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Public Administration Basics

General Ability & Intelligence

Useful for: UPSC Civil Services, UPSC CAPF (AC)

Overview

Governance is the way power is exercised to manage public resources; good governance is accountable, transparent, responsive, equitable and rule-based.

Key points

Elements of good governance: rule of law, transparency, accountability, participation, responsiveness, equity, effectiveness.
The Second Administrative Reforms Commission (2005–2009) gave 15 reports on governance reform.
Accountability is political (legislature), administrative (hierarchy, audit), judicial (courts) and social (citizens, media, social audit).
Outcome budgets and performance dashboards link spending to results.
Citizen-centric governance uses charters, grievance redress and service guarantees.
Technology (DBT, e-governance) improves delivery but needs safeguards.

Practice MCQs

From the perspective of definition and scope, which one of the following statements about Public Administration Basics is correct?
1. Administrative discretion means an officer may ignore statutory limits when acting in good faith.
2. Public Administration Basics is unrelated to institutions, processes or real-world applications.
3. Public Administration Basics has no exceptions or limitations in exam analysis.
4. Public administration links policy goals to implementation through institutions, personnel, finance and accountability.
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Answer: (d) Public administration links policy goals to implementation through institutions, personnel, finance and accountability.. Public administration links policy goals to implementation through institutions, personnel, finance and accountability.
Consider the following statements on Public Administration Basics, focusing on definition and scope: 1. Administrative discretion means an officer may ignore statutory limits when acting in good faith. 2. Public administration links policy goals to implementation through institutions, personnel, finance and accountability. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
1. 1 only
2. 2 only
3. Both 1 and 2
4. Neither 1 nor 2
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Answer: (b) 2 only. Statement 2 is correct; Statement 1 is a common misconception.

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