2nd Semester LLB Unitary - Local Self-Government, Including Panchayat Administration - Notes, Question Papers and Syllabus
Local Self-Government, Including Panchayat Administration
Unit I: Local Government
Evolution, Meaning, Features, and Significance – Village Panchayats in Ancient India – Gandhiji’s Idea of Village Panchayats – Various Committee Reports.
Unit II: Urban Local Bodies
Municipal Corporation, Municipal Council, and Municipal Committees – Meaning, Features, Role, and Significance.
Unit III: Panchayat Raj Institutions
Nature and Scope of Article 40 – 73rd and 74th Constitutional Amendment Acts.
Unit IV: Panchayati Raj Institutions
Composition, Functions, and Sources of Income of Gram Panchayats, Panchayat Samiti, and Zila Parishads – District Planning Committee.
Unit V: Statutory Authorities Under Local Governance System
State Finance Commission – State Election Commission – Governmental and Judicial Control Over Panchayat Raj Institutions – Tribunals – Ombudsman – Audit.
Suggested Readings
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Radha Kumud Mukherjee, Local Government in Ancient India.
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Avasthi A. (Ed.), Municipal Administration in India, Lakshmi Narayan Agarwal, 1972.
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Bhattacharya B., Urban Development in India, 1979.
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Gandhi M.K., Panchayati Raj, Navjeevan, 1959.
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Jain S.P. (Ed.), Panchayati Raj Institutions in India: An Appraisal, 1995.
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Venkatarangaiya, Local Government in India.
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Puri K.K., Local Government in India, Bharat Prakashan, Jalandhar, 1985.
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Puri V.K., Local Government and Administration, 2005.
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Singh Sahab and Singh Swinder, Public Administration, Development and Local Administration.