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MPA-016: DECENTRALISATION AND LOCAL GOVERNANCE
Course Code: MPA-016
Assignment Code: MPA-016/Asst/TMA/2022-23
Marks: 100
This Assignment consists of Section- I and Section- II. There are five questions in each
Section. You have to answer a total of five questions in about 500 words each. It is
necessary to attempt at least two questions from each section. Each question carries 20
marks.
SECTION-I
1) Discuss the importance of decentralisation and suggest necessary measures for
strengthening decentralised development in India. 20
2) Describe the administrative decentralisation in contemporary scenario. 20
3) “The Bhagidari programme of Delhi Government has promoted the GovernmentCitizens partnership”. Comment. 20
4) Examine the partnership among local authorities and special purpose agencies in
education sector. 20
5) Explain the concept of empowerment and highlight the problems and constraints in
achieving empowerment. 20
SECTION-II
6) “Owing to the 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act, 1992, the PRIs are functioning as
effective institutions of local self-governance at the grassroots level”. Examine. 20
7) Explain the organisational structure of Urban Local Government. 20
8) Describe the resources of local bodies. 20
9) “Municipalities in urban areas are functioning as an effective institution of local- self
government”. Comment. 20
10) Define sustainable development and enumerate its major challenges to sustainable
development and environment.
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