PUBLIC

ADMINISTRATION
Optional Subject
For UPSC Civil Service Exam
 Syllabus Analysis & Strategy
• Analytical Approach
• Understanding the meaning of ‘Public
Administration’ in different dimensions.
• Various approaches & stages of Evolution.
• Summary of the units and sub-units with Points
to Remember.
• Questions in UPSC will be of Opinion-based
• Demand such an extent to articulate well on the
issues.
 No. 2
ADMINISTRATION THOUGHTS &
ADMINISTRATIVE BEHAVIOUR

Administrative Thinkers &

Theories
Behaviour
 Organisations: Theories & System
Typologies of Executive
(P2)– Presidential form or
Paper I Aspects Parliamentary form.
Type of organisation (P2)
• Scientific Management.
Central Administration in
• Classical Theory. India (P2 - Ch.4)
• Bureaucratic Model. State Govt. & Admin (P2-
Ch.6)
• Developmental Model.
PSU in modern India (P2-
• Dynamic Administration. Ch.3)
Regulatory Bodies in
• Human Relation school.
India- SEBI, RBI, CCI,
• Participative TRAI, FMC, IRDA… (P2)
Management
 No. 3
ORGANIZATIONAL THEORIES
ACCOUNTABILITY & CONTROL

Theories & Principles of Organization.

Accountability & Control.
Union Government & State Government.
Organisations: Theories & System
Organisational Theories Typologies of Executive
(P1) (P2)– Presidential form or
• Structure & Forms Parliamentary form.
• Ministries, Department,
Type of organisation (P2)
Corporations, Central Administration in
Companies, Board, India (P2 - Ch.4)
Commissions. State Govt. & Admin (P2-
Ch.6)
• Regulatory Authority.
PSU in modern India (P2-
• Public Private Ch.3)
Partnerships. Regulatory Bodies in
• Ad hoc and Advisory India- SEBI, RBI, CCI,
bodies. TRAI, FMC, IRDA… (P2)
• HQ & Field relationship.
 Cont.>>>Linking the Sub-Units
Administrative Civil Services in India (P2
Behaviour (P1) – Ch.8) –Code of Conduct,
Good Governance
• Decision Making – Initiative, Staff Association,
Process & Techniques. Civil Service Neutrality,
Civil Service Activism.
• Motivational Theories
Developmental
– content, process, Administration in India –
contemporary. Rural Development, PSU
• Leadership Theories Autonomy, Significant
Issues in Indian
• Communication. Administration (P2)
• Morale District Administration
since Independence (P2-
Ch.7)
 No. 3

FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
Policies
Budgeting
Accountability
 Finance Administration
Paper I Aspects Paper II Aspects
• Monetary & Fiscal • Budget as a political
Policies instrument.
• Parliamentary control of
• Public Borrowing &
public expenditure.
Public Budgets.
• Role of finance ministry in
• Budgetary Process.
Monetary & Fiscal area.
• Financial • Accounting Techniques.
Accountability. • Audit.
• Accounts & Audit. • Role of CGA & CAG.
• Reforms in Financial
Management.
 No. 4

PUBLIC POLICY
Models
Theories
Process
 Public Policy
Paper I Aspects Paper II Aspects
• Models. • Machinery of planning
• Process (concept – • Role, Composition,
plan – implement – Function – Planning
monitor – evaluate - commission & NDC.
Review) • Indicative planning.
• State theories & Public • Process of Plan
policy formulation formulation.
• Constitutional
Amendments (1992)
• Decentralized planning
for economic
development & Social
justice.
 No. 5
ACCOUNTABILITY &
CONTROL
Concept
Value
Citizen’s Role
 Accountability & Control
Paper I Aspects Paper II Aspects
• Concept. • Values in Public Service
• Legislative, Executive, • Citizen- Administration
Judicial control over Interface in India.
Administration. • Corruption &
Administration.
• Citizen & • Problems of Admin in
Administration. Coalition
• Role of Media, Interest Significance of
Groups/ Voluntary Org Accountability & Control –
/ CSO. Comparison with the
Administration in US,
• Citizen’s Charter France, UK; Understanding
the citizen’s Role and
• RTI
relationship with
• Social Audit administration;
 No. 6LAW
ADMINISTRATIVE
&
TECHNIQUE OF
ADMINISTRATIVE
IMPROVEMENT
Meaning, Significance
Aide Tools
Recommendations & Reforms
 Administrative Law
Paper I Aspects Paper II Aspects
• Meaning, Scope, • Administrative Reform in
Significance. India. (P2- Ch.10) -
• Dicey on
Recommendation of
Administrative Law. various commissions.
• Organisation & methods
• Delegated Legislation.
of Indian Administration.
• Administrative • Reforms in Police Admin.
Tribunals. • Law & Order
• Comparative Pub Ad. Administration.
• Ecology & • Police – public relation.
Administration • Role of security Agencies

• Riggsian Model • Criminalisation of politics

& administration
 Continue>>>> Sub-Units
Techniques of Administrative Improvement
Paper II Aspects
Paper I Aspects
• Administrative Reforms in
• Organisation &
India. ARC Reports.
Methods.
• Committee
• Work Study & Work Recommendations.
Measures. • Problems of
• E Governance & ICT. Implementation.
• Management Aid tools • Reforms in Financial
– MIS, PERT, CPM. Management & HRD
 No. 7
PERSONNEL
ADMINISTRATION
HRD – Recruitment & Training
Appraisal, Conduct, Value
Grievance Redressal Mechanism
GRM
 Personnel Administration
Paper I Aspects Paper II Aspects
• Importance of HRD. • Civil Services in India.
• Structure, Recruitment,
• Recruitment, Training,
training, capacity building;
Career advancement,
discipline, • Code of conduct.
performance appraisal, • Good Governance
promotion. initiative.
• Employer – Employee • Staff Association.
Relations. • Political rights.

• GRM • GRM
• Civil service Neutrality &
• Code of conduct
Activism.
• Admin Ethics
 # No. 1
INTRODUCTION & EVOLUTION
OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
Evolution of Public
Administration
Administrative Thoughts & Philosophies

Paper II Aspects
• Philosophical &
Constitutional framework
of Indian Administration.
• Bureaucracy &
Democracy.
• Bureaucracy &
Development
 Evolution of Public Administration

Paper I Aspects Paper II Aspects

• Wilson’s Vision • Kautilya’s Arthashastra
• Developmental Admin. • Mughal Administration
• British Administration
• Honey Report,
Philadelphia, Minnow • Indianisation of public
brook Services – Revenue,
District and Local self-
• NPA (1970)
Government.
• Public Choice Theory
• NPM (1990)
• New Public Service
• Good Governance
SIGNIFICANT ISSUES IN
INDIAN ADMINISTRATION

Value in Public Service, Regulatory

commission, NHRC, Problems in
administration in coalition regime,
citizen-centric administration,
corruption & Administration,
Disaster management.