Public Administration — Political Science STD 11 Commerce / Arts — Question

Public Policy refers to the new approach to understanding aspects of government activities for public welfare ‘ that is beyond simple administrative activities for e.g., Ayushman Bharat which aims to provide universal access to good quality health care in India.Public policy can be understood in three steps.

• Policy Choice: Elected representatives, bureaucrats, and others decide the on which concerns of citizens to deal with, various options available about how to deal with it, and the formulation of a programme are then decided for e.g., anti-malaria programme (its objectives and implementation).
• Policy Output: Actual implementation of the policy takes place and policy output is determined
• Policy Impact (evaluation stage): This involves assessment of the objectives to determine policy impact and any improvements if required.