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Introduction

Administrative Thought

Administrative Behaviour

Organisations

Accountability and control

Administrative Law

Comparative Public Administration

Development Dynamics

Personnel Administration

Public Policy

Techniques of Administrative Improvement

Financial Administration

Evolution of Indian Administration

Philosophical and Constitutional framework of government

Public Sector Undertakings

Union Government and Administration

Plans and Priorities

State Government and Administration

District Administration since Independence

Civil Services

Financial Management

Administrative Reforms since Independence

Rural Development

Urban Local Government

Law and Order Administration

Significant issues in Indian Administration

2023

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

Public Administration Paper - 1

Public Administration Paper - 2

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Introduction

Meaning, Scope and Significance of Public Administration

13 pages

Wilson’s Vision of Public Administration and Evolution

7 pages

New Public Administration

7 pages

Public Choice Approach

13 pages

Challenges of liberalization, Privatisation, Globalisation

10 pages

Good Governance: Concept and Application

3 pages

New Public Management

3 pages

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Administrative Thought

Scientific Management and Scientific Management movement

10 pages

Classical Theory

3 pages

Weber’s Bureaucratic Model – Its Critique and Post-Weberian Developments

10 pages

Dynamic Administration (Mary Parker Follett)

13 pages

Human Relations School (Elton Mayo and others)

11 pages

Functions of the Executive (C.I. Barnard)

9 pages

Simon’s Decision-Making Theory

2 pages

Participative Management (R. Likert, C.Argyris, D.McGregor)

38 pages

Administrative Behaviour

Process and Techniques of Decision-Making

8 pages

Morale

2 pages

Motivation Theories – Content, Process and Contemporary

5 pages

Theories of Leadership: Traditional and Modern

2 pages

Concept of Communication

16 pages

Organisations

Theories – Systems, Sontingency

4 pages

Structure and Forms

7 pages

Headquarters and Field Relationships

3 pages

Regulatory Authorities

2 pages

Public - Private Partnerships

4 pages

Accountability and control

Concepts of Accountability and Control

2 pages

Legislative, Executive and Judicial Control over Administration

3 pages

Citizen and Administration

3 pages

Role of Media, Interest Groups & Voluntary Organizations

4 pages

Civil Society

5 pages

Citizen’s Charters

3 pages

Right to Information

4 pages

Social Audit

7 pages

Administrative Law

Meaning, Scope and Significance

6 pages

Dicey on Administrative Law

3 pages

Delegated Legislation

3 pages

Administrative Tribunals

3 pages

Comparative Public Administration

Historical and Sociological Factors Affecting Administrative Systems

6 pages

Administration and Politics in Different Countries

4 pages

Current Status of Comparative Public Administration

1 page

Ecology and Administration Riggsian Models and their Critique

16 pages

Development Dynamics

Concept of Development

3 pages

Changing Profile of Development Administration

2 pages

Anti-development Thesis

4 pages

Bureaucracy and Development

3 pages

Strong State Versus the Market Debate

3 pages

Impact of Liberalisation on Administration in Developing Countries

2 pages

Women and Development - The Self-help Group Movement

2 pages

Personnel Administration

Importance of Human Resource Development

2 pages

Recruitment and Career Development: Building a Strong Public Administration Workforce

8 pages

Code of Conduct

3 pages

Administrative Ethics

4 pages

Employer-Employee Relations: Grievance Redressal Mechanism

8 pages

Public Policy

Models of Policy-Making and their Critique

3 pages

Processes of Conceptualisation, Planning, Implementation, Monitoring, Evaluation

3 pages

State Theories and Public Policy Formulation

4 pages

Techniques of Administrative Improvement

Organisation and Methods, Work Study and Work Management

45 pages

E-Governance and Information Technology

3 pages

Management AID Tools like Network Analysis, MIS, PERT, CPM

2 pages

Financial Administration

2 pages

Public Borrowings and Public Debt Budgets - Types and Forms

4 pages

Budgetary Process

3 pages

Financial Accountability, Accounts and Audit

2 pages

Evolution of Indian Administration

Kautilya’s Arthashastra

3 pages

Mughal Administration

5 pages

Legacy of British Rule in Politics and Administration

3 pages

Philosophical and Constitutional framework of government

Salient features and Value Premises

3 pages

Constitutionalism: A Gateway to Democratic Governance

5 pages

Political Culture

4 pages

Bureaucracy and Democracy

3 pages

Bureaucracy and Development

2 pages

Public Sector Undertakings

Public Sector in Modern India

2 pages

Forms of Public Sector Undertakings

6 pages

Problems of Autonomy, Accountability and Control

5 pages

Impact of liberalization and Privatization

2 pages

Union Government and Administration

Executive, Parliament, Judiciary - Structure, Functions, Work Processes

14 pages

Intragovernmental Relations

2 pages

Cabinet Secretariat

3 pages

Prime Minister’s Office

2 pages

Central Secretariat

3 pages

Ministries and Departments

3 pages

Boards and Commissions

2 pages

Attached Offices

4 pages

Field Organizations

2 pages

Important Supreme Court Judgements

7 pages

Important Committees and Commissions in India

5 pages

Plans and Priorities

Machinery of Planning

13 pages

Role, Composition and functions of the Planning Commission and the National Development Council

7 pages

Indicative Planning

1 page

Process of Plan Formulation at Union and State Levels

7 pages

Constitutional Amendments (1992)

2 pages

State Government and Administration

Union-State Administrative, Legislative and Financial Relations

4 pages

Role of the Finance Commission

3 pages

The Governor

3 pages

Council of Ministers

4 pages

Chief Secretary

3 pages

Directorates - Essential Components of State Administration

3 pages

State Secretariat

3 pages

District Administration since Independence

Changing Role of the Collector

14 pages

Union-State-Local Relations

15 pages

Imperatives of Development Management and Law and Order Administration

2 pages

District Administration and Democratic Decentralization

17 pages

Civil Services

Constitutional Position

6 pages

Structure, Recruitment, Training and Capacity-Building

4 pages

Good Governance Initiatives

2 pages

Code of Conduct and Discipline

3 pages

Staff Associations

8 pages

Political Rights

5 pages

Grievance Redressal Mechanism

8 pages

Civil Service Neutrality

3 pages

Civil Service Activism

3 pages

Financial Management

Budget as a Political Instrument

2 pages

Parliamentary Control of Public Expenditure

4 pages

Role of Finance Ministry in Monetary and Fiscal Area

3 pages

Accounting Techniques

2 pages

Audit

5 pages

Role of Controller General of Accounts and Comptroller and Auditor General of India

3 pages

Administrative Reforms since Independence

Administrative Reforms - Major Concerns

4 pages

Important Committees and Commissions

3 pages

Reforms in Financial Management and Human Resource Development

3 pages

Problems of Implementation of Reforms

2 pages

Rural Development

Institutions and Agencies Since Independence

4 pages

Rural Development Programmes

6 pages

Foci and Strategies

3 pages

Decentralization and Panchayati Raj

4 pages

Urban Local Government

Municipal Governance: Main Features, structures, Finance and Problem Areas

3 pages

74th Constitutional Amendment

5 pages

Global Local Debate

3 pages

New Localism

2 pages

Development Dynamics, Politics and Administration with Special Reference to City Management

2 pages

Law and Order Administration

British Legacy

4 pages

National Police Commission

4 pages

Investigative Agencies

4 pages

Securing the Nation: Central and State Agencies in Maintaining Law and Order

4 pages

Criminalisation of Politics and Administration

5 pages

Police-Public Relations

3 pages

Significant issues in Indian Administration

Values in Public Service

5 pages

Regulatory Commissions

3 pages

National Human Rights Commission

4 pages

Problems of Administration in Coalition Regimes

3 pages

Citizen-Administration Interface

4 pages

Corruption and Administration

6 pages

Disaster Management

3 pages

2023

UPSC Mains Answer PYQ 2023: Public Administration Paper 1 (Section- A)

21 pages

UPSC Mains Answer PYQ 2023: Public Administration Paper 1 (Section- B)

22 pages

UPSC Mains Answer PYQ 2023: Public Administration Paper 2 (Section- A)

17 pages

UPSC Mains Answer PYQ 2023: Public Administration Paper 2 (Section- B)

17 pages

2022

UPSC Optional Subject Syllabus: Public Administration

3 pages

UPSC Mains Answer PYQ 2022: Public Administration Paper 1 (Section- A)

32 pages

UPSC Mains Answer PYQ 2022: Public Administration Paper 1 (Section- B)

33 pages

UPSC Mains Answer PYQ 2022: Public Administration Paper 2 (Section- A)

35 pages

UPSC Mains Answer PYQ 2022: Public Administration Paper 2 (Section- B)

35 pages

2021

UPSC Mains Answer PYQ 2021: Public Administration Paper 1 (Section- A)

34 pages

UPSC Mains Answer PYQ 2021: Public Administration Paper 1 (Section- B)

34 pages

UPSC Mains Answer PYQ 2021: Public Administration Paper 2 (Section- A)

35 pages

UPSC Mains Answer PYQ 2021: Public Administration Paper 2 (Section- B)

33 pages

2020

UPSC Mains Answer PYQ 2020: Public Administration Paper 1 (Section- A)

36 pages

UPSC Mains Answer PYQ 2020: Public Administration Paper 1 (Section- B)

35 pages

UPSC Mains Answer PYQ 2020: Public Administration Paper 2 (Section- A)

34 pages

UPSC Mains Answer PYQ 2020: Public Administration Paper 2 (Section- B)

34 pages

2019

UPSC Mains Answer PYQ 2019: Public Administration Paper 1 (Section- A)

36 pages

UPSC Mains Answer PYQ 2019: Public Administration Paper 1 (Section- B)

37 pages

UPSC Mains Answer PYQ 2019: Public Administration Paper 2 (Section- A)

38 pages

UPSC Mains Answer PYQ 2019: Public Administration Paper 2 (Section- B)

37 pages

2018

UPSC Mains Answer PYQ 2018: Public Administration Paper 1 (Section- A)

15 pages

UPSC Mains Answer PYQ 2018: Public Administration Paper 1 (Section- B)

31 pages

UPSC Mains Answer PYQ 2018: Public Administration Paper 2 (Section- A)

35 pages

UPSC Mains Answer PYQ 2018: Public Administration Paper 2 (Section- B)

34 pages

Public Administration Paper - 1

Public Administration Optional Paper 1 - 2023

6 pages

Public Administration Optional Paper 1 - 2022

7 pages

Public Administration Optional Paper 1 - 2021

6 pages

Public Administration Optional Paper 1- 2020

3 pages

Public Administration Optional Paper 1- 2019

4 pages

Public Administration Optional Paper 1- 2018

4 pages

Public Administration Optional Paper 1- 2017

6 pages

Public Administration Optional Paper 1- 2016

8 pages

Public Administration Optional Paper 1- 2015

7 pages

Public Administration Paper - 2

Public Administration Optional Paper 2 - 2023

7 pages

Public Administration Optional Paper 2 - 2022

4 pages

Public Administration Optional Paper 2 - 2021

4 pages

Public Administration Optional Paper 2- 2020

6 pages

Public Administration Optional Paper 2- 2019

8 pages

Public Administration Optional Paper 2- 2018

8 pages

Public Administration Optional Paper 2- 2017

6 pages

Public Administration Optional Paper 2- 2016

8 pages

Public Administration Optional Paper 2- 2015

5 pages

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