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Public Administration Optional Notes Paper I & II

All 81 free Public Administration Optional notes on LotusArise, in syllabus order: 41 for Paper I (Administrative Theory) and 40 for Paper II (Indian Administration). Each note has diagrams, key terms, Indian examples and the previous year questions on its topic.

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Paper I

Public Administration Optional Paper I notes: Administrative Theory

12 units, 41 notes. Open a unit page for its syllabus and all its previous year questions, or go straight to a note.

Paper I · Unit 01

Introduction

Meaning, scope and significance; Wilson’s vision; evolution of the discipline; New Public Administration; Public Choice; LPG; good governance; New Public Management.

Paper I · Unit 02

Administrative Thought

Scientific Management; Classical Theory; Weber and the post-Weberians; Follett; the Human Relations School; Barnard; Simon; Likert, Argyris and McGregor.

Paper I · Unit 03

Administrative Behaviour

Process and techniques of decision-making; communication; morale; motivation theories; traditional and modern theories of leadership.

Paper I · Unit 04

Organisations

Systems and contingency theories; ministries, corporations, companies, boards and commissions; headquarters–field relations; regulators; PPPs.

Paper I · Unit 05

Accountability and Control

Accountability and control; legislative, executive and judicial control; citizen and administration; media, interest groups, civil society; charters, RTI, social audit.

Paper I · Unit 06

Administrative Law

Meaning, scope and significance; Dicey on administrative law; delegated legislation; administrative tribunals.

Paper I · Unit 07

Comparative Public Administration

Factors shaping administrative systems; administration in different countries; current status of CPA; ecology; Riggsian models and their critique.

Paper I · Unit 08

Development Dynamics

Concept of development; development administration; the anti-development thesis; bureaucracy and development; state versus market; women and SHGs.

Paper I · Unit 09

Personnel Administration

HRD; recruitment, training, promotion and pay; discipline and appraisal; employer–employee relations; grievance redressal; code of conduct; ethics.

Paper I · Unit 10

Public Policy

Models of policy-making and their critique; conceptualisation, planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation; state theories and policy.

Paper I · Unit 11

Techniques of Administrative Improvement

Organisation and methods; work study and work management; e-governance and IT; network analysis, MIS, PERT and CPM.

Paper I · Unit 12

Financial Administration

Monetary and fiscal policy; public borrowing and debt; types and forms of budgets; the budgetary process; financial accountability; accounts and audit.

Paper II

Public Administration Optional Paper II notes: Indian Administration

14 units, 40 notes. Open a unit page for its syllabus and all its previous year questions, or go straight to a note.

Paper II · Unit 01

Evolution of Indian Administration

Kautilya’s Arthashastra; Mughal administration; legacy of British rule: Indianisation of services, revenue, district and local self-government.

Paper II · Unit 02

Philosophical and Constitutional Framework of Government

Salient features and value premises of the Constitution; constitutionalism; political culture; bureaucracy and democracy; bureaucracy and development.

Paper II · Unit 03

Public Sector Undertakings

Public sector in modern India; forms of PSUs; autonomy, accountability and control; impact of liberalisation and privatisation.

Paper II · Unit 04

Union Government and Administration

Executive, Parliament and Judiciary; recent trends; Cabinet Secretariat, PMO and Central Secretariat; ministries, boards, commissions and field offices.

Paper II · Unit 05

Plans and Priorities

Machinery of planning; Planning Commission, NDC and NITI Aayog; indicative planning; plan formulation; the 1992 amendments and decentralised planning.

Paper II · Unit 06

State Government and Administration

Union–State relations; the Finance Commission; Governor, Chief Minister and Council of Ministers; Chief Secretary, State Secretariat and directorates.

Paper II · Unit 07

District Administration since Independence

Changing role of the Collector; Union–State–local relations; development management and law and order; democratic decentralisation.

Paper II · Unit 08

Civil Services

Constitutional position; structure, recruitment, training and capacity building; good governance initiatives; conduct and grievances; neutrality and activism.

Paper II · Unit 09

Financial Management

Budget as a political instrument; parliamentary control of expenditure; the Finance Ministry; accounting techniques; audit; the CGA and the CAG.

Paper II · Unit 10

Administrative Reforms since Independence

Major concerns; important committees and commissions; reforms in financial management and HRD; problems of implementation.

Paper II · Unit 11

Rural Development

Institutions and agencies since Independence; rural development programmes, foci and strategies; Panchayati Raj; the 73rd Amendment.

Paper II · Unit 12

Urban Local Government

Municipal governance: features, structures, finance and problems; the 74th Amendment; global–local debate; new localism; city management.

Paper II · Unit 13

Law and Order Administration

British legacy; National Police Commission; investigative agencies; central and state agencies including paramilitary forces; criminalisation; police reforms.

Paper II · Unit 14

Significant Issues in Indian Administration

Values in public service; regulatory commissions; NHRC; coalition regimes; citizen–administration interface; corruption; disaster management.