Many experiences all over the World proved that ICTs can play a major and vital role as an agent of change in rural development. There are several projects being implemented in India, which are employing ICTs to support economic development -income generating venture, increase of agricultural production, improve health conditions and promotes overall quality of life in rural areas. The present book mainly focuses on the role of ICT-led e-Governance programmes in ...
The role of public administration in governance is a continuing topic of discussion and debate. The current worldwide reassessment of the functions of the State and of public officials and civil servants arises from two major sources: one is globalization and its impacts on what governments must do to adapt and respond to rapidly changing international economic, social, political and technological trends; the other is increasing dissatisfaction among citizens in ...
The book offers a Comprehensive Overview of The Indian Administration from its evolution in the ancient time to the present day mammoth Indian administration system. It covers the political, social, economic, cultural and constitutional environment, important features of Indian polity, political executive, central secretariat, central ministers and departments, executive agencies, boards and commissions, constitutional authorities, administrative reforms, ...
Indian Administration: Retrospect and Prospect is a textbook with a difference. Prepared mainly for the benefit of students of Public Administration, it includes a wide range of materials, scattered in learned journals, reports of government commissions and committees and experiences of the Indian civil servants in the field. It is a comprehensive compendium that not only sums up the events of the past, but also suggests workable guidelines for the future ...
The Services have their own customs. Some of them have been handed down from the distant past while others are of more recent origin. A custom is an established usage and, in the main, consists of positive actions which invariably are reasonable and usually universally accepted. Customs made for a more orderly life and, when continued for a long period tend to become common Law. The majority of customs, which are unwritten in official orders or regulations, ...
This book emerges out of an intellectual curiosity that is labouring under pains to deliver what is best to the students of public administration. With the broad aim of catering to the fundamental necessity of the self starters in the discipline, the book goes beyond that and focuses its attention on the wider spectrum of socio-political environment that shapes the Kaleidoscopic horizon of the great discipline in general and the basic cognitive map of the pupils, ...
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 ...
Public service ethics : documents from different countries
This Historical research work has tried to interrogate on various aspects of Conclusions on princely States of Orissa presented by the scholars. It has touched upon less an political history and more on the impact of the imperial rule on the Socio-Economic system. A comparison in between British administered areas and princely States is made through sources which would help the future scholars for further studies.
Population policy for India : perspectives, issues, and challenges
National Population Policy 2000 is now out for implementation by the governments at union, states and local levels hopefully through involvement of other enlightened fora of the society. There was felt a need for a well rounded book which covers all aspects of population policy, particularly from the angle of a developing country like India. Divided in five parts, the book tries to provide a philosophical discussion-touching upon sociology, politics and economics ...
Development Administration in an Indian State is an account of evolution of the Block Administration and its role in introducing and inducing participatory processes of development in what is known as a ‘complex, diverse and risk-prone environment’. The book highlights the constitutional mandate for involvement of Panchayati Raj Institutions and focuses on the role of the BDO in planning and implementing the rural social development. The concept of Community ...
