Public Administration UPSC PYQ 2014

(a) "New public management and post new public management reforms initiatives have affected the balance between managerial, political, administrative, legal, professional and social accountability." Analyse.

(b) "Delegation to independent agencies has taken place in an interdependent progress driven by emulation." Discuss in the context of independent regulatory agencies in the modern regulatory State.

(c) "Voluntary organizations have become tools of sensitization of governmental agencies." Comment.

(a) What are the implications of the post-structuralist perspective on the discrete aspects of Public Administration, coming from its epistemological positions?

(b) "Adaptive, problem-solving, temporary systems of diverse specialists, linked together by coordinating executives in an organic flux - this is original form that will gradually replace bureaucracy." Discuss, in the light of this statement, the 'end of bureaucracy' thesis and its strengths and limitations.

(c) "Karl Marx's interpretation of bureaucracy was rooted in the history of the nature of the State." Evaluate.

(d) "The conceptual division between administrative and constitutional law is quite porous, and that along many dimensions, more constitutional in character than the constitutions." How would you justify the statement?

(e) Is Peter Drucker justified in saying, "Management principles should not tell us what to do, but only tell us what not to do"? Comment.

(a) Discuss the changes in the powers of Controller and Auditor General (CAG) of India, following a recent Supreme Court judgement concerning a private service provider.

(b) Parliamentary committees bring about accountability and public expenditure. Discuss.

(c) Do you think that the role of Panchayati Raj should go beyond development administration? Give reasons for your answer.

(d) "Police-public relations are a story of insincere efforts made on both sides." Elaborate.

(e) "From coalition government to one-party dominance is a big change that is bound to affect the governmental system." Explain why and how.