Public Administration || Paper I || Accountability & Control

Component of Accountability

1.   Legitimacy  

2.   Responsiveness

3.   Moral Conduct

4.   Openness

5.   Efficiency

6.   Effectiveness

7.   Optimal Resource Utilization

Types of Accountability

1.   Organizational

2.   Legal

3.   Political

4.   Professional

5.   Moral

Legislative Control

1.   Question Hour – Starred (Oral) and Unstarred.

2.   Zero Hour

3.   Half-an-hour discussion

4.   Short Duration Discussion

5.   Calling Attention Motion

6.   Adjournment Motion (Only in Lok sabha)

7.   No Confidence Motion

8.   Censure Motion

9.   Budget Discussion

Executive Control

1.   Appointments and removals

2.   Delegated Legislation

3.   Ordinance

4.   Budget

Judicial Control

1.   In cases of abuse of authority

2.   Error of law

3.   Writs

4.   Judicial review

Components of Equity Theory of Control

1.   Self Insight

2.   Self Outsight

3.   Other’s insight

4.   Other’s outsight

“Social accountability is an approach towards building accountability that relies on civic engagement in which citizens and Civil society organizations participate directly or indirectly in exacting accountability.” – World bank