Public Administration || Paper 2 || Administrative Reforms

1^st ARC

1.   Chair – Moraji Desai; later K. Hanumanthaiah.

2.   Entry into middle and senior management levels from all service

3.   Mid-career written examination – holistic training of civil servants.

2^nd ARC Chair – Veerappa Moily

On Union Govt.

1.   Focus to be only on core areas.

2.   Separate Policy making.

3.   Coordination in implementation with other stakeholders.

4.   Signing of MoUs.

5.   More flat structure of institutions.

6.   Comprehensive Performance management system

7.   Appropriate delegation.

8.   A coordination Minister in the Union cabinet.

9.   Recasting allocation of Business.

On State Govt.

1.   Variable size of Council of Ministers

2.   Rationalization of the number of secretariats

3.   Devolution to PRIs and ULBs.

4.   Internal restructuring of the state secretariat.

5.   Computerization of records.

On District Administration

1.   DM should focus on core functions.

2.   All formations should have RTI cells.

3.   Young officers should be appointed as DMs.

4.   Implementation of Management Information Systems (MIS).

5.   Computerized grievance redressal cell.

6.   All formations to have a vigilance cell.

7.   The third tier of govt. i.e. District Government.

8.   Abolition of redundant para-statals.

On local govt.

1.    Audit committees at state level.

2.   Ombudsman for the local bodies.

3.   Benchmarking of targets.

4.   Personnel management system.

5.   Dealing with para statals like DRDA, DHS, DW&SC etc.

6.   Independent budgeting.

7.   No overriding powers of State govt. on local resolutions.

8.   Decentralized planning.

On Public Administration

1.   Establishing a National Institute of Public Administration.

2.   Indirect recruitment to IAS.

3.   More training institutions for Group B & C services.

4.   National Institute of Good Governance.

5.   Performance Management Systems across all formations.

6.   National Awards for civil servants.

7.   Code of Ethics for Ministers

8.   Code of Conduct for Administrators.

Important reforms so far..

1.   Establishment of All India Services.

2.   Gopalswammy Ayangar – O&M (1949)

3.   Planning Commission (1950) and NDC (1952)

4.   Paul H Appleby – IIPA (1950)

5.   State Reorganization Commission (1956)

6.   Community Development Programme and National Extension Scheme.

7.   New Economic Policy 1991

8.   73^rd and 74^th Amendment Acts 1992.

9.   Right to Information Act.

10.  National e-governance Plan