Public Administration

The Globalization has great impact on the country like India, which increases the economic growth of the country, and because of this, we are seeing a growing urbanized India. Historically, India's population has been predominantly rural, but since the year 1991 the urban population was increasing, and today it stands about more than 30% of the total population of the country. Although, urbanization in India has been underpinned by the rapid growth in the economy especially from the last decade of the 20 th Century, and there is transformation from rural economy, based on agriculture and its allied activities to the modern economy related to industrial activities. However, as India's urbanization process is increasing we are seeing its negative impacts on the urban areas, by way of lack of basic facilities like infrastructure, drinking water, housing, transport etc. Thus, this article tries to present the urbanization taking place in India, and also gives particular attention to the emerging issues and challenges, associated with the urbanization process in India and some suggestions to overcome it.

One of the important things, in the present time, which need greater attention, is the education sector. Because of infrastructure shortages, constrained public resources, rising pressure from citizens and civil society have combined to push government and policy makers to explore new ways of financing and managing the education sector, in which private sector investment can be attracted through mutually beneficial arrangement. The present paper outlines the conceptual framework of Public Private Partnership, need for it and various initiatives in education, constraints in implementing and suggestion for improving.