{"id":93239,"date":"2021-03-08T15:38:38","date_gmt":"2021-03-08T10:08:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?page_id=93239"},"modified":"2023-10-26T17:55:23","modified_gmt":"2023-10-26T12:25:23","slug":"public-administration-optional-syllabus","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/upsc-syllabus\/public-administration-optional-syllabus\/","title":{"rendered":"Public Administration Optional UPSC Syllabus"},"content":{"rendered":"

Public Administration optional Syllabus :-Free PDF downloads\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\r\n

PAPER-I<\/h4>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Administration Theory\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

1. Introduction : <\/strong>Meaning, scope and significance of Public Administration, Wilson\u2019s vision of Public Administration, Evolution of the discipline and its present status. New Public Administration, Public Choice approach; Challenges of liberalization, Privatisation, Globalisation; Good Governance: concept and application; New Public Management.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

2. Administrative Thought : <\/strong>Scientific Management and Scientific Management movement; Classical Theory; Weber\u2019s bureaucratic model its critique and post-Weberian Developments; Dynamic Administration (Mary Parker Follett); Human Relations School (Elton Mayo and others); Functions of the Executive (C.I. Barnard); Simon\u2019s decision-making theory; Participative Man-agement (R. Likert, C. Argyris, D. McGregor.)<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

3. Administrative Behaviour : <\/strong>Process and techniques of decision-making; Communication; Morale; Motivation Theories content, process and contemporary; Theories of Leadership: Traditional and Mo-dem:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

4. Organisations : <\/strong>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.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

5. Accountability and Control : <\/strong>Concepts of accountability and control; Legislative, Executive and judicial control over administration; Citizen and Administration; Role of media, interest groups, voluntary or-ganizations; Civil society; Citizen\u2019s Charters; Right to Information; Social audit.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

6. Administrative Law : <\/strong>Meaning, scope and significance; Dicey on Administrative law; Delegated legislation; Administrative Tri-bunals.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

7. Comparative Public Administration : <\/strong>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.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

8. Development Dynamics : <\/strong>Concept of development; Changing profile of development administration; \u2018Anti-development thesis\u2019; Bureaucracy and development; Strong state versus the market debate; Impact of liberalisation on administration in developing countries; Women and development the self-help group movement.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

9. Personnel Administration : <\/strong>Importance of human resource development; Recruitment, training, career advancement, position classification, discipline, performance appraisal, promotion, pray and service conditions; employer-employee relations, grievance redressal mechanism; Code of conduct; Administrative ethics.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

10. Public Policy : <\/strong>Models of policy-making and their critique; Processes of conceptualisation, planning, implementation, monitoring, evaluation and review and their limitations; State theories and public policy formulation.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

11. Techniques of Administrative Improvement : <\/strong>Organisation and methods, Work study and work man-agement; e-governance and information technology; Man-agement aid tools like network analysis, MIS, PERT, CPM.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

12. Financial Administration : <\/strong>Monetary and fiscal policies: Public borrowings and public debt Budgets types and forms; Budgetary process; Financial accountability; Accounts and audit.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

PAPER-II<\/h4>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Indian Administration <\/strong><\/h4>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

1. Evolution of Indian Administration : <\/strong>Kautilya Arthashastra; Mughal administration; Legacy of British rule in politics and administration Indianization of Public services, revenue administration, district Administration, local self Government. .<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

2. Philosophical and Constitutional framework of Government : <\/strong>Salient features and value premises; Constitutionalism; Political culture; Bureaucracy and democracy; Bureaucracy and development.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

3. Public Sector Undertakings : <\/strong>Public sector in modern India; Forms of Public Sector Undertakings; Problems of autonomy, accountability and con-trol; Impact of liberalization and privatization.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

4. Union Government and Administration : <\/strong>Executive, Parliament, Judiciary-structure, functions, work processes; Recent trends; Intra-governmental relations; Cabinet Secretariat; Prime Minister\u2019s Office; Central Secretariat; Ministries and Departments; Boards; Commissions; Attached offices; Field organizations.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

5. Plans and Priorities : <\/strong>Machinery of planning; Role, composition and functions of the Planning Commission and the National Development Council; \u2018Indicative\u2019 planning; Process of plan formulation at Union and State levels; Constitutional Amendments (1992) and decentralized planning for economic development and social justice.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

6. State Government and Administration : <\/strong>Union-State administrative, legislative and financial relations; Role of the Finance Commission; Governor; Chief Minister; Council of Ministers; Chief Secretary; State Secretariat; Directorates.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

7. District Administration since Independence : <\/strong>Changing role of the Collector; Union-State-local relations; Imperatives of development management and law and order administration; District administration and democratic decentralization.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

8. Civil Services : <\/strong>Constitutional position; Structure, recruitment, training and capacity building; Good governance initiatives; Code of conduct and discipline; Staff associations; Political rights; Grievance redressal mechanism; Civil service neutrality; Civil service activism.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

9. Financial Management : <\/strong>Budget as a political instrument; Parliamentary control of public expenditure; Role of finance ministry in monetary and fiscal area; Accounting techniques; Audit; Role of Controller General of Accounts and Comptroller and Auditor General of India.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

10. Administrative Reforms since Independence : <\/strong>Major concerns; Important Committees and Commissions; Reforms in financial management and human resource development; Problems of implementation.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

11. Rural Development : <\/strong>Institutions and agencies since Independence; Rural development programmes: foci and strategies; Decentralization and Panchayati Raj; 73rd Constitutional amendment.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

12. Urban Local Government : <\/strong>Municipal governance: main features, structures, finance and problem areas; 74th Constitutional Amendment; Global-local debate; New localism; Development dynamics, politics and administration with special reference to city management.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

13. Law and Order Administration: <\/strong>British legacy; National Police Commission; Investigative agencies; Role of Central and State Agencies including para military forces in maintenance of law and order and countering insurgency and terrorism; Criminalisation of politics and administration; Police-public relations; Reforms in Police.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

14. Significant issues in Indian Administration: <\/strong>Values in public service; Regulatory Commissions; National Human Rights Commission; Problems of administration in coalition regimes; Citizen administration interface; Corruption and administration; Disaster management.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Public Administration optional Syllabus :-Free PDF downloads\u00a0 PAPER-I Administration Theory\u00a0\u00a0 1. Introduction : Meaning, scope and significance of Public Administration, Wilson\u2019s vision of Public Administration, Evolution of the discipline and its present status. New Public Administration, Public Choice approach; Challenges of liberalization, Privatisation, Globalisation; Good Governance: concept and application; New Public Management. 2. Administrative Thought… Continue reading Public Administration Optional UPSC Syllabus<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"parent":50153,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-93239","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/93239","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=93239"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/93239\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/50153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}