Topics taught in this paper:

The paper mainly concentrates on the topics like scope and nature of the public policy, its significance, role of civil society organizations in making of public policy, impact of international agencies on the policy, inter- government relationship, etc.

Time and marks allotted:

The total mark contained by this paper is 100 and the maximum time allowed to solve this paper is of three hours.

Paper Pattern:

The questions are subjective type. There are total 10 questions in this paper which are divided into two sections as Section 1 and Section 2. Each section of the paper contains 5 questions. Two questions from each section are compulsory to be attempted. All the questions of the paper contain equal marks. There is a word limitation of 500 words for each question. There is 1 question in each question which is subdivided into two parts. This question is short notes type question with a word limit of 250 words.

Questions are from:

The questions are generally from scope and nature of public policy, different types of policies in India, role of civil society in policy making, various agencies in policy implementation and other related topics.

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