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

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