Contents of IAS Mains Public Administration Study Kit
PAPER I
Chapter: 1 Introduction
- Meaning of Public Administration
- Scope of Public Administration
- Nature of Public Administration
- Significance of Public Administration
- Private Administrations V/S. Public Administration
- Wilson’s vision of Public Administration
- New Public Administration
- Public choice approach
- New Right philosophy
- New public Management
- Good Governance
- New Public Administration V/S. New Public Management
- Evolution of Public Administration
Chapter: 2 Administration Thought
- Introduction of Theories of Administration
- Scientific Management (Taylor)
- Classical Theory
- Weber’s bureaucratic model
- Dynamic Administration
- Human Relations School
- Function of the Executive
- Simon’s Decision-Making Theory
- Participate Management
- Criticism of Thinkers
Chapter: 3 Administrative Behavior
- Decision Making
- Communication
- Morale
- Motivation
- Leadership Theory
Chapter: 4 Organisation
- System + Contingency Theory
- Ministries & Departments
- Departments, Corporation, Companies, Boards, Commissions
- Independent Regulatory Commission + Headquarters & Field Relationship
- PPP (Public Private Partnership)
Chapter: 5 Accountability & Control
- Introduction
- Legislative Control
- Judicial Control
- Executive Control e
- Citizen & Administration
- Citizen Charter
- Civil Society
- RTI
- Social Audit
Chapter: 6 Administrative Law
- Meaning & Significance
- Dicey on Administrative Law
- Delegated Legislation
- Administrative Tribunal
Chapter: 7 Comparative Public
Administration
- Evolution of C.P.A. & Significance: (Historical & Sociological factors
effecting administrative + system)
(Note: This include ‘Current Status of CPA’
- Fred Riggs (Riggsian models)
- Ecology
- Administration & Politics in different countries
Chapter: 8 Development Dynamics
- Concept of Development & Meaning
- Changing Profile of Developmental Administration
- Strong State V/S the Market Debate
- Challenges of globalization for Public Administration
- Impact of globalisation over Public Administration
- Concept of development & anti-development
- Bureaucracy & democracy + Indian context (Paper – II)
- Bureaucracy & Development
- SHG
Chapter: 9 Personnel Administration
- Human Resource Development
- Requirement
- Training
- Discipline
- Code & Conduct
- Grievance redressal mechanism
- Promotion
- Pay & other condition
- Employer-employee relations
- Administrative ethics
- Performance appraisal
- Position classification
- ARC Report
- ARC Report Summary
Chapter: 10 Public Policy
- Introduction
- Models of Public Policy analysis
- Process of conceptualisation, planning, implementation, monitoring,
evaluation and review
- State Theories of Public Policy
- Punchi Commission on Centre-State Relation
Chapter: 11 Techniques of Administrative
Improvement
- Organisation and Method
- Work study and work management
- e-Governance and information technology
- network analysis
- MIS, PERT, CPM
Chapter: 12 Financial Administration
- Introduction
- Fiscal Policy
- Monetary Policy
- Public borrowing & Public Debt
- Budget – Types & forms
- Budgetary Process
- Financial Accountability Accounts & Audit
PAPER II
Chapter: 1 Evolution of Indian
Administration
- Kautilya’s Arthashastra
- Mughal Administration
- British Legacy
Chapter: 2 Philosophical and
Constitutional framework of government
- Constitutionalism in India
- Political Culture in India
- Salient features and value premises
Chapter: 3 Public Sector Undertakings
- Introduction
- Forms of P S U
- Public Sector in Modern India
Chapter: 4 Union Government and
Administration
- Parliament
- Judiciary
- President, P.M & PMO
- Cabinet secretary, Cabinet Secretariat, Advisory Bodies, Attached
officials
Chapter: 5 Plans and Priorities
- Introduction
- Planning Commission
- NDC
- Impact of liberalisation on planning
- Change in nature of planning
- 5 year plans in a nut shell
Chapter: 6 State Government and Administration
- Introduction
- Legislative Relations
- Administrative relations
- Financial relations
- Finance Commission
- Recommendation of 13th finance commission
- Recommendation of Sarkari Commission
- Recommendation of Punchi Commission
- Governor
- Chief Minister of Council of Minister
- Chief Minister Secretariat
- Directorate
Chapter: 7 District Administration since
Independence
- Introduction
- Evolution of District Administration
- Machinery of District Administration
- Function of District Administration
- Changing project of District Administration
Chapter: 8 Civil Services
Chapter: 9 Financial Management
- Budget as a Political Instrument
- Parliamentary Control
- Role of finance ministry
- Comptroller & Auditor General
Chapter: 10 Administrative Reforms since
Independence
Chapter: 11 Rural Development
- Historical Perspective
- PRI in post independence
- Critical Evaluation
- Suggested Model
- Machinery of Central State
- Initiative taken post Independence
- 73rd Amendment
- Status of Panchayat
Chapter: 12 Urban Local Government
- Historical overview
- Characteristics
- Structures
- Problems
- Reforms
- ARC & Recommendation
- New Localism
- Old Localism
- Theoretical problem to new localism
- Limitation
- New location in Indian context
- Global local debate
- Indian aspect
Chapter: 13 Law and Order Administration
- Historical account
- British Legacy
- IG System & Commission System
- Centres role in policing
- Various commission & committee
- Problem & initiative with respect to Indian Police
- Reform Required
- Police – Public relations
- Criminalization of politics and administration
- ARC summery (Public order)
Chapter: 14 Significant issues in Indian
Administration
- Values in Public service (ARC Summery Ethics in Governance)
- Corruption
- Citizen Administration interface (ARC Summery)
- Human Right
- Administration in Coalition
- Disaster Management
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