Public Administration & Good Governance
- Public Administration: Introduction, meaning, scope & significance
- Public & Private Administration
- Union Administration: Central Secretariat, Cabinet Secretariat, Prime Minister’s Office, Planning Commission
- State Administration: State Secretariat, Chief Secretary, Chief Minister’s Office
- District Administration: Origin & development of the office of the District Magistrate & Collector, Changing role of the District Collector, Impact of the separation of judiciary on district administration
- Personnel Administration: Recruitment of Civil Services: Union Public Service Commission & the State Public Service Commission, Training of Civil Servants, Leadership & its qualities, employee’s morale & productivity
- Delegation, Centralization & Decentralization of authority
- Bureaucracy: Origin, its merits & demerits, role of bureaucracy in policy formulation & its implementation, Nexus between bureaucracy & political executive, generalist vs specialist
- Development Administration
- Disaster Management: Causes, meaning & classification of disaster, Disaster mitigation; immediate & long term measures
- Good Governance: Meaning & concept of good & responsive governance, main features of Good Governance; Accountability, Transparency, Honesty & Quick Delivery, Role of Civil Society & People’s Participation in Good Governance, Grievance Redressal Mechanism; Lokpal, Lokayukta, Central Vigilance Commissioner; Citizen’s Charter; Object, machinery & measures provided in (i) Right to Service Act, (ii) Right to Information Act, (iii) Right to Education Act, (iv) The Consumer Protection Act, (v) Domestic Violence Against Women (Prevention) Act, (vi) Old Age Act
- Human Rights: Concept & meaning, Universal declaration of Human Rights, National Human Rights Commission, State Human Rights Commission, Human Rights & Social Issues, Human Rights & Terrorism