UPSC Public Administration Syllabus 2024 for Paper 1 and 2

UPSC Public Administration Syllabus 2024

The UPSC Public Administration optional paper Syllabus 2024 covers key topics like administrative theory, organization, financial administration, public policy, development administration, personnel administration, comparative public administration, and administrative law. The comprehensive syllabus evaluates concepts, theories, and their application for effective governance. Mastering the dynamic UPSC Public Administration optional paper Syllabus 2024 provides crucial interdisciplinary perspective on public systems.

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UPSC Public Administration Syllabus 2024 Overview

There is a list of optional subjects for mains in which there are 48 subjects, from which candidates can choose according to their choice. Public Administration is one of the optional subjects for the Civil Services Exam conducted by UPSC. The optional paper is conducted for 250 marks. The UPSC CSE optional subject Public Administration Syllabus 2024 has two papers, Paper 1 and Paper 2.

Optional Public Administration Syllabus for UPSC CSE 2024

The UPSC Public Administration optional syllabus is popular due to its relevance in governance roles. The nature of the syllabus and its application in civil services make it a strategic choice. Good performance in the Public Administration optional papers can significantly improve the overall UPSC Mains score for aspirants.

If you opt for Public Administration optional in UPSC mains, prepare it thoroughly. Go through the UPSC CSE Syllabus and previous years’ Public Administration papers. Also study relevant Public Administration books for UPSC preparation.

UPSC CSE Public Administration Syllabus 2024 for Paper 1

1. Introduction:
   • Meaning, Scope, and Significance of Public Administration.
   • Wilson’s Vision of Public Administration.
   • Evolution of the Discipline and its Present Status.
   • New Public Administration.
   • Public Choice Approach.
   • Challenges of Liberalization, Privatization, Globalization.
   • Good Governance: Concept and Application.
   • New Public Management.
2. Administrative Thought:
   • Scientific Management and Scientific Management Movement.
   • Classical Theory.
   • Weber’s Bureaucratic Model, Critique, and Post-Weberian Developments.
   • Dynamic Administration (Mary Parker Follett).
   • Human Relations School (Elton Mayo and Others).
   • Functions of the Executive (C.I. Barnard).
   • Simon’s Decision-Making Theory.
   • Participative Management (R. Likert, C. Argyris, D. McGregor).
3. Administrative Behaviour:
   • Process and Techniques of Decision-Making.
   • Communication.
   • Morale.
   • Motivation Theories: Content, Process, and Contemporary.
   • Theories of Leadership: Traditional and Modern.
4. Organizations:
   • Theories Systems, Contingency.
   • Structure and Forms: Ministries and Departments, Corporations, Companies.
   • Boards and Commissions.
   • Ad Hoc and Advisory Bodies.
   • Headquarters and Field Relationships.
   • Regulatory Authorities.
   • Public-Private Partnerships.
5. Accountability and Control:
   • Concepts of Accountability and Control.
   • Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Control over Administration.
   • Citizen and Administration.
   • Role of Media, Interest Groups, Voluntary Organizations.
   • Civil Society.
   • Citizen’s Charters.
   • Right to Information.
   • Social Audit.
6. Administrative Law:
   • Meaning, Scope, and Significance.
   • Dicey on Administrative Law.
   • Delegated Legislation.
   • Administrative Tribunals.
7. Comparative Public Administration:
   • Historical and Sociological Factors Affecting Administrative Systems.
   • Administration and Politics in Different Countries.
   • Current Status of Comparative Public Administration.
   • Ecology and Administration.
   • Riggsian Models and Their Critique.
8. Development Dynamics:
   • Concept of Development.
   • Changing Profile of Development Administration.
   • ‘Anti-development Thesis’.
   • Bureaucracy and Development.
   • Strong State versus the Market Debate.
   • Impact of Liberalization on Administration in Developing Countries.
   • Women and Development: The Self-Help Group Movement.
9. Personnel Administration:
   • Importance of Human Resource Development.
   • Recruitment, Training, Career Advancement.
   • Position Classification, Discipline, Performance Appraisal.
   • Promotion, Pay, and Service Conditions.
   • Employer-Employee Relations.
   • Grievance Redressal Mechanism.
   • Code of Conduct.
   • Administrative Ethics.
10. Public Policy:
    • Models of Policy-Making and Their Critique.
    • Processes of Conceptualization, Planning, Implementation, Monitoring, Evaluation, and Review.
    • Limitations.
    • State Theories and Public Policy Formulation.
11. Techniques of Administrative Improvement:
    • Organization and Methods.
    • Work Study and Work Management.
    • E-Governance and Information Technology.
    • Management Aid Tools like Network Analysis, MIS, PERT, CPM.
12. Financial Administration:
    • Monetary and Fiscal Policies.
    • Public Borrowings and Public Debt.
    • Budgets Types and Forms.
    • Budgetary Process.
    • Financial Accountability.
    • Accounts and Audit.

UPSC CSE Public Administration Syllabus 2024 for Paper 2

1. Evolution of Indian Administration:
   • Kautilya Arthashastra.
   • Mughal Administration.
   • Legacy of British Rule in Politics and Administration.
   • Indianization of Public Services.
   • Revenue Administration.
   • District Administration.
   • Local Self-Government.
2. Philosophical and Constitutional Framework of Government:
   • Salient Features and Value Premises.
   • Constitutionalism.
   • Political Culture.
   • Bureaucracy and Democracy.
   • Bureaucracy and Development.
3. Public Sector Undertakings:
   • Public Sector in Modern India.
   • Forms of Public Sector Undertakings.
   • Problems of Autonomy, Accountability, and Control.
   • Impact of Liberalization and Privatization.
4. Union Government and Administration:
   • Executive, Parliament, Judiciary: Structure, Functions, Work Processes.
   • Recent Trends.
   • Intra-Governmental Relations.
   • Cabinet Secretariat.
   • Prime Minister’s Office.
   • Central Secretariat.
   • Ministries and Departments.
   • Boards, Commissions.
   • Attached Offices.
   • Field Organizations.
5. Plans and Priorities:
   • Machinery of Planning.
   • Role, Composition, and Functions of Planning Commission and National Development Council.
   • ‘Indicative’ Planning.
   • Process of Plan Formulation at Union and State Levels.
   • Constitutional Amendments (1992) and Decentralized Planning for Economic Development and Social Justice.
6. State Government and Administration:
   • Union-State Administrative, Legislative, and Financial Relations.
   • Role of the Finance Commission.
   • Governor, Chief Minister, Council of Ministers.
   • Chief Secretary, State Secretariat, Directorates.
7. District Administration since Independence:
   • Changing Role of the Collector.
   • Union-State-Local Relations.
   • Imperatives of Development Management and Law and Order Administration.
   • District Administration and Democratic Decentralization.
8. Civil Services:
   • Constitutional Position.
   • Structure, Recruitment, Training, and Capacity Building.
   • Good Governance Initiatives.
   • Code of Conduct and Discipline.
   • Staff Associations.
   • Political Rights.
   • Grievance Redressal Mechanism.
   • Civil Service Neutrality.
   • Civil Service Activism.
9. Financial Management:
   • Budget as a Political Instrument.
   • Parliamentary Control of Public Expenditure.
   • Role of Finance Ministry in Monetary and Fiscal Area.
   • Accounting Techniques.
   • Audit.
   • Role of Controller General of Accounts and Comptroller and Auditor General of India.
10. Administrative Reforms since Independence:
    • Major Concerns.
    • Important Committees and Commissions.
    • Reforms in Financial Management and Human Resource Development.
    • Problems of Implementation.
11. Rural Development:
    • Institutions and Agencies since Independence.
    • Rural Development Programmes: Foci and Strategies.
    • Decentralization and Panchayati Raj.
    • 73rd Constitutional Amendment.
12. Urban Local Government:
    • Municipal Governance: Main Features, Structures, Finance, and Problem Areas.
    • 74th Constitutional Amendment.
    • Global-Local Debate.
    • New Localism.
    • Development Dynamics, Politics, and Administration with Special Reference to City Management.
13. Law and Order Administration:
    • British Legacy.
    • National Police Commission.
    • Investigative Agencies.
    • Role of Central and State Agencies Including Paramilitary Forces.
    • Criminalisation of Politics and Administration.
    • Police-Public Relations.
    • Reforms in Police.
14. Significant Issues in Indian Administration:
    • Values in Public Service.
    • Regulatory Commissions.
    • National Human Rights Commission.
    • Problems of Administration in Coalition Regimes.
    • Citizen-Administration Interface.
    • Corruption and Administration.
    • Disaster Management.

Preparation develops analytical skills to critically examine public policies, social welfare initiatives, and reforms. The optional subject has contemporary relevance for aspirants aiming for public service. Understanding administrative structures and processes is vital for UPSC CSE and future governance roles.

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