Indian Administration

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Book Summary:

Indian Administration has been written primarily to serve the requirements of the young students appearing for the civil services examinations. this latest book on the subject would amply cater to the needs of the students of Public Administration of various universities and also serve the general readers who would like to acquaint themselves with the administrative system of the country since Kautilya’s times.

In the fifth edition ,the chapters pertaining to top functionaries whose political acumen and administrative calibre get ample opportunities to be tested in coalitional politics necessitating judiciousness practical sagacity, marked adaptability and above all unimpeachable integrity have been paid special attention.

A few new topics viz Women Empowerment sizable reservation for the OBC and keenness to accommodate minorities in the public services ; well conceived Electoral Reforms leading to exemplary conduct of elections of XVth Lok Sabha and that of State Assemblies in the largest democracy of the world; Aggravation of Law and Order problem resulting in the inception of New Protective Agencies at the Central and State levels and a fair assessment of their working as regards redressal of genuine grievances of the masses ; the appraisal of the role of the President at the Centre and the Governors in the States on account of Hung Parliament and State Assemblies and Fractured mandate ushering in era of coalition governments ; the significance and likely misuse of Article 356 ; the passage of 73rd and 74th amending acts resulting in the strengthening of grass root democracy in the urban and rural areas — all these political events and their consequences have been dispassionately debated and analytically appraised.

Audience of the Book :

(For the aspirants of Civil Services–Central & State, Students of Honours and Postgraduate Classes of different Indian Universities

Table of Contents:

• Evolution Of Indian Administration

• Constitutional Framework

• Central Political Executive

• Structure Of Administration

• State Administration

• Centre-State Relations

• Public Services

• Machinery For Planning

• Public Undertakings

• Control Of Public Expenditure

• Administration Of Law And Order

• District Administration

• Panchayati Raj

• Urban Local Government

• Administration For Welfare

• Major Issues In Indian Administration

• Administrative Reforms In India

• Annexure - I Office Administration

• Annexure - II salient Features Of The Indian Constitution

• Appendices I & II