UPSC Mains PUBLIC-ADMINISTRATION-PAPER-II 2013

The Charter Act of 1853 marked the beginning of parliamentary system in India." Explain.

Civil service neutrality is founded on the application of the principles of Rule of Law." Comment.

The second generation reforms in the Panchayati Raj institutions have changed Panchayats from an agency of development at local level into a political institution." Discuss.

Finance Commission in India performs the job of statistics aggregation." Comment.

Planning enables comprehensive and scientific understanding of problems." Examine the statement in the context of planning methodology.

Bureaucratic agencies, characterized by established procedures, specialization, leadership, clear objectives, are not ideal to handle disaster management." Examine with reference to the need for administrative flexibility in managing disasters.

The liberal-democratic ideology of the West influenced the shaping of value premises of the Indian Constitution." Discuss.

Autonomy to public sector undertakings is a myth." Analyse in the context of the use of government expenditures by politicians who control governments at different levels.

Laws are enacted without involving the police in the conception stage, with the result implementation of these laws leaves much to be desired." Examine the role of police in protection of children.

Central Secretariat is the nodal agency for administering the Union subjects and establishing coordination among the various activities of the government." Discuss.

Is there a need to dispense with the Office of the Governor? Examine in the context of coalition governments.

There is a tendency of centralism in Indian federalism, but it is not because of its institutional framework but because of its socialist goals and centrally devised plan development." Explain the statement in the context of Union-State relationship.

Use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Panchayat's functions enhances efficiency, transparency and accountability and also induces mass ICT culture." Examine.

Autonomy to public sector undertakings is a myth." Analyse in the context of the use of government expenditures by politicians who control governments at different levels.

Public Administration today tends to be less public in quantitative terms, but more responsive to public needs than before in qualitative terms." Examine with reference to citizen-centric administration.

Performance budgeting failed because it was applied to sectors/programmes where quantitative evaluation was not feasible." Examine the principles underlying performance budgeting techniques.

The design of the Indian Police was to subjugate the Indian People in the aftermath of 1857." Analyse in the context of the Indian Police Act of 1861.

Reducing the size (geographical area) of the district will provide relief to the overburdened and overworked collector." Comment.

The concept of social audit is more comprehensive than that of traditional audit." Comment.

Gandhian model of decentralization is similar to the process of reinventing governance." Analyse in the context of good governance.

Accounting is the essence of producing promptly and clearly the facts relating to financial conditions and operations that are required as a basis of management." Substantiate the statement in the context of accounting methods and techniques in government.