Governance In India

The second revised edition of governance in india by laxmikanth is focused exam-centric book for aspirants of the civil services and other similar competitive examinations. However, the nature of the topic and the contents will be extremely relevant and useful for those interested in understanding the evolving dynamics of the system of governance in the country. In his inimitable style which is hallmark of laxmikanth's books, the author clearly identifies the topics of the subject and presents them in his familiar reader friendly format. It is also worth mentioning that these topics do not overlap with his indian polity booktable of contentsrights issuespublic policycentral administrationstate administrationdivisional administrationdistrict administrationpersonnel administrationfinancial administrationlaw and order administrationcontrol over administrationstatutory bodiesregulatory bodiesquasi-judicial bodiesautonomous bodiesadvisory bodiesexecutive bodiesgovernment interventions for developmentwelfare schemes for vulnerable sectionslaws for protection of vulnerable sectionsinstitutions and bodies for vulnerable sectionsimportant aspects of governancecomparison of the constitutionsappendix 1. List of committees and commissions appendix 2. Second administrative reforms commission (moily) appendix 3. Committee on civil service reforms (hota) appendix 4. Committee on police reforms (sorabjee) appendix 5. Sixth pay commission (srikrishna) appendix 6. Seventh pay commission constituted appendix 7. Committee on status of muslims (sachar) appendix 8. 13th finance commission (kelkar) appendix 9. 14th finance commission constituted appendix 10. 20th law commission constituted appendix 11. Practice questions on governance (general studies-prelims) appendix 12. Practice questions on governance (general studies-mains)