UPSC Public Administration Optional for UPSC (Notes)Syllabus for UPSC Paper - 11. Introduction to Public Administration
- Meaning, nature, and scope of public administration
- Evolution of the discipline
- Public and private administration
- New Public Administration
- Public choice approach
- Challenges of administration in a changing society
2. Administrative Thought
- Classical thinkers
- Scientific management and scientific management movement
- Classical theory
- Weber's bureaucratic model
- Human relations theory
- Behavioral approach to management
- Systems approach to management
3. Administrative Behaviour
- Process and techniques of decision-making
- Communication
- Morale
- Motivation theories
- Theories of leadership
- Theories of motivation
4. Organisations
- Theories - systems, contingency
- Structure and forms - ministries and departments, corporations, companies, boards, and commissions
- Ad hoc and advisory bodies
- Headquarters and field relationships
- Regulatory authorities
- Public-Private Partnerships
5. Accountability and Control
- Concepts of accountability and control
- Legislative, executive and judicial control over administration
- Citizen and administration
- Role of media, interest groups, voluntary organizations
- Civil society
- Citizens charters
- Right to Information
- Social audit
6. Administrative Law
- Meaning, scope, and significance
- Dicey on administrative law
- Delegated legislation
- Administrative tribunals
7. Comparative Public Administration
- Historical and sociological factors affecting administrative systems
- Administration and politics in different countries
- Current status of comparative public administration
- Ecology and administration
- Riggsian models and their critique
8. Development Dynamics
- Concept of development
- Changing profile of development administration
- 'Antidevelopment thesis'
- Bureaucracy and development
- Strong state versus the market debate
- Impact of liberalization on administration in developing countries
- Women and development - the self-help group movement
9. Personnel Administration
- Importance of human resource development
- Recruitment, training, career advancement, position classification, discipline, performance appraisal, promotion, pay and service conditions
- Employer-employee relations
- Grievance redressal mechanism
10. Public Policy
- Models of policy-making and their critique
- Processes of conceptualization, planning, implementation, monitoring, evaluation, and review
- State theories and public policy formulation
11. Techniques of Administrative Improvement
- Organization and methods
- Work study and work management
- E-governance and information technology
- Management aid tools like network analysis, MIS, PERT, CPM
Syllabus for UPSC Paper - 21. Evolution of Indian Administration
- Kautilya's Arthashastra
- Mughal administration
- British administration
- Evolution of Indian administration during the post-independence period
2. Philosophical and Constitutional Framework of Government
- Salient features and value premises
- Constitutionalism
- Political culture
- Bureaucracy and democracy
- Bureaucracy and development
3. Public Sector Undertakings
- Public sector in modern India
- Forms of public sector enterprises
- Problems of autonomy, accountability, and control
- Impact of liberalization and privatization
4. Union Government and Administration
- Executive
- Parliament
- Judiciary
- President
- Prime Minister
- Council of Ministers
- Cabinet committees
- Cabinet Secretariat
- Central Secretariat
- Ministries and Departments
- Boards and Commissions
- Attached offices
5. State Government and Administration
- Union-state administrative, legislative and financial relations
- Role of the Finance Commission
- Governor
- Chief Minister
- Council of Ministers
- Chief Secretary
- State Secretariat
- Directorates
- Field administration
- Local government
6. Civil Services in India
- Constitutional position
- Structure, recruitment, training, and capacity-building
- Good governance initiatives
- Code of conduct and discipline
- Staff associations
- Political rights
- Grievance redressal mechanism
7. Financial Management
- Budget as a political instrument
- Parliamentary control of public expenditure
- Role of finance ministry in monetary and fiscal area
- Accounting techniques
- Audit
8. Administrative Reforms since Independence
- Major concerns
- Important committees and commissions
- Reforms in financial management and human resource development
- Problems of implementation
9. Rural Development
- Institutions and agencies since independence
- Rural development programs - foci and strategies
- Decentralization and Panchayati Raj
- 73rd Constitutional amendment
10. Urban Local Government
- Municipal governance - main features, structures, finance and problem areas
- 74th Constitutional Amendment
- Global local debate
- New localism
11. Law and Order Administration
- British legacy
- National Police Commission
- Investigative agencies
- Role of central and state agencies including paramilitary forces in maintenance of law and order and countering insurgency and terrorism
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