Governance in India : Paradigms and Practices

Contents Acknowledgements 1 Introduction Governance in India Facts and FacetsRamesh K Arora and Meena Sogani I Premises and Postulates 2 Challenges of GovernanceIK Gujral 3 Good Governance The Perennial paradoxK Kishore 4 Good governance and developmentN Vittal 5 Some political and administrative issues in India?s governanceCN Bhalerao 6 Crying need for reformRamesh Sood II Critical Concerns 7 Idealism in civil servicePR Dubhashi 8 Concept of public accountability The emerging emphasisArvind K Sharma 9 Civil servants in India ? Anonymous ciphers or questioning neutralsMarina R Pinto 10 Activism in administrationBG Sharma 11 Economic liberalization and globalization Impact on state administration and societyNoorjahan Bava 12 Good governance and Indian administration A Case for civil service reformDJ Bhaumik III Empathy and Sympathy 13 Governance and civil society Exploring the relationshipAP Saxena 14 Citizen-centric administration Rhetoric and realityIC Srivastava 15 Reaching the unreachedRajendra Bhanawat IV Ground Reality 16 Local government and federalism in IndiaRakesh Hooja 17 Re-engineering PRIs in the 21st Century rural IndiaHoshiar Singh 18 Disaster risk reduction through capacity building of the community and panchayati raj institutionsPardeep Sahni and Alka Dhameja 19 Community liaison groups Their contribution to policing in RajasthanMK Devarajan V Salient Subsystems 20 Negotiating for IndiaJagat S Mehta 21 Excellence through quality secondary educationSuresh Misra 22 Governance of Water Resources Some issuesShahd S Acharya VI Man with a Mission 23 Life at eightyB Hooja 24 Looking back at my official government careerB Hooja 25 Bhupendra Hooja A Man for all SeasonsRakesh Hooja 26 Remembering Bhupendra HoojaLloyd I Rudolph 27 Memories of good old BhoopiInder Malhotra 28 B Hooja as I knew HimTN Chaturvedi 2 Recalling a friendshipVBL MathurThe present anthology of original essays written by eminent academicians and civil servants focuses on key paradigms of governance in India in the perspective of their multifarious concerns applications and impact Several critical issues pertaining to administrative structures organizational behaviour transparency accountability ethics and effectiveness have been examined by the contributors in a most disapassionate manner The studies contained in the volume are empirical analytical as well as instrumental providing guidelines for enhancing the efficacy of multi-level governance systems in India The focus of analysis is on macro and micro level institutional dynamics The canvas is vast and the strokes create a variety of colours and impressionsThe volume poses several meaningful questions addresses a variety of concerns and also attempts to provide possible policy responses to the problem-areas of governance in India It will be found interesting and useful to the students and teachers of political science and public administration perceptive analysis of governance systems and creative policy makers 302 pp.…