Modern Public Administration

The present compilation of articles, papers, excerpts and notes is intended as supplementary reading material for students and scholars of public administration. The various courses conducted by public administration institutions at the Central and State levels too have been considered in respect of their syllabus, course contents and requirements. Thus the material presented here would be of interest as well as great use to aspirants of the Central and State level commission services. The compilation deals with the all aspects of modern context of public administration. The main topics elaborately dealt herein are: Public Administration and Institutionality; Administration and the Administrative Pattern; Formal Structure of Government and Administration; Contemporary Concepts and Practice; Development Administration Evaluation Concept and Norms; Development Impact on Politics and Administration; Regionalisation of Policies and Procedures in Planning; Central and Local Administration Relations, Administrative Infrastructure; Structure and Organisation; Regional Development Administration and Planning; Policy Making Instrumentalities; Essentials of Public Administration; Socio-political Aspects of Public Administration; Modernising Public Administration Data Needs etc.