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, ...
Increasing inter-State disparities across India have received some attention. What can be done to ensure that the trickle down benefits of growth percolate to all regions, and the backward areas are not bypassed? But while policy intervention is indeed needed to tackle the problems of poverty and deprivation, indentification of backward regions needs to go beyond State boundaries.The attempt in this volume is to take this identification down to the level of the ...
Administrative System in Bhutan: Retrospect and Prospect
Do judges merely enforce and interpret the law? Or do they at times interpolate words into statutes, even into the Constitution? Where does interpretation end and rewriting commence? The failure of other institutions to discharge their duty has compelled courts to step far outside their traditional role. In doing so, have they stretched the law and Constitutions too far? Has their intervention been effective? Or have they run the risk of compounding cynicism? ...
Efforts have been made to reform and restructure administration in India with a view to revamp the machinery and to removing the age old cobwebs. Now the emphasis is on a new style of administration which is very close to management concepts and techniques. The 18 well-researched articles in this volume take stock of the recent administrative changes in India with special reference to administrative reforms, administrative accountability, training, local ...
World Trade Organization And India’s Trade Policy in services
Second Report: Ministry of Defence, Action Taken On The Recommendations Contained In The 6th Report Of The Committee (Tenth Lok Sabha) On The Subject `Defence Policy’ Planning And Management
The book is all about how an organization on the brink of collapse was brought around into a success story in a short span of four years. The author took over the reins of the oldest centurian Malayalam daily when everyone lost hope of its survival. The book reveals how as CEO, the author could make a speedy turn around by using conventional and timetested management principles, tools and techniques. It is in the style and the highly personalized way of its ...
Urban local government and administration in India: as per the Constitution (74th Amendment) Act, 1992
