Public policies in India can be defined as systems of actions promulgated by the government regarding a given topic. There are several stages in the public policy process including formulation, education, implementation, monitoring, and impact assessment. The major types of public policies in India are welfare and development policies, regulatory policies, and distributive and redistributive policies. Some key public policies in India address agriculture, manufacturing, broadband access, education, the environment, skills development, population issues, and more. Issues with public policies include fragmentation, heavy workload, and a lack of outside expertise. Remedies include reducing fragmentation, decentralizing implementation, and improving the skills of policymakers. Recent trends encompass changes to education policy, increased
2. Public Policy: An Introduction
Public policy can be generally defined as a system of laws,
regulatory measures, courses of action, and funding priorities
concerning a given topic promulgated by a governmental entity or
its representatives.
Policy Formulation
Policy Education
Policy Implementation
Policy Monitoring
Policy Impact
Stages in Public Policy Process:
3. Types of Public Policies
Welfare & Development Public policies
Regulatory Public policies
Distributive & Re-distributive policies
4. Importance of Public Policies
As an academic discipline, public policy brings in elements of
many social science fields and concepts, including economics,
sociology, political economy, program evaluation, policy
analysis, and public management, all as applied to problems of
governmental administration, management, and operations.
Policies enable the public to measure the achievements of the
government
we use theory and evidence to design, implement and evaluate
policies to improve living conditions for the citizens of our
country and the world.
5. Major Public Policies in India
National Agriculture Development Programme / Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana
Agriculture Policy: A Vision for 2020
Consolidated FDI Policy, 2010
National Manufacturing Policy, 2011
National Broadband Policy, 2004
National Policy on Information Technology, 2011
National Policy on Education, 1986
Sarva Shiksha Abhiyaan- Education For All
Policy Statement on Environment and Development
National Skill Development Policy
National Population Policy of 2000
Rural Electrification Policy
National Policy for Empowerment of Women
National Urban Sanitation Policy
National Urban Housing and Habitat Policy
National Tourism Policy, 2002.
6. Issues in Public Policies:
Structural:
1. too much fragmentation
2. too much implementation workload on policy-makers
3. poor structure and process for involving outside experts and
stakeholder
Competence:
1. Inadequate professionalism of the policy-making staff
2. inadequate competence of the specialists
7. Remedies in Public Policies:
Reduction in Fragmentation
Separating policy-making from implementation and
decentralizing implementation authority
Improving integration and the flow of knowledge from outside
Government
Improving the competence and skills of policy-making
manpower
8. Recent trends in public policies
Change In Education policy
Increased FDI
Self- sustainable policy