Chakraborty and Mohit Bhattacharya (ed), “Public Administration – A
Reader”, New Delhi, Oxford, 2003.
3. K. Bata Dey, “Personnel Administration in India: Retrospective Issues, Prospective
Thought”, New Delhi, Uppal, 1991.
4. S.L. Goel, Public Personnel Administration, New Delhi, Sterling, 1984.

Paper – MPA- 303

Public Policy

Objectives: Democratic governance and socio-economic development depend on

effective public policy process. Therefore, this course maes the students aware of the
theoretical perspectives on public policy and changing techniques of monitoring and
implementation of public policy.

Unit-I
Public Policy-Meaning, Types and Significance, Approaches to Public Policy.
Unit-II
Institutional Arrangement for Policy Making,
Unit-III
Policy Implementation, Policy Monitoring and Evaluation,
Unit- IV
Policy Analysis, Problem and Prospects of Public Policy

Essential Readings:

1. R.K. Sapru, “Public Policy: Foundation, Implementation and evaluation”, New Delhi,
Sterling, 2012.
2. R.K. Sapru, “Public Policy: Art and Craft of Policy Analysis”, Delhi, PHI Learning,
2013.
3. Y. Dror, “Public Policy Making Re-examined”, New Jersey, Transaction Publishers,
1989.
4. Aaron Wildavsky, “The Art and craft of Policy Analysis”, London, Macmillan, 1980.
 Paper-MPA-304
Development and Governance

Unit-I
Development and Governance: Contemporary Debates
Unit-II
Good Governance as Reform:
Modern Practices: Public Service Approach and Technological Application
Rationale Technology and Governance and E-Governance in Global Sphere
Unit-III
E-Governance in Indian States: Bhumi Experiment, E SISHU.
Unit- IV
Contemporary Problems of Governance.

Suggested Readings:
1. Nirja Jayal and Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Oxford Companion to Politics, 2010
2. Nirja Jayal and Sudha Pai, Democratic Governance in India: Challenges of Poverty,
Development and Identity, Sage Publication: New Delhi.
3. Gurpreet Mahajan, 2003. The Public and the Private: Issues of Democratic Citizenship,
Sage: New Delhi.

4. Atul Kohili, Democracy and Discontent: India’s Growing crisis of Governability,

Princenton University.

5. Budhiraja, Renu (2001) ‘Electronic Governance — A Key Issue in the 21st Century’,
Ministry of Information Technology, India.
6. Government of India (2001a) E-Governance. Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances
and Pensions.
7. Bhatnagar, Subhash, 2004, E-government: From Vision to Implementation A Practical
Guide with Case Studies, Sage, New Delhi
8. Gupta, MP, Prabhat, Kumar, and Jaijit, Bhattacharya, 2004, Government Online
Opportunities and Challenges, Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing Company Ltd., New Delhi
9. Heeks, Richard (1998a) ‘Information Age Reform of the Public Sector: The Potential and
Problems of IT for India’, Working Paper No. 6. Manchester: Institute for Development
Policy and Management, University of Manchester.
10. Jaju, Sanjay, E-Governance Projects and Experiments at National level, in E-Governance,
11. IGNOU, New Delhi, 2006
12. Stuart Corbridge, et.al. 2005. Seeing the State: Governance and Governmentality in India,
Cambridge University Press: New York.

Paper-MPA-305
Public System Management
Objectives: This course introduces the student to the new paradigm of Public System
Management with its design and operation of public services. This will enable the
 students the traditional practice of public administration and the changing discourse on
development

Unit-I
Public Systems Management: Concept, Nature, Scope and characteristics
Distinctiveness of Public system Management
Unit-II
Social & Political Context of Public system Management
Concept of Governance
Inter-governmental Relations in governance
Unit-III
Strategic Management
Management Information System
Responsiveness in Public system Management-Accountability
Unit-IV
Transparency & Right to Information
Empowerment
Networking and inter-institutional Co-ordination

Essential Readings:
1. Bidyut Chakrabarty & Mohit Bhattacahrya (Eds), 2003, Public Administration: A
Reader, Oxford University Press, New Delhi
2. Alaka Dhameja (Ed), “Contemporary Debates in Public Administration”, New
Delhi, 2003.
3. Ramesh K. Arora(Eds.), 2004, Public Administration: Fresh Perspectives, Aalekh
Publishers, Jaipur
4. Bidyut Chakravorty, “Public Administration in a Globalized World”, New Delhi,
Sage

Paper-MPA-306
Indian Administration: Issues and Trends
Objectives: Indian Administration is a context driven response to problems confronting
Indian society. It has become an endeavor on the part of public administrators for
building specific skill and formulating public policies, which are required to address the
identified problems in the Indian socio-economic and political systems. In this context the
paper seeks to enlighten the students on the current issues and problems of Indian
administration.
 Unit – I
Grievance Redressal Mechanism for Citizens: Judicial Review, Empowerment ,
Right to Information, Lokpal and Lokayukta
Unit – II
Administrative Reforms: Privatization and Disinvestment, Social exclusion and
inclusive policies, Digital Governance and its Problems, Public Services Acts
Unit – III
Environmental Issues: Disaster and Its Management in India-Preparedness and
Mitigation, Recovery and Rehabilitation
Unit – IV
Socio – Political movements – Tribal Movement, Peasants’ Movement, Workers’
Movement and Women’s Movement.

Essential Readings:
1. Arun Maira, (2014), “Remaking India, One Country One destiny”, New
Delhi Response books.
2. Niraja Gopal Jayal, Pratap Bhanu Meheta, (2015), “The Oxford
Companion to Politics in India”, New Delhi Oxford.
3. Vasudeva, (2013), “E-Governance in India; A Reality”, New Delhi
Commonwealth Publishers.
4. S.R. Maheshwari, (2013), “Administrative Reforms in India”.
5. B.K. Mishra, and G.K. Panda(2014) (ed.) “Natural Hazards and Disaster
Management Concepts and Approaches”, Bhubaneswar, Artech.

Paper-MPA-307
Disaster Management

Objectives:India is amongst the nations most vulnerable to natural hazards. The basic
responsibility for undertaking rescue, relief and rehabilitation measures in the event of natural
disasters is that of the state government concerned. Therefore, this course has been designed to
educate the students in disaster management administration

Unit-I
Disaster and its type, Flood Draught, Cyclone, Geographical Disaster, Earthquake, Landslide,
Avalanches, Volcanic Eruptions, Climatic Disaster-Heat and Cold Wave, Climate Change,
Global Warming, Sea level Rise, Ozone Depletion
Unit-II
Disasster Management Cycle
Disaster Mangement –Recent trends, Vulnerability analysis and Risk assessment

Unit-III

Disaster Preparedness- The Indian Context, Disaster Prevention,

Disaster Mitigation- Institutinal Arrangements at National level and State levels.

Unit- IV
Disaster Management Strategies
Disaster Response: Rehabilitation, Reconstruction and Recovery
 Paper-MPA-308
Tribal Administration
.

Unit-I
Tribal Development Strategies: Phases of Isolation, Assimilation and Integration, Tribal
Development through Five Year Plans:- ITDP, MADA
Unit-II
Constitutional Provisions for Schedule Tribes, Tribal Development Programmes: Its
Implementation, Problem and Challenges
Unit-III
Tribal Development Institutions: Tribal Development Commissioner, TDCCOL, LAMP,
THRTI.
Unit- IV
Role of NGOs in Tribal Development, Need for Tribal Participation in Development and
Inclusive Growth, Role of Tribal in Forest Development and Afforestation.

Paper – MPA-309
Financial Administration in India

Unit-I
Concept of Budget, Types and Forms, Performance Budgeting, Zero Bedgeting ,Gender
Budgeting , Budgetary Process in India, Budget as a political instrument.
Unit-II
Monetary and Fiscal Policies; Role of Finance Ministry; RBI, Parliamentary control over
public expenditure, Resource Mobilization and Division of Resources, Tax Reforms
Unit-III
Finance Commission, Fiscal Federalism,

Unit-IV
Financial Accountability; Audits and Accounts; Social Audit, Gender Auditing.

Suggested Readings:
Kausik Basu, Oxford Companion to Economics
Pranab Bardhan, Development and Democracy in India
Dutta and Sundaram, Indian Economy
Rumki Basu, An Introduction to Public Admistration

Paper – MPA – 310

E-Governance
 Objectives: E-Governance has been developed as an instrument of ‘Good Governance’
Therefore, this course has been designed to educate the students in the role ICT in
developing administration and citizen services.

Unit-I
E-Governance: Concept and significance, Information and Communication Technology:
Concepts and Components

Unit-II
ICT: Roles and Applications
Role of ICT in Administration
Role of ICT in Rural Development

Unit-III
E-Learning: Role of ICT in Education and Training
Delivery of Citizen Services: Role of ICT
Role of ICT in City Management

Unit-IV

Information Policy: RTI Act 2005

E-Commerce
ICT implementation in Governance: Issues and Challenges

Fourth Semester

Code Course Name Marks Credit Category

MPA-401 Welfare Administration 200 8 A

MPA-402 Research Methodology 100 4 A

MPA-403 Human Resource Development 100 4 A/C

MPA-404 Dissertation 100

10
Presentation& Viva 100
Category: A- Core, B- Elective, C-Open to Allied Subjects, D-Open to All

Paper – MPA-401
Welfare Administration
Objectives: Welfare is an essential aspect of Development Administration. Thus, it was
thought to develop Welfare administration as a separate paper only to make the students
aware of the developmental policies of the state.
Unit-I
Welfare and Equality: Conceptual Debates, State, Social Justice and Social Change
Welfare Administration, Constitutional Provision and Institutions in India; Central Social
Welfare Board, State Social welfare Board, Human Rights Commission, Issues and
Trends.

Unit-II
Welfare Policies and Public Administration: Exploring Categories in India (Scheduled
Caste, Scheduled Tribes, Gender, Minority, Occupation)
Unit-III

Universal Welfare and Social Sectors: Health and Education

Unit-IV
Welfare to Entitlement: Empowerment thesis, Participation in Development

Essential Readings:
1. Nirja Jayal, Welfare and Indian States, EPW,
2. Nirja Jayal, Citizenship and Its Discontents, OUP, 2015
3. Anil Saxena, 2006, Encyclopaedia of social welfare, Vol., Anmol Publishers,
New Delhi
4. Dr. Ravi Prakash Yadav, 2010, Social Welfare Practices
5. Wilensky, H. 1975 The Welfare State and Inequality. Berkeley: University of California
Press
6. Iversen, T. and Cusack, T. 2000. ‘The causes of welfare state expansion’. World Politics,
52
7. Esping-Andersen, G. 1990 The Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism. Cambridge: Polity
Press
8. Vidhu Verma.2012. Non-discrimination and Equity in India: Contesting Boundaries
of Social Justice, Rutledge: London.
9. Gurpreet Mahajan, Difference and Social Justice in India, Oxford University Press.
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Research Methodology

Objectives: This Course desires to develop the research attitude in the students.

Unit-I
Meaning of Research, Objectives, Features, Scientific Method and Non-Scientific
Methods, Importance of Research in Social Science.
Unit-II
Research Problem, Hypotheses, Research Design.
Unit-III
Sampling: Process and Types, Scaling, Data Collection, Questionnaire, Observation
Survey and Schedule Methods.
Unit-IV
Data Analysis Techniques, Report writing. Different styles of writing
References
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Human Resource Management

Objectives: Any Organisation has three important resources- men, material and money.
Out of these the human resource occupies a pivotal position as it is the human resource
which makes an efficient use of money and material. Therefore, it was thought important
to introduce this paper in the Masters Programme in Public Administration.

Unit-I
Human Resource Management – Meaning, Nature and Evolution, Functions of HRM and
New Trends in HRM.
Unit-II
Human Resource Planning, Job Analysis, Work Design, Recruitment, Promotion and
Transfer.
Unit-III
Concept of HRD, Training and Development, Career Planning and Career Development .
Unit-IV
Performance Appraisal, Compensation, Employment Relations – Collective Bargaining.
Unit- V
Human Resource Information System (HRIS), Human Resource Audit (HRA), Future of
HRM, Issue of HRM- Stress Management.

Essential Readings:
1. Niranjan Pani, “Management Concepts, Organisational Behaviour, Human Resource
Management”, New Delhi, Kunal Books, 2009.
2. T.N. Chhabra, “Human Resource Management; Concepts and Issues”, Delhi,
Dhanpatirao and Co. 2012.
3. P. Subba Rao, “Essentials of Human Resource Management and Industrial Relations”,
Himalaya Publishers, Mumbai, 2010.
4. K.B. Aswathappa, “Personnel and Human Resource Management,” Tata Mc. Graw
Publishing House, 2003.