CABINET SECRETARIAT The Cabinet Secretariat is a staff body which has premier coordinating role in process of policy making at the highest level and operates under the direction of the Prime Minister. HISTORY AND EVOLUTION Cabinet Secretariat was first created in 1916 in England for maintaining records and providing secretarial assistance to the Cabinet. In India, Lord Wellington asked Read More ……
Category: Public Administration
NPM & Traditional Public Administration
NPM AND TRADITIONAL PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION Under the NPM, public sector decision making structures are so designed as to let managers manage. This was not so in traditional public administration. Under traditional public administration, it was “Administration’, in NPM, Read More ……
Features and Focus of New Public Administration
Features New Public Administration (NPM) The basic feature of features of New Public Administration (NPM) is to ‘Let Public Managers manage’. The main features New Public Administration are:- 1. NPM aims at management and no policy. It views public administration from the managerial angle and applied management solutions to problem, Read More ……
New Public Management (NPM)
The term New Public Management (NPM) emerged in the beginning of the 1990s in response to the challenges of globalization, international competitiveness, and technological change. It is argued that it represents a paradigm shift from a traditional model of public administration, dominant Read More ……
Participation of Women in Development
Participation of Women in Development A. Women in Development Women in Development was Introduced in early 1970s by Washington-based network of female development professionals. Originated as a result of three major feminist waves women’s suffrage movement – Read More ……
Gender, Gender Sensitivity, Gender budgeting and Eco-feminism
Gender, Gender Sensitivity, Gender budgeting and Eco-feminism Gender In 1972 Ann Oakley talked about the difference between sex and gender. Sex – biological features of one physiology – either male or female Gender – cultural and social ideas Read More ……
Public Policy
David Easton defines public policy as the ‘outputs’ of the political system and public policy as “the authoritative allocation of values for the whole society.” Public policies are the policies adopted and implemented by Government bodies and officials. Read More ……
Prison Reforms
Need for Prison Reforms • Over two-thirds of India’s prisoners are under trials despite the Section 436-A of the Code of Criminal Procedure stipulating that a prisoner shall be released on bail if he/she has undergone detention of Read More ……
Public Administration Books
Public Administration Books Public Administration is the one of most popular optional for UPSC Mains and it has the highest share of successful candidates among all optional subjects. One of the reasons for its popularity is the relatively Read More ……
Public Administration, Paper-II Syllabus (Hindi | English)
Public Administration Paper-II Syllabus (Hindi | English) PAPER – II – INDIAN ADMINISTRATION PAPER – II – भारतीय प्रशासन 1. Evolution of Indian Administration: Kautilya’s Arthashastra; Mughal administration; Legacy of British rule in politics and administration – Indianization of public Read More ……