Q. 1. Attempt the following in about 150 words each:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n (a) \u201cThe Charter Act of 1853 marked the beginning of parliamentary system in India.\u201d Explain. Q. 2.<\/strong> (a) \u201cBureaucratic agencies, characterized by established procedures, specialization, leadership, clear objective, are not ideal to handle disaster management.\u201d Examine with reference to the need for administrative flexibility in managing disaster. (in about 250 words) Q. 3.<\/strong> (a) \u201cLaws are enacted without involving the police in the conception stage, with the result implementation of these laws leaves much to be desired.\u201d Examine the role of police in protection of children. (In about 250 words) Q. 4<\/strong>. (a) \u201cThere is a tendency of centralism in Indian federalism, but it is not because of its institutional framework but because of its socialist goals and centrally devised plan development.\u201d Explain the statement in the context of Union-State relationship. (In about 250 words) 20<\/p>\n\n\n\n (b) \u201cUse of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Panchayat\u2019s functions enhances efficiency, transparency and accountability and also induces mass ICT culture.\u201d Examine. (In about 250 words) 20<\/p>\n\n\n\n (c) \u201cJudicial review of administrative tribunal\u2019s decisions defeats the very objective of establishing tribunals.\u201d Comment with reference to Central Administrative Tribunal. (In about 150 words)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Q. 5. Attempt the following is not more than 150 words each: 50<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n (a) \u201cPublic Administration today tends to be less public quantitative terms, but more responsive to public needs than before in qualitative terms.\u201d Examine with reference to citizen-centric administration. Q. 6.<\/strong> (a) \u201cGandhian model of decentralization is similar to the process of reinventing governance. \u201c Analyze in the context of good governance. (In about 250 words) 20 Q. 7.<\/strong> (a) \u201cThe 73rd Amendment, it is felt, may accentuate fiscal indiscipline by establishing between State and Local Governments a system of transfers similar to the one in the place between the Central and State Governments.\u201d (World Bank) Comment. (In about 250 words) 20 Q.8.<\/strong> (a) \u201cThere is both criminalization of politics and politicization of criminals in India.\u201d Examine and identify the challenges they cause for law and order administration. (In about 250 words)20 Section – A Q. 1. Attempt the following in about 150 words each: (a) \u201cThe Charter Act of 1853 marked the beginning of parliamentary system in India.\u201d Explain.(b) \u201cCivil services neutrality is founded on the application of the principles of Rule of Law\u201d. Comment.(c) \u201cThe second generation reforms in the Panchayati Raj institutions have changed… Continue reading UPSC Mains 2013: Public Administration Paper -2<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-49954","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/49954","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49954"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/49954\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
(b) \u201cCivil services neutrality is founded on the application of the principles of Rule of Law\u201d. Comment.
(c) \u201cThe second generation reforms in the Panchayati Raj institutions have changed Panchayats from the agency of development at local level into a political institution.\u201d Discuss.
(d) \u201cFinance Commission in India performs the job of statics aggregation.\u201d Comment
(e) \u201cPlanning enables comprehensive and scientific understanding of problems.\u201d Examine the statements in the context of planning methodology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(b) \u201cThe liberal-democratic ideology of the West influenced the shaping of value premises of the India Constitution.\u201d Discuss. (In about 250 words)
(c) \u201cAutonomy to public sector understating is a myth.\u201d Analysis in the context of the use of government expenditure by politicians who control government at different levels. (In about 150 words).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(b) \u201cCentral Secretariat is the nodal agency for administering the Union subjects and establishing coordination among the various activities of the government.\u201d Discuss. (In about 250 words)
(c) Is there a need to dispense with the office of the Governor? Examine the context of coalition governments. (In about 150 words) 10<\/p>\n\n\n\nSection – B <\/h4>\n\n\n\n
(b) \u201cPerformance budgeting failed because it was applied to sectors\/programmes where quantitative evaluation was not feasible.\u201d Examine the principles underlying performance budgeting techniques.
(c) \u201cThe design of the Indian Polices was to subjugate the Indian People in the aftermath of 1857.\u201d Aalyse in the context of the Indian Police Act of 1861.
(d) \u201cReducing the size (geographical area) of the district will provide relief to the overburdened and overworked collector.\u201d Comment.
(e) \u201cThe concept of social audit is more comprehensive than that of traditional audit.\u201d Comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(b) \u201cAccording is the essence of producing promptly and clearly the facts relating to financial condition and operations that are required as a basis of management.\u201d Substantiate the statement in the context of accounting methods and techniques in government. (In about 250 words) 20
(c) Explain the important recommendation of V.T. Krishnamachary Committee (1962) on Indian and State Administrative Services and problems of District Administration. (In about 150 words) 10<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(b) \u201cMunicipal Administration in India faces both structural and operational challenges.\u201d Examine in the context of post-74th Amendment Act. (In about 250 words) 10
(c) \u201cSelf-Help Groups (SHGs) have contributed to a change in the role of rural women in development \u2014 from symbolic participation to empowerment.\u201d Discuss. (In about 150 words) 10<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(b) \u201cThe basic ethical problem for an administrator is to determine how he\/she values.\u201d Comment with reference to corruption in administration. (In about 250 words). 20
(c) Justify the constructional provision to treat certain expenditure as charged upon the Consolidated Fund of India. (In about 150 words)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"