Public Administration Mains - Contents of Articles of IJPA from last 25 years

Public Administration Mains - Contents of Articles of IJPA from last 25 years

1. ETHICS—THE OTHER NAME FOR GOOD GOVERNANCE RC SEKHAR

  • CONCEPT OF ETHICS AND GOOD GOVERNANCE
  • MEANING OF ETHICS 
  • MEANING OF GOOD GOVERNANCE 
  • RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN
  • ETHICS AND GOOD GOVERNANCE 
  • SOME ISSUES 
  • BURDEN OF POVERTY 
  • CONFLICT RESOLUTION 
  • TRAGEDY OF THE COMMONS 
  • LIMITS TO TRANSPARENCY AND PARTICIPATION
  • MISTRUST IN TAX ADMINISTRATION 
  • PRINCIPLE OF REASONABLENESS 
  • PRINCIPLES OF NATURAL JUSTICE AND FAIRNESS 
  • CHECKING MISUSE OF DISCRETIONARY POWERS 
  • OPENNESS, IMPARTIALITY, RATIONALITY AND PARTICIPATION 
  • MEASURES NEEDED TO PROMOTE GOOD GOVERNANCE 
  • Making Administration Citizen-friendly and Citizen-caring 
  • ITS BEING ALIVE TO CITIZEN COMPLAINTS 
  • MUST BE OPEN AND ACCESSIBLE 
  • JUDGING PERFORMANCE ACCORDING TO SET STANDARDS 
  • ESTABLISHING ACCOUNTABILITY 

2. CHANGING ADMINISTRATIVE VALUES IN INDIA V SUBRAMANIAM  

  • BRITISH RULE AND INDIAN ADMINISTRATIVE VALUES 
  • INTRODUCTION 
  • INDIA’S INHERITANCE OF POLITICO-ADMINISTRATIVE VALUES 
  • HINDU VALUES: KAUTILYA’S “ARTHASHASTRA” 
  • IMPACT OF MUSLIM RULE 
  • FIELD 
  • ADMINISTRATION AND BUREAUCRATIC SYSTEM 
  • PATERNALISM 
  • ADMINISTRATIVE VALUES SINCE INDEPENDENCE 
  • MINISTER-CIVIL SERVANT RELATIONS 
  • PHASE OF COMPLETE COOPERATION 
  • PHASE OF ‘COMMITMENT’ 
  • EROSION OF NEUTRALITY 
  • NEW MANAGER IALISM 

3. ETHICS AND ADMINISTRATION SHEKHAR SINGH 

  • ETHICAL CRISIS IN THE CIVIL SERVICES 
  • TYPES OF CORRUPT 
  • THE COLLABORATORS 
  • THE APATHETIC 
  • THE LAWLESS 
  • SUBJECTIVE VIEW OF ‘PUBLIC INTEREST’ 
  • REMEDYING THE SITUATION: THE CHOICES BEFORE THE NATION 
  • WAR AGAINST CORRUPTION THROUGH TARGETING THE INDIVIDUAL 
  • SELECTING THE RIGHT BUREAUCRAT 
  • CHANGING THE SYSTEM 

4. WOMEN AND EMPOWERMENT SHANTA KOHLI CHANDRA  

  • INTRODUCTION
  • NEED FOR CHANGE IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION
  • PARTICIPATION IN DECISION-MAKING
  • PARTICIPATION IN DEVELOPMENT PROCESS
  • CREATING LINKAGES BETWEEN WOMEN IN PUBLIC LIFE AND WOMEN WORKING IN OTHER AREAS
  • PARTICIPATION IN GOVERNANCE

5. PRIME MINISTER’S OFFICE—WE CANNOT AND NEED NOT DO WITHOUT IT BG DESHMUKH  

  • INTRODUCTION 
  • FIFTY YEARS OF PMO 
  • NEHRU ERA 
  • PRIME MINISTERIAL TYPE OF GOVERNMENT 
  • PMO-A NECESSITY TODAY 
  • INDIRA GANDHI’S FIRST AND SECOND TERMS 
  • RAJIV GANDHI ERA 
  • EMERGENCE OF PRIME MINISTER’S HOUSE (PMH) 
  • VP SINGH AND CHANDRA SHEKHAR PERIODS 
  • NARASIMHA RAO’S AND SUBSEQUENT GOVERNMENTS 

6. ROLE AND FUNCTIONING OF ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA

  • MS GILL  
  • OUR FORM OF GOVERNMENT AND ELECTIONS 
  • ROLE OF ELECTION COMMISSION 
  • COMPOSITION OF ELECTION COMMISSION 
  • POWERS AND TASK
  • ANAPPRAISAL OFFUNCTIONINGOFELECTION COMMISSION 
  • RISING COMPLEXITIES IN CONDUCT OF ELECTIONS 
  • SOME RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS 
  • ENSURING INNER-PARTY DEMOCRACY 
  • PREVENTING CRIMINALISATION OF POLITICS 
  • SUMMING UP 

7. CENTRAL VIGILANCE COMMISSION: A PROFILE PK GOPINATH  

  • CREATION OF CVC 
  • ROLE, POWER AND JURISDICTION OF CVC 
  • PROCEDURE OF WORK 
  • PROBLEMS INVOLVED IN INVESTIGATING CORRUPTION CASES 
  • OBJECTIVITY IN
  • RECOMMENDING ACTION BY CVC 
  • SUMMINGUP 

8. GALLOPING CORRUPTION: NEED FOR EFFECTIVE VIGILANCE

  • UC AGARWAL  
  • THE PRESENT LEVEL OF CORRUPTION 
  • CORRUPTION DURING
  • SECOND WORLD WAR TIMES 
  • CORRUPTION IN POST-INDEPENDENCE PERIOD 
  • MEASURES NECESSARY TO EFFECTIVELY TACKLE CORRUPTION 
  • CREATION OF INDEPENDENT AND EMPOWERED VIGILANCE BODIES WITH SUPPORTING
  • AGENCIES 
  • EMPOWERING HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS 
  • USE OF POLICE ONLY UNDER JUDICIAL CONTROL 

9. INDIAN FINANCE COMMISSION

  • G THIMMAIAH  
  • PROMOTING NATIONAL WELFARE 
  • COMPLEMENTING PLANNING COMMISSION 
  • FEDERAL TRANSFERS TO MINIMISE VERTICAL FISCAL IMBALANCE 
  • EQUALISING STANDARD OF ESSENTIAL PUBLIC AND SOCIAL SERVICES 
  • METHOD OF ACHIEVING SUCH EQUALISATION 
  • ESTIMATING FISCAL NEEDS OF THE STATES 
  • ASKING FOR CENTRAL GOVERNMENT MEMO ON REVENUE SURPLUS 
  • SEEKING STATE’S REALISTIC EXPENDITURE FORECASTS 
  • REDUCING VERTICAL FEDERAL FISCAL IMBALANCE 
  • ESTIMATING STATES NEEDS WITH THEIR REVENUE EFFORTS 
  • ADJUSTING GROSS REVENUE DEFICITS WITH EXPENDITURE ON STANDARD PUBLIC AND
  • SOCIAL SERVICES 
  • ADJUSTMENT AS PER DIFFERENCE IN ACTUAL AND STANDARD PER CAPITA EXPENDITURES ON
  • THESE ITEMS 
  • ADVANTAGES OF SUGGESTED APPROACH 

10. ROLE OF COMPTROLLER AND AUDITOR GENERAL IN INDIA

  • VK SHUNGLU  
  • ROLE OF CAG 
  • EVOLUTION OF AUDIT 
  • CAG AND ACCOUNTS OF THE STATES 
  • ROLE OF CAG AS AUDITOR OF THE NATION 
  • CONSTRAINT IN THE
  • FUNCTIONING OF CAG 
  • CAG AND THE PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEES 
  • CHALLENGES FOR THE FUTURE 

11. PUBLIC SECTOR IN INDEPENDENT INDIA

  • SURESH KUMAR  
  • PUBLIC SECTOR IN INDIA 
  • MIXED ECONOMY MODEL 
  • PUBLIC SECTOR’S COMMANDING ROLE AND REASONABLE RETURN FOR INVESTMENT 
  • RAPID EXPANSION OF PUBLIC SECTOR DESPITE POOR PERFORMANCE 
  • REFORMS NEEDED IN FUTURE 
  • IMPERATIVES OF EFFICIENCY UNDER NEW ECONOMIC POLICY 
  • ELEMENTS OF NEW ECONOMIC POLICY AFFECTING PSES 
  • PACE AND DIRECTION OF REFORMS 
  • AUTONOMY-DISINVESTMENT AND SETTING UP OF APEX BODY 
  • DISINVESTMENT WITH EFFICIENCY AND PRODUCTIVITY 
  • SIGNIFICANTLATEST DEVELOPMENTS 
  1.  LESSON TO BE LEARNT FROM CHINA 
  2.  IMPACT OF FIFTH PAY COMMISSION BONANZA 

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