BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE PILANI

HYDERABAD CAMPUS
Second Semester 2015-16
Course No. GS F233

Weighting
20%

Course Title: Public Policy

Assessment
Individual Assignment

Submission Date
14th April 2016

Answer ALL questions. Each answer should not exceed 2 Pages.

Submit the assignment in HARD COPY before the submission date.

Assignment Questions (2 * 10 marks = 20 marks).

1) Discuss the basic features of Institutional Analysis and Development framework.
What, according to you, are its major contributions or advantages and why?
2) Discuss the central features and functions of bureaucracy in relation to policy making.
Identify three major strengths (or limitations) of bureaucracy in India which are
responsible for the success (or failure) of policy implementation in India.