Paper I · 5 Indian Polity & Governance · 5.6.1 Governance, public policy and e-Governance

5.6.1.2 Public policy: making, the policy cycle and evaluation in India

Public policy is what a government chooses to do (or not do) about a public problem; it moves through a cycle of agenda setting, formulation, decision, implementation and evaluation, with feedback into the next round.

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Key terms

  • public policy
  • policy cycle
  • agenda setting
  • policy formulation
  • implementation
  • evaluation
  • incrementalism
  • bounded rationality
  • Pre-Legislative Consultation Policy
  • DMEO
  • PEO
  • outcome budget
  • social audit
  • evidence-based policy

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