Syllabus
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Course Code: MSW(C) -301 Course Name: Social Policy and Planning: Current Issues and Strategies |
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| MODULE NO / UNIT | COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE | NOTES |
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| 1 | - Social Policy: concept, objectives, determinants and steps. - Values underlying social policy based on Constitutional provisions (i.e. Directive Principles of State Policy, Fundamental Rights and Fundamental Duties). - Instruments of Social Policy. - Models of Social Policy – Residual welfare, unified, integrated, sectoral, industrial achievement and institutional redistributive model and their applicability to the Indian situation. |
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| 2 | - Social policy formulation: contribution of research, interest groups and role of
professional social worker. - Critical review of polices concerning Education, Health, Population, Family welfare and Housing. - Methods of evaluation of social policy. |
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| 3 | - Social Planning: conceptual and operational aspects, scope, levels, steps and
strategies. - Monitoring and evaluation of social planning. - Five year plans in India – Salient features with an emphasis on the objectives of social justice, education and family welfare. |
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| 4 | - Economic planning, welfare planning, developmental planning: meaning
importance and differences. - Need of decentralization and people’s participation. - Machinery and procedure of planning in India at centre and state levels. - Niti Aayog - organization, structure and functions. - State Planning Boards – organization, structure and functions. |
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