Question

Explain the steps in public policy making.

Answer 1

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.

1. 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 is then decided for e.g., anti-malaria programme (it's objectives and implementation).
2. Policy Output: Actual implementation of the policy takes place and policy output is determined.
3. Policy Impact (evaluation stage): This involves an assessment of the objectives to determine policy impact and any improvements if required.