Public Administration || Paper 2 || Significant Issues

Problems of coalition

1.   Common Minimum Programme (CMP) compulsions.

2.   Selection of ministers and allocation of portfolios.

3.   Parallel power centers – chair of coalition;

4.   Compromises of coalition dharma;

5.   Bigger cabinet and unstable government;

Citizen Charter

1.   Concept originate in UK given by John Major (1991);

2.   6 principles of

a.   Quality

b.   Choice

c.   Standards

d.   Value

e.   Accountability

f.    Transparency

3.   Conference of Chief Ministers in 1997 highlighted this.

4.   Components: Vision, Mission, identification of services, identification of levels, time frame, service delivery, standards and procedures, Contact points etc.

Values in Public Service

1.   Values are the standards of desirability

2.   NOLAN committee gave seven values – Honesty, Openness, Selflessness, Objectivity, Leadership, Integrity and Accountability.
3. Van Warts value types - Individual, Professional, Organizational, Legal and Public Values

Corruption

1.   Modes – Bribery; Extortion; Nepotism; Cronyism; Patronage; Graft; Embezzlement.

2.   Types – Political; Bureaucratic; Judicial and Societal.

3.   Consequences – Political cost, economic cost, societal cost, environmental cost.

Mechanisms for Citizen-Administration Interface

1.   Citizen charter

2.   Media

3.   E-Governance

4.   Information cells

5.   Grievance redressal Mechanism

6.   Public Interest litigation

7.   Consumer forums.

8.   Right to Information.

National Human Rights Commission (NHRC)

1.   By Protection of Human Rights Act 1993;

2.   Fully autonomous;

3.   Retire CJI to be the chair;

4.   Judge of SC, HC and two eminent persons;

5.   Chair of other bodies as members: NCM; NCSC; NCST; NCW;

6.   5 years or 70 years of age, whichever is before;

7.   All powers of a civil court.

Disaster Management

1.   Need – India is 60% earthquake prone; 40 mHectares are flood prone; 7500 kms coastline is cyclone prone; 68% area drought prone.

2.   Disaster Management Act 2005 – NDMA, SDMA and DDMA; NDRF and national disaster management fund.

3.   Mitigation means – Model building by laws; town and country planning legislations, building regulations etc.

4.   Other components – Regional Response Centers and Incident command Systems.