Assistant Town Planner Group A Recruitment 2022

Punjab Police Service Commission(PPSC)

Post Name

Assistant Town Planner(Group A)

Category

Recruitment

Total Vacancies Available

19

Job Application Mode

Online

Online Application Start Date

27th May 2022

Online Application End Date

16th June 2022

Job Location

Punjab

Official Website

ppsc.gov.in

Reservation of the posts 

Category Code

Category

Total No. of Posts 

Posts reserved for Women out of the total no. of Posts

71

General

06

01

92

General Economically Weaker Section, Punjab

01

00

72/73

Ex-Serviceman/LDESM, Punjab

01

00

74

Freedom Fighter, Punjab

02

00

75

Sports Person, Punjab

01

00

76

Person with Disability 

76-B: Deaf and Hard of Hearing

 76-C: Locomotive Disability 

01

01

00

01

77

Scheduled Castes (Others), Punjab

01

00

81

Balmiki/Mazbhi Sikhs, Punjab

02

01

82/83

Balmiki/Mazbhi Sikhs ESM/LDESM, Punjab

01

00

85

Backward Classes, Punjab

02

01

Total

19

04

Activity 

Dates

Starting date of Online Application 

27 May 2022

Last date of Online Application 

16 June 2022(11:59 pm)

Last date of Fee payment 

24 June 2022

Category

Online Application Fee

Examination Fee

Total

Scheduled Castes/ Scheduled Tribes of all States and Backward Classes of Punjab State only. 

Rs 500

Rs. 250

Rs. 750

Ex-Serviceman of Punjab state only 

Rs 500

No Fee to be paid

Rs. 500

Economically Weaker Sections (EWS), Persons with Disabilities (PWD) and Lineal Descendants of Ex-Serviceman (LDESM) Punjab 

Rs 500

No Fee to be paid

Rs. 500

All Other Categories i.e., General, Sports Persons of Punjab and Wards of Freedom Fighters, Punjab. 

Rs 500

Rs. 1000

Rs. 1500

Subject Matter

No. of Questions

Total Marks

Written Competitive Examination

120

480

Interview

-

60

Total 

540

Sr. No. 

Topic

No. of Questions

Marks (Each Question carries 4 marks)

Type of Questions

1

Questions from the Subject(Part A of Syllabus)

100

400

MCQs (Multiple Choice Questions)

2

Questions from General Knowledge Logical Reasoning and Mental ability (Part B of Syllabus)

20

80

Total 

120

480

Part A of the Syllabus 

Subject 

Topics

History of Town planning

• Principles of town Planning, Town planning in ancient India, Indus valley Civilization, medieval period, necessity of town planning, growth and forms of towns, site selection for an ideal town, urbanization and, industrialization and its effects on town planning.

• Contribution of planners, Lewis Mumford, Patrick Geddes, Peter Hall, Le Corbusier, Tony Garnier, Ebenezer Howard.

• Theories of urbanization including Concentric Zone Theory, Sector Theory, Multiple Nuclei Theory and other latest theories.

Basic Planning Concepts

• Theories governing the Urban Land use Planning.

• Theories governing the Urban Land use Planning.

• Transportation studies like Origin & Destination.

• Industrial Location & Impact assessment..

• Environmental study & EIA (Environmental Impact Assessment).

• Density gradient / distribution for carrying capacity analysis in relation to utilities and services.

• Urban design considerations in Urban planning theory and practice. 

Planning Techniques

• Physical surveys and Socio-economic surveys

• Methods adopted for collection of data for development and redevelopment of residential, commercial, industrial and recreational areas.

• Land use classification/coding.

• Techniques of preparing base maps, regional, city, zone, local area plans.

• UDPFI guidelines, zoning regulations and development controls.

• Inclusive planning and sustainable development.

• Emerging Concepts: Global City, inclusive city, Safe city etc. City of the future, future of the city; shadow cities, divided cities; Models of planning: Advocacy and Pluralism in Planning; Systems approach to planning: rationalistic and incremental approaches, mixed scanning and middle range planning, advocacy planning and action planning, equity planning.

Planning process

• Master Plan, Development plan, structure plans, local plans, district plans, sector plans, local area plans, and regional plans.

• Social research techniques: social survey land use survey, physical survey, building use, density, age of building, application aerial/remote sensing/GIS.

• National policies affecting urban settlement planning.

Socio-economic Planning

• Nature and scope of sociology- concepts and methods.

• Man & environment- community and settlements, urban sociology-tradition and modernity.

• Social problems of slums and housing.

• Basics of economics - economic and human settlements concepts of economic and economic growth-demand and supply-production economic markets.

Master planning and Zoning

• Objects and necessity of Master plan

• Stages in preparation of master plan

• Principles of zoning

• Objects and importance of zoning  

• Development control regulations  

• Site plans /area plans  

• Physical and social infrastructure

Slum and re-development of existing towns

• Causes, growth, characteristics, effects of slums

• Slum clearance and rehabilitation  

• Compensation for slum clearance  

• Urban renewal

Housing

• Housing policies

• Housing as social security, safety, crime and insecurity, deprivation and social vulnerability, gender issues, housing and the elderly.

• Understanding housing as an important land use component of city plan/master plan, considerations for carrying out city level housing studies, projections, land use provisions .

• Housing and area planning standards net residential density and gross residential density, development controls and building byelaws.

• Different types of housing Agencies involved in housing.

• Different categories of houses HUDCO norms, requirements and classification of residential buildings.

• Fundamentals of Development Control Norms / Regulations, ECBC Norms and GRIHA relating systems, concepts behind development of area specific byelaws.

Housing and Community Planning

• Housing as social security.

• Role of housing in development of family and community well being.

• Safety, crime and insecurity.

• Deprivation and social vulnerability, Gender issues.

• Housing and the elderly.

• Approaches to neighborhood living in traditional and contemporary societies, elements of neighborhood structure, Planning and design criteria for modern neighborhoods, norms and criteria for area distribution, housing and area planning.

Industrial and Infrastructure planning

• Classification of industries, Selection of site/location for industries.

• Industrial waste and treatment.

• Planning of urban network and services.

• Infrastructure systems.

• Issues related to centralized city water supply and decentralized systems.

• Waste generation, Waste water disposal system including storm water drainage system.

• Solid waste disposal and management.

• Planning for fire protection.

.Resource Assessment

• Land - topographic analysis.

• Water - quality standards.

• Air and Noise - quality standards.

• Biodiversity - basics of flora and fauna diversity.

• Methods of addressing environmental quality. 

• Environmental Impact Assessment – an introduction.

• EIA notification as related to human settlement planning.

Legislations

• Concepts, sources, terminologies, significance of law and its relationship to Urban Planning; Indian Constitution: concept and contents; 73rd and 74th Constitution Amendment Act.

• Evolution; An overview of legal tools connected with Urban Planning and Development, Land Acquisition Act.

• Punjab Regional and Town Planning and Development Act.

• Procedures for preparation and implementation of Regional Plans, Master Plans and Town Planning Schemes.

Part B of the Syllabus

General Knowledge

• Current Events of State, National and International Importance.

• Personalities in News.

• Games, Sports and Multimedia.

• Economic issues. 

• Polity issues.

• Environment issues.

• Science and Technology. 

• History of India with special reference to Indian freedom struggle movement,  History of Punjab- 14th century onwards. Science, Technology Environment in ContemporaryContext.

• Indian Art, Literature and Culture.

• Information and Computer Technology (ICT) —

1. ICT: Advantages, disadvantages and uses.

2. Basic of Internet and Its applications.

3.  Developments in Educational Technology

• Any other current issues. 

Logical Reasoning and Mental Ability

• Logical reasoning, analytical and mental ability.

•  Basic numerical skills; numbers, magnitudes, percentages, numerical relation appreciation.

•  Data analysis; Graphic presentations, charts, tables, spreadsheets.