This edition is a comprehensive study material for Civil Services Main Optional Paper II for Public Administration. Based on careful analysis of previous years’ papers and trends, the book provides exhaustive coverage of the complete syllabus in the form of Question and Answers format. The book starts with the evolution of Indian administration and guides the readers through the philosophical and constitutional framework of our government. It helps one understand the administration of various bodies like union and state government, public sector undertakings, urban local governments and civil services to name a few. It also discusses the latest law and order challenges and significant issues in our Indian Administration.
Table of Contents:
UNIT I - EVOLUTION OF INDIAN ADMINISTRATION
Chapter 1: Kautilya’s Arthashastra
Chapter 2: Mughal Administration
Chapter 3: Legacy of British Rule in Politics and Administration
UNIT II - THE PHILOSOPHICAL ANDCONSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORKOF GOVERNMENT
Chapter 4: Salient Features and Value Premises
Chapter 5: Constitutionalism
Chapter 6: Political Culture
Chapter 7: Bureaucracy and Democracy
UNIT III - PUBLIC SECTOR UNDERTAKINGS
Chapter 8: The Public Sector in Modern India
Chapter 9: Forms of PSUs in India
Chapter 10: Problems of Autonomy, Accountability and Control
Chapter 11: Impact of Liberalisation and Privatisation
UNIT IV - UNION GOVERNMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
Chapter 12: Executive, Parliament and Judiciary – Structure, Functions, Work Processes, Recent Trends
Chapter 13: Intragovernmental Relations
Chapter 14: Cabinet Secretariat, Prime Minister’s Office
Chapter 15: Central Secretariat, Ministers and Departments
Chapter 16: Boards, Commissions, Attached Offices and Field Organisations
UNIT V - PLANS AND PRIORITIES
Chapter 17: Machinery of Planning – Role, Composition and Functions of the Planning Commission and the National Development Council – Indicative Planning; NITI Aayog
Chapter 18: Process of Plan Formulation at the Union and State Levels
UNIT VI - STATE GOVERNMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
Chapter 19: Union-State administrative, Legislative and Financial Relations
Chapter 20: Finance Commission – Role; Fifteenth Finance Commission
Chapter 21: Governor; Chief Minister; Council of Ministers; Chief Secretary, State Secretariat; Directorates
UNIT VII - DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION SINCE INDEPENDENCE
Chapter 22:Changing Role of the Collector
Chapter 23: Union State Local Relations
UNIT VIII - CIVIL SERVICES
Chapter 24: Constitutional Provisions – Structure, Recruitment, Training and Capacity Building
Chapter 25: Good Governance Initiatives
Chapter 26: Code of Conduct and Discipline; Staff Associations; Political Rights; Grievance Redressal Mechanism
Chapter 27: Civil Service Neutrality; Civil Service Activism
UNIT IX: FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
Chapter 28: Budget as a Political Instrument; Parliamentary Control of Public Expenditure
Chapter 29: Role of Finance Ministry in the Monetary and Fiscal Area
Chapter 30: Accounting techniques – Role of Controller of Accounts of India
Chapter 31: Audit – Role of Comptroller of Auditor General of India
UNIT X - ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS SINCE INDEPENDENCE
Chapter 32: Major Concerns – Important Committees and Commissions
Chapter 33: Reforms in Financial Management and Human Resource Development
Chapter 34: Problems of Implementation
UNIT XI - RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 35: Institutions and Agencies Since Independence
Chapter 36: Rural Development Programmes – Foci and Strategies
Chapter 37: Decentralization, District Admin¬istration and Panchayati Raj -73rd Constitutional Amendment
UNIT XII - URBAN LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Chapter 38: Municipal Governance – Main Features, Structures, Finance and Problem Areas; 74th Constitutional Amendment
Chapter 39: Global Local Debate – New Localism
Chapter 40: Development Dynamics, Politics and Administration with Special Reference to City Management
UNIT XIII - LAW AND ORDER ADMINISTRATION
Chapter 41: British Legacy
Chapter 42: National Police Commission
Chapter 43: Investigative Agencies
Chapter 44: Role of Central and State Agencies Including Paramilitary Forces in Maintenance of Law and Order; Countering Insurgency and Terrorism; Law and Order and Imperatives of Development Management
Chapter 45: Criminalisation of Politics and Administration
Chapter 46: Police-Public Relations – Reforms in Police
UNIT XIV - SIGNIFICANT ISSUES IN INDIAN ADMINISTRATION
Chapter 47: Values in Public Service
Chapter 48: Regulatory Commissions
Chapter 49: National Human Rights Commission
Chapter 50: Problems of Administration in Coalition Regimes
Chapter 51: Citizen-Administration Interface
Chapter 52: Disaster Management
About the Author
Dr. Anupama Puri Mahajan, a researcher and writer, served as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Public Administration, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla (India). She regularly contributes research articles on Public Administration to reputed journals, newspapers and chapters in books.
She has authored and co-authored books on Women Empowerment and Financial Administration in India and Development Administration.
