Exam Details

Subject Rural Local self Governance
Paper
Exam / Course Diploma in Paralegal Practice
Department School of Law (SOL)
Organization indira gandhi national open university
Position
Exam Date June, 2015
City, State new delhi,


Question Paper

1. Analyse the serious limitations operating on the working of Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) created by the 73rd Constitutional Amendment.

2. Explain in detail the Micro Finance Institutions functioning in India and the existing regulations governing them.

3. Discuss the schemes and initiatives introduced by the Government of India in order to achieve the National Health Policy Goals.

4. Discuss the basic steps involved in the land acquisition process.

5. Discuss the common powers and functions assigned to Gram Sabhas in different States.

6. Enunciate the important powers, authorities and responsibilities cast upon the Panchayats under the Eleventh Schedule of the Constitution of India.

7. Analyse the effects and impact of Disasters.

8. Discuss the interpretation given by the Supreme Court of India on the 'Right to Food' in the case of PUCL vs. Union of India and others W.P.(Civil) 196 of 2001.

9. Highlight the Rulings of Supreme Court of India on the issue "Right to Housing" in the following cases:

Olga Tellis vs. Bombay Municipal Corporation (AIR 1986 SC 180)

Chameli Singh vs. State of UP (1996) 2 SCC 549 (132).

10. Discuss the important types and categories of land laws with the help of examples.

Write short notes on any four of the following in about 150 words each. Each note carries 5 marks.

11. Audit of Panchayat Accounts

12. Procedure for instituting a Civil Case under Gram Nyayalaya Act, 2008

13. Unemployment Allowance under NREGA

14. Human Right to Water International framework

15. The Rights vested upon the Forest Dwellers, Scheduled Tribes and other Traditional Forest Dwellers under the Forest Rights Act, 2006

16. Legal Aid and the Role of Paralegals


Departments

  • Centre for Corporate Education, Training & Consultancy (CCETC)
  • Centre for Corporate Education, Training & Consultancy (CCETC)
  • National Centre for Disability Studies (NCDS)
  • School of Agriculture (SOA)
  • School of Computer and Information Sciences (SOCIS)
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  • School of Translation Studies and Training (SOTST)
  • School of Vocational Education and Training (SOVET)
  • Staff Training & Research in Distance Education (STRIDE)

Subjects

  • Introduction to Laws
  • Introduction to the Legal System
  • Laws relating to Vulnerable Groups
  • Rural Local self Governance