Contents of Public Administration for IAS Mains Exams Study Kit

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Contents of Public Administration for IAS Mains Exams Study Kit

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PAPER I: ADMINISTRATIVE THEORY

1 Introduction

• Meaning Of Administration
• Scope Of Public Administration
• Significance Of Public Administration
• Wilson’s Vision Of Public Administration
• Evolution Of Public Administration
• New Public Administration
• Minnowbrook I (1968)
• The Minnowbrook II (September, 1988)
• Minnowbrook III (2008)
• New Public Management
• Good Governance: Concept And Application
• Public Choice Approach
• Challenges Of Liberalisation, Privatisation And Globalisation

2 Administrative Thought

• Classical Theory
• Mary Parker Follett (Dynamic Administration)
• Scientific Management And Scientific Movement
• Followers Of Taylor
• Bureaucratic Theory
• Human Relations Movement
• Chester Barnard–functions Of The Executive
• Simon’s Decision-making Theory
• Participative Management

3 Administrative Behaviour

• What Is Decision Making?
• Communication
• Theories Of Leadership
• Theories Of Motivation
• Morale

4 Organisations

• Systems Theory
• Contingency Theory
• Ministers And Departments
• Boards And Commission
• Organization Of Public Undertakings
• Ad Hoc Bodies
• Advisory Body
• Regulatory Authorities
• Headquarters And Field Relationships
• Public-private Partnership

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5 Accountability and Control

• What Is Accountability?
• Control
• Legislative, Executive And Judicial Control Over Administration
• Citizen And Administration
• Civil Society
• Role Of Media Interest Groups & Voluntary Organisation
• Citizen’s Charter
• Right To Information
• Social Audit

6 Administrative Law

• Meaning Of Administrative Law
• Significance Of Administrative Law
• Delegated Legislation
• Administrative Tribunals

7 Comparative Public Administration

• Historical And Sociological Factors Affecting
• Administrative System
• Administration And Politics In Different Countries
• Current Status Of Comparative Public Administration
• Ecology And Administration
• Riggsian Model And Their Critique

8 Development Dynamics

• Concept Of Development
• Development Dynamics: Changing Profile Of Development Administration
• Anti-development Thesis
• Development And Bureaucracy
• Strong State Vs Market Debate
• Impact Of Liberalisation On Administration In Developing Countries
• Women And Development–the Self-help Group Movement

9 Personnel Administration

• Importance Of Human Resource Development (HRD)
• Recruitment
• Types Of Recruitment
• Process Of Recruitment
• Problems Of Recruitment
• Training
• Career Advancement
• Performance Appraisal
• Promotion
• Position Classification
• Discipline
• Pay And Service Conditions
• Employer-employee Relations
• Code Of Conduct
• Grievance Redressal Mechanism
• Administrative Ethics
• Appleby’s Perspective On Morality And Administration

10 Public Policy

• Models Of Public Policy And Their Critique
• Processes Of Conceptualization
• Planning
• Implementation
• Monitoring
• Evaluation
• Review
• State Theories & Public Policy

11 Techniques Of Administrative Improvement

• Organisation And Methods (O & M)
• Work Study
• Work Management
• E-governance And Information Technology
• Management Aids Tool
• Network Analysis
• Management Information System (MIS)
• The Programme Evaluation And Review Technique (PERT)
• Critical Path Method (CPM)

12 Financial Administration

• Monetary Policy
• Fiscal Policy
• Public Borrowings And Public Debt
• Accounts And Audit
• Separation Of Accounts And Audit
• Type Of Budget
• Forms Of Budget
• Budgetary Process In India
• Financial Accountability

 PAPER II: INDIAN ADMINISTRATION

1. EVOLUTION OF INDIAN ADMINISTRATION

KAUTILYA’S ARTHASHASTRA

• Principle of Unity of Command
• Division of Work
• Principle of Coordination
• Job Classification
• Planning and Budgeting
• Decentralization
• Welfare State
• Evaluation
• Attention from Political Philosophy to Political Science
• Kautilya and Machiavelli
• Kautilya and Max Weber

THE MUGHAL ADMINISTRATION

• Military in Nature
• No Sharing of Authority
• Central Administration
• Provincial and District Administration
• Conclusion

LEGACY OF BRITISH RULE IN POLITICS AND ADMINISTRATION

• Portfolio System
• Introduction of Local Self-Government
• Administrative Reforms of 1919
• Administrative Reforms of 1935

INDIANIZATION OF ADMINISTRATION 1

• Federal Structure
• Parliamentary System
• District and Local Administration
• Secretariat System
• Public Services
• Rule of Law
• Administrative Procedures

2. PHILOSOPHICAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL

FRAMEWORK OF GOVERNMENT

SALIENT FEATURES OF INDIAN ADMINISTRATION
VALUE PREMISES

• The Preamble
• We the People
• Sovereign
• Concepts of Justice, Liberty, Equality and Fraternity
• Equality of Status and Opportunity
• Fraternity
• Socialist
• Secular
• Fundamental Rights
• Assessment
• Implication for the Administration
• Directive Principles of State Policy
• Implication for Administration
• Fundamental Duties

CONSTITUTIONALISM

• Meaning
• Example of Descriptive Use
• Example of Prescriptive Use
• Constitutionalism vs Constitutional Questions
• Features of Constitutionalism
• Constitution and Constitutionalism
• Democracy and Constitutionalism
• Criticism
• Constitutionalism in India

POLITICAL CULTURE

• Political Culture as Shared Paradigms
• William Stewart: Eight Political Cultures
• Political Culture as Political Philosophy
• Type of Political Culture Almond & Verba—Three pure types of Politicial Culture
• Lijphart

BUREAUCRACY AND DEMOCRACY

• Weber on Bureaucracy vis-a-vis Democracy
• Marxists
• The Question Mark in Developing Societies—Fred Riggs and Palobara
• Eva Etzioni-Halevy’s Thesis on Bureaucracy vis-à-vis Democracy
• Safeguards against Bureaucratic Threat to Democracy

BUREAUCRACY AND DEVELOPMENT

• Five Year Plan
• Approach to Five Year Plan, (1974-1979)
• Planning Commission
• State Level Public Administration
• Local Governments
• Expects and Specialistis
• Public Administration acquire New Skills & Knowledge
• People’s Participation

3. PUBLIC SECTOR UNDERTAKINGS

PUBLIC SECTOR IN MODERN INDIA

• Meaning of Public Enterprise
• Kinds of Public Undertakings
• Reasons for Government Participation in Economic Activities

FORMS OF PUBLIC SECTOR UNDERTAKINGS

• Departmental Undertakings
• Merits
• Demerits
• Government Company
• Merits
• Demerits
• Public Corporations
• Merits
• Demerits
• Comparison of the forms of governmental Undertakings
• The Administrative Reforms Commission I
• Assessment

PROBLEMS OF AUTONOMY OF PUBLIC UNDERTAKINGS
PROBLEMS OF ACCOUNTABILITY OF PUBLIC UNDERTAKINGS
PROBLEMS OF CONTROL OF PUBLIC UNDERTAKINGS

• Ministerial Control
• Parliamentary Control
• Control through Specialised Agencies
• Bureau of Public Enterprises
• Liberalisation
• Globalisation
• Privatisation
• Impact

4. UNION GOVERNMENT AND ADMINISTRATION

EXECUTIVE

• The President
• Salary and Allowances
• Vacancy in the Office
• Impeachment Procedure
• Election of the President
• Mode of Election
• Power of the President
• Executive Powers
• Legislative Powers
• Financial Powers
• Judicial Power
• Emergency Powers
• Consequence of the Proclamation
• Consequences of Proclamation of Emergency under Article 356
• Financial Emergency
• Consequences of Financial Emergency
• Criticism of the Emergency Powers
• The Supreme Court and President
• Steps to Curb President’s Power-Amendment of Article 74 of Constitution
• Some Basic Issues
• Dissolution of Lok Sabha
• Dismissal of a Government
• President of India
• Charges of Corruption
• Position of the President
• Can there be President’s Rule at the Centre?
• Vice-President
• Assessment
• Prime Minister
• Appointment
• Prime Minister as the head of the Council of Ministers
• Prime Minister and Parliament
• Prime Minister and his Party
• Prime Minister and the People
• Link between President and the Cabinet
• Spokesman of the Government on Foreign Policy
• Prime Minister’s Control over Intelligence Agencies
• Administrative and Executive Functions of the Prime Minister
• Council of Ministers Composition
• The Council of Ministers and the Cabinet
• Functions of the Cabinet
• Executive Functions
• Cabinet Committees
• Organisation of Committees
• Evolution of Cabinet Committees in India
• Gopalaswamy Ayyangar Committee’s Report
• Ad-hoc and sub-Committee
• Observations of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG)
• Recommendations of the Administrative Reforms Commission I
• Position of the Prime Minister in the Cabinet System

THE PARLIAMENT

• Sessions of Parliament
• Conduct of Business and Legislative Procedure
• Members of Parliament
• Officers of the Houses
• Assent to Bills
• Parliamentary Privileges
• Functions of Parliament
• Parliamentary Sovereignty
• Performance of Indian Parliament over the Years
• Measures to Improve the Working of Indian Parliament

THE JUDICIARY

• Independence of Judiciary
• Functions of the Supreme Court
• Original Jurisdiction (Article 131)
• Appellate Jurisdiction (Articles 132 to 136)
• Advisory Jurisdiction
• Supreme Court as a Court of Record
• Appeal by Special Leave
• Writ Jurisdiction
• Judicial Review
• Judicial Activism
• Public Interest Legislation (PLI)
• Relationship between the Legislature and the Judiciary

CABINET SECRETARIAT

• Evolution
• Organisation
• Functions of the Cabinet Secretariat
• Role
• Cabinet Secretary
• Role of the Cabinet Secretary
• Administrative Reforms Commission (I) and the Cabinet Secretariat
• Prime Minister's Office Functions
• Organisation
• Evolution of PM’s Secretariat/Office
• Role of PMO
• Conclusion
• Prime Ministerial System in India

THE CENTRAL SECRETARIAT

• Evolution of the Central Secretariat
• Functions of the Secretariat
• Advantages of Split System
• The Present Status
• Rules of Business
• Central Secretariat: Structure and Secretariat Officials
• Tenure System
• Central Secretariat Service (CSS)
• Office Service
• Central Secretariat Stenographers Service
• Central Secretariat Clerical Service (CSCS)
• Criticism of the Secretariat
• Desk Officer Concept

MINISTRIES AND DEPARTMENTS
APEX/INDEPENDENT OFFICE

• Ministry of Home Affairs
• Organisation
• Functions
• Ministry of Finance
• History
• Organisation
• Department of Economic Affairs
• Department of Expenditure
• Department of Revenue
• Department of Financial Services
• Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
• Organisation
• Functions

BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS

• The Classification of Boards and Commissions

ATTACHED OFFICES

• Organisation of Attached Offices
• Functions
• Relationship between the Attached and Subordinate Offices

FIELD ORGANISATIONS

• Pattern of Relationship between the Secretariat and the Field Office
• Field Organisation in Operation

5. PLANS AND PRIORITIES

MACHINERY OF PLANNING
(a) Perspective Targeting
(b) Formulation of Guidelines
(c) Preparation of the Approach Paper
(d) Publication of the Draft Plan
(e) Finalization of the Plan
(f) The Phase of Implementation
(g) The Exercise of Evaluation
ROLE, COMPOSITION AND FUNCTIONS OF THE
PLANNING COMMISSION

• Administrative Reforms Commission and Planning Commission
• Functions
• Planning Commission and Prime Minister
• Compositions
• Role of the Planning Commission
• Changing Role of the Planning Commission

NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL

• Evolution
• Functions
• Composition
• Role of the National Development Council
• The Issues of ‘Centralism’ and Consensus
• Changing Role of the National Development Council

INDICATIVE PLANNING

• Planning Under New Economic Policy adopted in 1990

PROCESS OF PLAN FORMULATION AT UNION LEVEL
PROCESS OF PLAN
FORMULATION AT STATE LEVELS

• The Functions of the Planning Board
• Planning Machinery
• Evaluation of District Planning
• Tension Areas in Centre-State Planning Relations
• Issue Areas and Suggestions
• The Rationale

CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS (1992) AND DECENTRALIZED PLANNING FOR ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT AND SOCIAL JUSTICE

6. STATE GOVERNMENT AND ADMINISTRATION

UNION-STATE RELATIONS

• Legislative Relations
• Administrative Relations

(a) Governor as Agent of Centre
(b) Implementation of Central Laws
(c) States to Entrust Functions to the Union
(d) All India Services
(e) Power of Adjudication
(f) Inter-State Comity
(g) Commissions against State Chief Ministers
(h) Constitutional Bodies/Institutional Arrangement for Consultation
(i) Planning Commission
(j) Consultation Through Conferences

• Financial Relations

(a) The Scheme of Distribution of Sources of Revenue
(b) Grants-in-Aid
(c) Power of Borrowing
(d) Financial Emergency
(e) Control by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India

• Tension Areas in Practice

ROLE OF THE FINANCE COMMISSION

• Composition
• Functions
• Duration of the Commission
• Role of the Finance Commission

GOVERNOR

• Why an Appointed Governor and not an Elected One?
• Appointment of the Governor
• The Appointment of the Governor: Suggestions
• Role of State Government in Selection of Governor
• Power and Functions of the Governor
• The Governor possesses executive, legislative and judicial powers
• Discretionary Powers of the Governor
• Critical Assessment of the Governor's Discretionary Powers
• The Dual Role of the State Governor
• Constitutional Head of State
• Governor as the Agent of the Centre
• Position and Role of the Governor Before 1967
• Position and Role of the Governor After 1967
• Recommendation of the ARC

CHIEF MINISTER

• Appointment of the Chief Minister
• Powers and Functions of the Chief Ministers
• Chief Minister and the Legislature
• Relationship between the Governor and Chief Minister
• Actual Position of the Chief Minister

COUNCIL OF MINISTERS

• Organisation
• Functions

STATE SECRETARIAT

• Meaning
• Organisation
• Functions
• General
• Financial Matters
• Service Matters
• Criticism of the Secretariat

CHIEF SECRETARY

• Appointment of the Chief Secretary
• Functions and Role of Chief Secretary

Functions
(i) As the Principal Adviser to the Chief Minister
(ii) As Secretary of the Cabinet
(iii) As the Head of the Civil Service
(iv) As the Coordinator
(v) As Channel of Communication
(vi) As the Secretary of the Zonal Council
(vii) Residuary Functions

DIRECTORATES

• Nomenclature
• Organisation
• Functions of the Department/Directorate
• Relationship between the Secretariat and Field Departments

7. DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION SINCE INDEPENDENCE

CHANGING ROLE OF THE COLLECTOR

• Evolution of the Office of Collector
• The Collector: Appointment and Service Conditions
• Functions of District Collector
• Land Revenue
• Maintenance of Law and Order
• Developmental Function
• Other Functions
• Decline in Importance
• Need of an Effective Co-ordinator

UNION-STATE-LOCAL RELATIONS

• Three Models
• Recent Trends in Constitutional Development in India

IMPERATIVES OF DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT
IMPERATIVES OF LAW AND ORDER ADMINISTRATION
DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION AND DEMOCRATIC
DECENTRALISATION

8. CIVIL SERVICES

CONSTITUTIONAL POSITION
STRUCTURE

• Classification since Independence
• The Third Pay Commission and Classification

1 All India Services
2 The Central (Union) Services

• The Central Service Group A
• Group ‘B’ Services
• Group ‘C’ Services
• Group ‘D’ Services
• Critical Estimate

RECRUITMENT TO CIVIL SERVICES

• Recruitment Agencies

TRAINING AND CAPACITY BUILDING

• Deficiencies

GOOD GOVERNANCE INITIATIVE
(a) E-Governance
(b) Right to Information Act, 2005
(c) Unique Identification Number
(d) Single Window System
CODE OF CONDUCT AND DISCIPLINE

• Disciplinary Action
• Purpose of Punishment
• Procedure
• Right to Appeal

POLITICAL RIGHTS
GRIEVANCE REDRESSAL MECHANISM

• Instruments
• Indian Practice
• Lokpal and Lokayukta
• Lokayukta
• The Central Vigilance Commission

STAFF ASSOCIATIONS

• Idea
• Object

CIVIL SERVICE NEUTRALITY
CIVIL SERVICE ACTIVISM

• Political Rights of Civil Servants
• Safeguards

9. FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

BUDGET AS A POLITICAL INSTRUMENT
PARLIAMENTARY CONTROL OF PUBLIC EXPENDITURE

• Questions
• Resolutions
• Motions
• Adjournment Motion
• Debates and Discussions
• Calling Attention Motion
• Specific Methods of Financial Control
• Annual Financial Statement
• Consolidated Fund
• Money Bill
• Demands for Grants
• Supplementary, Additional or Excess Grants
• Cut Motions
• Appropriation Bill
• Vote on Account
• Vote of Credit
• Reappropriation
• Control Through Committees
• Public Accounts Committee
• Composition
• Functions
• Estimates Committee
• Functioning of the Committee
• Committee on Public Undertakings
• Functions

ROLE OF FINANCE MINISTRY IN MONETARY
POLICY AND FISCAL POLICY AREA
ACCOUNTING TECHNIQUES
AUDIT

• Meaning
• United Kingdom
• United States
• India
• Separation of Accounts from Audit
• Case for Separation
• Case against Separation
• Implementation of the Scheme of Separation of Accounting from Audit

ROLE OF COMPTROLLER AND AUDITOR GENERAL OF INDIA

• History
• Appointment and Conditions of Service
• Powers and Duties of CAG
• Audit Report
• Audit against Rules and Orders
• Audit Against Propriety
• Criticism
• Position of the CAG

ROLE OF CONTROLLER CENTRAL OF ACCOUNTS

• Overview of the Organization
• Overview of Accounts

10. ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS SINCE

INDEPENDENCE
MAJOR CONCERNS
(a) Efficiency and Economy
(b) Specialization
(c) Effective Coordination
(d) Administration and Development of Public Personnel
(e) Integrity in Public Service
(f) Responsiveness and Public Accountability
(g) Decentralization and Democratization
IMPORTANT  COMMITTEES AND COMMISSION

• Central Administration
• Police Reforms
• Rural Local Administration
• Urban Local Administration

REFORMS IN  FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND
HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT

• The Administration Reform Commission (1966-70)
• The Sarkaria Commission on Centre-State Relations
• The Economic Administration Reforms Commission
• The Chief Ministers’ Conference, 1997
• Expenditure Reforms Commission, 2001

PROBLEMS OF IMPLEMENTAION

11. RURAL DEVELOPMENT

INSTITUTIONS AND AGENCIES SINCE INDEPENDENCE

• National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA)
• Swarnjayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY)
• Indira Awaas Yojana (IAY)
• National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP)
• Integrated Watershed Management Programme (IWMP)
• National Land Records Modernization Programme (NLRMP)

RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES: FOCI AND STRATEGIES

• Employment Creation
• Planned spending on Agriculture
• Housing for Poor
• Social security and Pension
• Rural road connectivity
• Provision of credit at reasonable rates
• Public distribution system

DECENTRALIZATION & PANCHAYATI RAJ
73RD CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT

12. URBAN LOCAL GOVERNMENT

MUNICIPAL GOVERNANCE: MAIN FEATURES, STRUCTURES,
FINANCE, PROBLEM AREAS, 74TH CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT

• Municipal Council
• Notified Area Committee (NAC)
• Town Area Committee (TAC)
• Township
• Cantonment Board
• Single - Purpose Agencies
• Housing Boards
• Improvement Trusts
• Finance
• Planning
• The District Planning Committee (DPC)
• Metropolitan Planning Committee (MPC)
• Problem Areas: Scarcity of Financial Resources
• Law Effectiveness
• Excessive State Control
• Postponement of Elections
• Unplanned Urbanization
• Low Level of Participation
• Ineffective Leadership
• Structural Lacunae

GLOBAL- LOCAL DEBATE

• Thinking Global
• Acting Local

NEW LOCALISM

• New Localism and Old Localism
• An Emerging Governance Principle
• Complexity

DEVELOPMENT DYNAMICS

• The Importance of Transparency and Right to Information

POLITIC AND  ADMINISTRATION WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO
CITY MANAGEMENT

• Neutral Competence
• Political Guidance and Legislative Insight
• Autonomy
• Internal Competition

13. LAW AND ORDER ADMINISTRATION

BRITISH LEGACY
NATIONAL POLICE COMMISSION

• Political Interference in Police Work
• Statutory Tenure of Service
• Selection of Chief of Police
• Transfer/Suspension Orders
• Guidelines for Avoidance of Vexatious Arrests
• Examination of Witnesses
• Compounding Offences
• Intimation about Arrest
• Use of Third Degree Methods
• Attendance of Witnesses
• Psychological Tests
• Evaluation during Training
• Control of the District Magistrate
• Causes of Poor Police Public Relations
• Vertical Communication in Police
• Victims of Crime
• Need for Transparency
• Women Police
• Creation of Central IPS Cadres
• Police Commissionerate System for Major Cities
• Separation of Investigating Staff from Law and Order Staff
• Management of the Police Force
• Central Law for Armed Police Forces
• Establishment of an All India Police Institute
• Enactment of a Model Police Act
• Response to NPC’s Recommendations

INVESTIGATIVE  AGENCIES
ROLE OF CENTRAL AND STATE AGENCIES INCLUDING
PARAMILITARY FORCES IN MAINTENANCE OF LAW & ORDER AND
COUNTERING INSURGENCY AND TERRORISM

• Central Bureau of Investigation
• Indo-Tibetan Border Police
• Border Security Force
• Assam Rifles
• National Security Guards
• Central Reserve Police Force
• Rapid Action Force
• Central Industrial Security Force
• Other Police Organisations and Institutions
• Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D)
• National Crime Records Bureau
• Central Finger Print Bureau (CFPB)
• Directorate of Forensic Science (DFS)
• National Institute of Criminology and Forensic Science (NICFS)
• Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL), CBI
• Directorate of Coordination Wireless Police (DCPW)
• Narcotics Control Bureau

CRIMINALISATION OF POLITICS AND ADMINISTRATION

• Reasons
• Developments
• Suggestions

POLICE – PUBLIC RELATIONS

• Police Public Interface Core Issues
• Some Experiments
• People’s Expectations
• Community Policing

REFORMS IN POLICE

• Political Interference in Police Work
• Statutory Tenure of Service
• Selection of Chief of Police
• Transfer/Suspension Orders
• Guidelines for Avoidance of Vexatious Arrests
• Guidelines Regarding Use of Handcuffs
• Examination of Witnesses
• Compounding Offences
• Intimation about Arrest
• Use of Third Degree Methods
• Attendance of Witnesses
• Psychological Tests
• Evaluation during Training
• Control of the District Magistrate
• Causes of Poor Police Public Relations
• Vertical Communication in Police
• Victims of Crime
• Need for Transparency
• Women Police
• Creation of Central IPS Cadres
• Police Commissionerate System for Major Cities
• Separation of Investigating Staff from Law and Order Staff
• Management of the Police Force
• Central Law for Armed Police Forces
• Establishment of an All India Police Institute
• Enactment of a Model Police Act
• Response to NPC’s Recommendations
• Suggestions
• Administrative Reforms Commission-II: Recommendations

14. SIGNIFICANT ISSUES IN INDIAN

ADMINISTRATION
VALUES IN PUBLIC SERVICE

• Draft Public Service Bill, 2007
• Public Service Values

REGULATORY COMMISSIONS

• The Regulatory State
• Uniform Regulatory Framework

NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION

• Functions
• Powers Relating to Inquiries
• Autonomy of the Commission
• Major Initiatives

ADMINISTRATION IN  COALITION REGIMES
CITIZEN-ADMINISTRATION INTERFACE

• Modes of Interaction Between Citizens and Administration
• The State’s Responses Towards Participation
• Citizens’ Charter Initiative

CORRUPTION AND ADMINISTRATION

• The Ombudsman
• Parliamentary Commissioner
• The Administrative Courts
• The Indian Scenario

DISASTER MANAGEMENT

• Definition
• Evolution of Disaster Management in India
• Disaster Management during British Administration and Post Independence
• List of various Disasters
• Prevention and Mitigation
• Preparedness and Response
• Recovery, Reconstruction and Rehabilitation
• Capacity Development
• Financial Arrangements

GIST OF IMPORTANT NATIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS

GIST OF IIPA JOURNALS

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Section-A : On Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude 3

(a) A.D. Gorwala Committee Report on Public Administration (1951) 3
(b) Paul Appleby Committee Report on Public Administration in India (1953) 10
(c) Santhanam Committee on Prevention of Corruption (1962) 12
(d) (First) Administrative Reforms Commission (1966-72) 17
(e) (Second) Administrative Reforms Commission – (Fourth report) Ethics in Governance (2007) 18

Section-B : On Disaster Management 31
(a) (Second) Administrative Reforms Commission – (third) Report – Crisis Management from despair to hope (2006) 31

Section-C : On Centre – State Relations 42
(a) (FIRST) ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS COMMISSION ON CENTRE – STATE RELATIONS(1966-72) 42
(b) Sarkaria Commission (First Commission on Centre – State Relations) (1983 - 87) 47
(c) PUNCHHI COMMISSION (SECOND COMMISSION ON CENTRE – STATE RELATIONS)(2007-10) 53

Section-D : On Civil Services 70
(A) SURINDER NATH COMMITTEE ON PRESENT SYSTEM OF PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL,PROMOTIONS AND LATERAL MOVEMENT IN AIS AND OTHER GROUP A SERVICES(2002) 70
(B) B.N YUGANDHAR COMMITTEE TO REVIEW THE IN-SERVICE TRAINING PROGRAMS OF IAS OFFICERS,(2003) 79 
Introduction 79
(c) P.C HOTA COMMITTEE ON CIVIL SERVICES REFORMS(2004) 90

Section-E: On Governance 97
(A) (SECOND ) ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS COMMISSION (1st Report) – Right to Information : Master Key to Good Governance(2006) 97
(B) (2ND REPORT)- UNLOCKING HUMAN CAPITAL: ENTITLEMENTS AND GOVERNANCE(2006) 104
(C) (6TH REPORT)- LOCAL GOVERNANCE – AN INSPIRING JOURNEY INTO FUTURE(2007) 106
(D) (11TH REPORT)- PROMOTING E – GOVERNANCE – THE SMART WAY FORWARD(2009) 126
(E) (12TH REPORT)- CITIZEN CENTRE ADMINISTRATION – THE HEART OF GOVERNANCE(2009) 131

Section-F: Case Studies on Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude 137
CASE STUDY – 1 137
CASE STUDY – 2 138

Section-G : Miscellaneous 139
(A) Balwantray Mehta Committee (1957) 139
(B) V. T. Krishnamachari Committee (1962) 140
(C) Ashok Mehta Committee (1978) 145
(D) Y K Alagh Committee (2001) 146
(E) Kiran Aggarwal Committee Report (2014) 149
(F) Baswan Committee (2015) 172

ETHICS—THE OTHER NAME FOR GOOD GOVERNANCE : R.C. SEKHAR 4

• Changing Administrative Values in India - V. SUBRAMANIAM 7
• Ethics and Administration : SHEKHAR SINGH 10
• Women and Empowerment : SHANTA KOHLI CHANDRA 13
• Prime Minister’s Office - We Cannot and Need Not do Without IT : B.G. DESHMUKH 16
• Role and Functioning of Election Commission of India : M.S. GILL 20
• Central Vigilance Commission: A Profile : P.K. GOPINATH 23
• Galloping Corruption: Need for Effective Vigilance : U.C. AGARWAL 25
• Indian Finance Commission : G. THIMMAIAH 29
• Role of Comptroller and Auditor General in India : V.K. SHUNGLU 34
• Public Sector in Independent India : SURESH KUMAR 36
• Recent Initiatives for Administrative Reform in India : P.S.A. SUNDARAM 39
• Reservation Policy in India: Theory and Practice : S.R. MAHESHWARI 42
• Welfare Administration in India: A Critical Evaluation : R.K. BARIK 48
• Administration of Urban Development : M.N. BUCH 51
• Natural Disaster Management in India : VINOD K. SHARMA 53
• Sociological Theory and Concepts in Public Administration : A.P. BARNADAS 58
• Managing Natural Resources for Disaster Reduction : A.K. KAUSHIK AND RITURAJ 62
• Criminalisation of Politics beyond Vohra Committee : P.R. DUBHASHI 66
• Police Reform— New Imperatives : T. ANANTHACHARI 68
• Sustainable Development: Imperatives of Public Administration : R. RAJAMANI 70
• Ethics in Public Administration—Maladies and Remedies : BATA K. DEY 74
• Right to Information Regime in India: A Critical Appraisal : SAPNA CHADAH 78
• Public Services in India: Achievements and Disappointments : U.C. AGARWAL 83
• Restructuring of Municipal Services in India : AWADHESH KUMAR SINGH 89
• Critique of ‘Governance’ from the Grassroots Perspective : P. RAGHU RAM 92
• Efficiency in Administration: Measures Required to Enhance Efficiency in Administration : R.D. SHARMA 94
• Role of Information Technology and E-Governance in Effective Delivery of Public Service—Initiatives,
• Challenges and Prospects : INDERJEET SINGH SODHI 96
• Globalisation Governance and the State : FUROQUAN AHMAD AND AKHTAR ALI 98
• Public Private Partnership in India (Policy, Strategies and Operationalisation Issues) : T.N. DHAR 101
• Social Mobilisation for Empowering Rural Poor Through SHGs: A Study in Assam : T. MEDHAVATI DEVI AND N. UPADHAY 104
• Gender Budgeting to Gender Mainstreaming : SHALINI RAJNEESH 106
• Value based Capacity Building Through E-Administration : SANGEETA SHARMA 108
• The Working of Panchayati Raj: An Analysis : S.A. PALEKAR 110
• People’s Empowerment : ARVIND K. SHARMA 115
• Citizen’s Charter—An Instrument of Public Accountability: Problems and Prospects in India : R.B. JAIN 118
• Law and Order: A Precondition for Good Governance : O.P. TANDON 121
• Indian Judiciary and Challenges of 21st Century : A.S. ANAND 125
• The Challenges of Globalisation for Civil Servants : P.R. RAMASWAMY 129
• Zero Base Budgeting: Re-Emphasised in India—A Case of Research and Development Organisation : NAND DHAMEJA 131
• Role of All-India Services in Centre-State Relation : U.C. AGARWAL 132
• Opening Government for Public Scrutiny: A Critique of Recent Efforts to Make Governance in India more
• Transparent and Accountable : R.B. JAIN 137
• Indian Federalism at Work: Role of Governor : SUDHANSHU TRIPATHI 138
• Public Services in India: Issues of Neutrality vs. Commitment : AHMAD SHAMSHAD 139
• Indian Party System towards Coalition Governance: Need for Introspection :
• R.K. POONIA, P.S. MALIK AND SAROJ MALIK 144
• Privatisation and Public Enterprises in India: Issues of Policy and Implementation : C.V. RAGHAVULU 146
• Police and Good Governance: Promotion of Human Rights : VED MARWAH 150
• Action Plan for an Effective and Responsive Government : Prepared by Department of Administrative
• Reforms and Public Grievances, Government of India 152
• Corruption and Need to Curb IT : P.D. MALAVIYA 157
• Some Perspectives on Governance for Development : B.G. DESHMUKH 159
• Socio-Economic Development in India and Five Decades of Planning : AHMAD SHAMSHAD 161
• Voluntary Associations and Development: The Indian Experience : BIDYUT CHAKRABARTY 165
• People’s Participation in Governance : E. VAYUNANDAN AND DOLLY MATHEW 167
• Constitutional Head of State without Constitutional Security—The Governor and his Removal : PRITI SAXENA 170
• Rural Development Schemes in Chhattisgarh : P.C. MISHRA 173
• Towards Excellence in Disaster Management: Governance and Sustainability of Post-Disaster Initiatives :
• PRAMOD K. MISHRA 176
• Need for Ethical Empowerment as Social and Political Reform : A RANGA REDDY 177
• Revamping the Role of Government as a Regulator : O.P. MINOCHA 181
• Sustainable Development: The Concept and Policy Perspectives : N.R. INAMDAR 182
• Environmentalism, Ecology and Voluntary Movement : HARSH SETHI 184
• DEFENCE OF SUPERIOR’S ORDER AND COMMAND RESPONSIBILITY UNDER CRIMINAL LAWS IN INDIA :VIPLAV KUMAR CHOUDHARY 186
• REGULATORY FRAMEWORK FOR UNIVERSAL SERVICE IN INDIA—CAN WE LEARN FROM EU? : ARCHANA G.GULATI 195
• A Safe City Approach to Urban Sustainability: Developing a Framework for Community Resilience :
• CHANDRANI BANDYOPADHYAY AND P. J. PHILIP 203
• DELIVERING HEALTH SERVICES UNDER NEW PUBLIC MANAGEMENT: IS IT A GOOD MODEL FOR EMERGING ECONOMIES? : SIGAMANI P. 212
• SITUATING SOCIAL SCIENCES IN THE PHILOSOPHICAL DEBATE ON RESEARCH METHODOLOGY WITH A
• FOCUS ON PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION : LAVANYA SURESH 216
• PROTECTION OF TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE IN THE PRESENT IPR REGIME: A MIRAGE OR A REALITY :
• RAJU NARAYANA SWAMY 222

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