RBSE SS Public Administration case studies
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The RBSE Senior Secondary (Class XII) Public Administration examination is the Rajasthan Board of Secondary Education's subject paper for Arts-stream students who choose Public Administration as one of their Class XII electives. It suits candidates who intend to study political science, public administration, law or sociology at university, and those preparing for state and central civil service examinations where administrative theory and Indian governance appear in the syllabus. The RBSE SS Public Administration case studies are 5 cases and about 4,021 words.
1Year-end spending, re-appropriation and the audit para in a state PWD
On 20 March, a state's Finance Department reviews the Public Works Department's road programme. Against a voted grant of Rs 840 crore for 2024-25, PWD has spent Rs 610 crore, and the Chief Engineer has submitted proposals worth Rs 190 crore to be booked in the last eleven days of the financial year: Rs 70 crore for machinery, Rs 45 crore for a single-source feasibility study consultancy, and Rs 75 crore for works not yet tendered.
739 words, about 4 min2Tied grants, proxy Sarpanch and social audit in a Udaipur Gram Panchayat
The Gram Panchayat of Rampura in Udaipur district (population 6,200, 15 wards) received Rs 42 lakh in 2023-24 as the Fifteenth Finance Commission's tied grant for drinking water and sanitation. By January only Rs 9 lakh had been spent.
990 words, about 5 min3ACR, private practice and promotion: the file of a Rajasthan medical officer
Dr Anita Sharma, a Rajasthan Medical Service officer with 19 years' service, is due for promotion to Senior Specialist. In the same fortnight three papers reach the Principal Secretary, Medical Education: her 2022 ACR, written by a Civil Surgeon and reviewed by a Director, records 'outstanding' and 'fit for promotion'; her 2023 ACR by her present Civil Surgeon grades her 'average' and adds that she 'regularly leaves before 3 pm', a remark never communicated to her; and an anonymous complaint alleges that she runs a private clinic in Jodhpur through her brother and has posted comments on social media criticising a minister's health policy.
768 words, about 4 min4Cancelling a liquor licence without hearing, and an ultra vires CCTV circular
The Excise Department of a state cancels the licence of a country liquor shop in Kota after a sub-inspector reports that the licensee sold liquor to a minor and to a person already intoxicated. The licence condition states that the Commissioner 'may cancel the licence if satisfied that public order requires it'.
766 words, about 4 min5A water-billing PPP in Jaipur: contract design, accountability and the citizen charter
A municipal corporation in Jaipur outsources water billing and customer service to a private operator for seven years at an annual fee of Rs 18 crore, against a target of 90 per cent collection efficiency. After eighteen months, collection has fallen from 72 per cent to 61 per cent, complaints have doubled, and the operator has invoked force majeure, citing the corporation's failure to digitise legacy records and obstruction by corporation staff.
758 words, about 4 min