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Important Topic for civil service (Mains) Examination - 2011 PAPER-II British legacy. Constitutionalism Political Culture (S.N.) Bureaucracy and democracy Parliament and Parliamentary Standing Committees Problemsof autonomy, accountability and control Impact of 'privatization on PSU's Indicative planning (S.N.) Relationship between Planning Commission and NDC. Process of Plan formulation at Union and State levels Decentralized planning. Role / status of PM/CM in coalition government. Relationship between PMO and Cabinet Secretariat Union-State-local relations Role of chief secretary in the state administration. Changing role of Governors (Since1967)/ governor VS CM. Changing role of District Collector Relationship between state Secretariat and directorates Civil Service activism (S.N) Good Governance initiatives for personnel administration in India Training and Capacity building (S.N) Budget as a political instrument (S.N) Ombudsman/LOKPALILOKA YUKTAS- CONCEPT, APPLICATION, CRITICISM Administrative reform in India Since Independence (Second ARC)- E. GOVERNANCE Role of CAG/CGA-criticism Rural development: Foci, Programme and Strategies Critique of 73rd and 74th constitutional amendment Act Global-local debate New localism (S.N) Politics and administration with special reference to city management Refoms in police NIA Police Public relations Criminalization of politics and administration (S.N) Criticism of NHRC (S.N) Regulatory Commissions (S.N) Problems of administration in coalition regimes (S.N) Corruption and administration Disaster management (S.N)

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Important Topic for civil service (Mains) Examination 2011 Paper-I * Similarity between first minnowbrooke 1968 and third minnowbrooke 2008 conference findings of minnowbrook perspective 2008. Public Choice approach (S.N.) Challenges of LPG Good Governance Post weberian developments Mary Parker Follett (S.N) C. I. Barnard (S.N.) Participative Management (C. Argyris) Criticism of classical science Contemporary Theories of Leadership Public Private Partnership (M. Imp.) Parkinson's law (critique of bureaucracy) Judicial activism and Criticism

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Citizen Charters (S.N.) Social audit RTI Civil Society Dicey on Administrative Law/Criticism Central administrative tribunals- critically examine. Current Status of Comparative Public Administration Ferrel Heady's analysis of Politico-Administrative system in different countries Riggesian model's and their critique Changing profile of development Administration Anti-development thesis Bureaucracy and Development Strong state versus market debate Women and development - Self help group movement Performance appraisal (Surinder nath comittee report) Position classification (S.N.)/ good governance initiative for reforms in TRAINING. Problems of implemenatation, monitoring, evaluation (S.N.) State theories and public policy formulation Models of public policylPolicy analysis (THOMAS DYE) PERT, CPM, MIS, IT, 0 & M (S.N.) Gender budgeting, outcome budgeting (S.N.) Budgetary proces