The Civil Services in India
Price: 495.00
ISBN:
9780198086093
Publication date:
26/04/2013
Paperback
224 pages
186x126mm
Price: 495.00
ISBN:
9780198086093
Publication date:
26/04/2013
Paperback
224 pages
Part of Oxford India Short Introductions
S.K. Das
Rights: World Rights
S.K. Das
Description
An efficient and competent bureaucracy is indispensable to any modern state. This short introduction to the civil services in India identifies its importance in nation-building and governance, and puts forth its varied roles in the current polity. This book discusses the evolution and structure of the civil services; processes of recruitment and training; mechanisms of accountability; and the civil servant–political executive relationship. It captures the various contributions and drawbacks of the services, and advocates reforms in the existing set-up towards a cleaner, more efficient, and performance-based structure in keeping with India’s influence as an emerging superpower.
S.K. Das
Description
An efficient and competent bureaucracy is indispensable to any modern state. This short introduction to the civil services in India identifies its importance in nation-building and governance, and puts forth its varied roles in the current polity. This book discusses the evolution and structure of the civil services; processes of recruitment and training; mechanisms of accountability; and the civil servant–political executive relationship. It captures the various contributions and drawbacks of the services, and advocates reforms in the existing set-up towards a cleaner, more efficient, and performance-based structure in keeping with India’s influence as an emerging superpower.
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