(Online Course) Public Administration for IAS Mains Exams
Paper – I
Administrative Theory
Introduction
- Good Governance: concept and application;
Administrative Thought
-
Simon’s Decision-making Theory
Administrative Behaviour:
- Morale
Organisations:
- Public – Private Partnerships.
Accountability and control:
- Civil society;
- Social audit.
Administrative Law:
-
Administrative Tribunals.
Comparative Public Administration:
- Ecology and administration;
Development Dynamics:
- Changing profile of development administration;
- ‘Antidevelopment thesis’;
Personnel Administration:
- Code of conduct;
- Administrative ethics.
Public Policy:
- State theories and public policy.
Techniques of Administrative Improvement:
- PERT,
- CPM.
Financial Administration:
- Monetary and fiscal policies;
- Financial accountability;
Paper – II
Indian Administration
Evolution of Indian Administration:
- Kautilya’s Arthashastra;
Philosophical and Constitutional framework of government:
- Constitutionalism;
- Political culture;
Public Sector Undertakings:
- Problems of autonomy, accountability and control;
Union Government and Administration:
- Cabinet Secretariat;
- Central Secretariat;
Plans and Priorities:
- ‘Indicative’ planning;
- Process of plan formulation at Union and State levels;
State Government and Administration:
- State Secretariat;
- Directorates.
District Administration since Independence:
- Union-state- local relations;
Civil Services:
-
Code of conduct and discipline;
- Civil service activism.
Financial Management:
- Role of finance ministry in monetary and fiscal area;
- Accounting techniques;
Administrative Reforms since Independence:
- Reforms in financial management and human resource development;
- Problems of implementation.
Rural Development:
- Rural development programmes: foci and strategies;
Urban Local Government:
- Global local debate;
- New localism;
- Politics and administration with special reference to city management.
Law and Order Administration:
- Criminalisation of politics and administration;
- Police- public relations;
- Reforms in Police.
Significant issues in Indian Administration:
- Citizen-administration interface;
-
Administration in Coalition Regimes
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