Public Administration | For Civil Services Main Examination | With Optional Subject Paper – II | First Edition -2019

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