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The Civil Services in India: Oxford India Short Introductions
S. K. das
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paperback. An efficient and competent bureaucracy is indispensable to any modern state. Exploring the evolution, role, structure, and size of civil services in India, this book captures its various challenges and drawbacks and advocates reforms towards a cleaner, more efficient, and performance-based structure. Series: Oxford India Short Introductions Series. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JPP; KCP; KNV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 184 x 124 x 16. Weight in Grams: 190.
An efficient and competent bureaucracy is indispensable to any modern state. This short introduction identifies the importance of civil services in nation-building and governance, and puts forth its varied roles in the current polity: as a regulator, a facilitator, and an executer of development policies. Presenting a clear and concise introduction to the civil services in India, the book engages with: its evolution, size, and structure against a brief historical background the processes of recruitment, training, and performance assessment the managerial, political, social, and judicial mechanisms of accountability; and the relationship between civil servants and the ... Read more
An efficient and competent bureaucracy is indispensable to any modern state. This short introduction identifies the importance of civil services in nation-building and governance, and puts forth its varied roles in the current polity: as a regulator, a facilitator, and an executer of development policies. Presenting a clear and concise introduction to the civil services in India, the book engages with: its evolution, size, and structure against a brief historical background the processes of recruitment, training, and performance assessment the managerial, political, social, and judicial mechanisms of accountability; and the relationship between civil servants and the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Oxford University Press India
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Series
Oxford India Short Introductions Series
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
New Delhi, India
ISBN
9780198086093
SKU
V9780198086093
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About S. K. das
S.K. Das is Honorary Advisor, Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), Department of Space, Government of India. Prior to this, he was Member (Finance), Space Commission and Atomic Energy Commission, and Ex-officio Secretary, Government of India.
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