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(a) "Gender Response Budgeting has infused greater accountability of planning departments towards women empowerment programmes." Examine the statement. (20)

(b) "The gubernatorial position of the Governor is comfortably placed in the fuzzy area between 'Withdrawal of pleasure of the President' and 'Compelling reasons for removal'." Discuss with some recent examples. (20)

(c) "Beneath the soft outer shell of democratic administrative framework lies unscathed the steel frame of Indian administration which has survived through the ages." In the light of this statement, examine the relationship between bureaucracy and development in the last one decade. (10)