Assignment Task 1. Requirement The policy paper shall analyse a potential policy that could be adopted and implemented at the level of central or state government. The topic chosen is not be so broad and general
Assignment Task
1. Requirement
- The policy paper shall analyse a potential policy that could be adopted and implemented at the level of central or state government.
- The topic chosen is not be so broad and general that the entire exercise become non-actionable.
2. Template of Policy paper
- Title
- Content
- Executive summary
- Outline of Policy problem or policy description:
- Statement of problem,
- current symptoms of problem and
- Consideration of underlying basic causes of the problem
3. Review of Current Policy
- Current policy framework/provisions,
- Major flaws/Limitations
- Support or opposition for current framework
4. Policy alternatives and evaluation: propose and analyse two to three alternative solutions to the problem. For each alternative, analyse its strength and weakness.
- Description of Alternatives to current Policy
- Alternative may include Alternative arrangements for implementation of current policy or changes in current policy including creation new policy
- Assessment of strength and weakness of policy alternatives
- Support for and opposition to alternatives.
5. Recommendation of a policy alternative: The propose of this section is to formulate an effective policy proposal for the problem and demonstrate that your proposal practical and feasible.
- Specify policy recommendation proposed to solve the problem:
- How does your policy proposal solve the problem better than current policy or any other alternative.
- Also political and administrative feasibility of policy recommended.
- Conclusion
- Annexure
- Supporting documentation
- References/Bibiliography