Economy and government role of government activity2

=Activity - Discussion on role of Government in public goods provisioning=

Estimated Time
One to two periods

Prerequisites/Instructions, if any
Students can collect materials and a group discussion / brainstorming session can be facilitated.

Multimedia resources
Anna Bhagya

Relevant local connections - people, places and materials
Does your grama panchayat or town panchayat provide public services? What are these?

Website interactives/ links
Newspapers can be downloaded from http://Samachar.com and http://Kannada.Samachar.com http://ahara.kar.nic.in/annabhagyyojana.html

Process

 * 1) Students should collect news articles on different public goods provided by the Government - public (school) education, primary health, public transport, roadways and railways etc
 * 2) Identify the reasons for such provisioning.

What questions can you ask

 * 1) Are there alternatives to Government provisioning?
 * 2) What are the advantages and disadvantages of Government provisioning?
 * 3) Has the role of Government of India in public provisioning increased or reduced in last twenty years?
 * 4) Government of Karnataka has schemes like Anna Bhagya, Ksheera Bhagya, Bhagyalakshmi, Akshaya. Do these qualify as public provisioning?
 * 5) See the video on Anna Bhagya. From a sociology perspective, does it reinforce gender stereotypes?

Evaluation – (questions for assessment of the child)
Understanding the necessity of public provisioning as a concept/principle.

Activity keywords
To link to main page Economy And Government