District Administration : Redefining the Development Role

Contents Foreword. Introduction. 1. The collector today and tomorrow/P.K. Dave. 2. The emerging role of the collector/M.P. Pai. 3. District officer in India agent for change/Edwin Eames and Parmatama Saran. 4. District and state administration a new leadership role for the IAS/G.C. Singhvi. 5. Administering a district in India reviewing collector's institution/D.S. Mishra. 6. Whither district government/Abhijit Datta. 7. The changing role of the district officer (1860 1960)/Haridwar Rai. 8. The collector in the nineteen sixties in Uttar Pradesh/J.D. Shukla. 9. The evolution of the office of collector (1770 1947)/B.B. Misra. 10. Politico administrative base of Indian field administration/Haridwar Rai. 11. Changing role of the District Magistrate/Asok Mukhopadhyay. 12. Decentralizing administrative machinery for development needs a case study of Andhra Pradesh/Y. Venugopal Reddy. 13. District collector and decentralised health planning/B.B.L. Sharma and A.D. Tripathi. 14. New pattern of district administration in Andhra Pradesh/Ram K. Vepa. 15. Changing pattern of development administration in the district/C.N. Bhalerao. Index. 284 pp.…