Syllabus Master Notes
Concise, exam-oriented revision summaries for all 10 UGC NET Paper 2 Public Administration syllabus units, including classical & modern administrative thinkers, theories, and key constitutional concepts.
Introduction, Organization and Personnel Administration
Public Administration meaning, nature, scope and significance; Evolution; Paradigm shift to governance; Principles of Organization (Hierarchy, Span of control, Unity of command, Delegation); Personnel Administration (Classification, recruitment, training, promotion).
Administrative Thought
Approaches to the Study of Public Administration: Oriental, Classical, Human Relations, Behaviouralism, Motivation, Organizational Humanism, Minnowbrook Perspective, New Public Service, Postmodernism.
Indian Administration
Evolution and Constitutional Framework; Union Government (President, PM, Cabinet Committees, PMO, Election Commission); Accountability and Grievance Redressal (Lokpal, Lokayukta); Civil Services Classification and Reforms; Planning (NITI Aayog); Judiciary and Police.
State & Local Administration
State Administration (Governor, CM, Chief Secretary, Secretariat); District Administration (District Collector, Autonomous District Councils); Rural Local Governance (73rd Amendment, PRIs); Urban Governance (74th Amendment, Municipalities, Smart Cities).
Comparative and Development Administration
Comparative Public Administration: Approaches, Riggs typology, Administrative systems of UK, USA, France, Japan. Development Administration: SDGs, Ecology, Role of bureaucracy, PPP, CSR, Social audit.
Economic and Financial Administration
Economic policies (LPG, NEP); Public enterprises (growth, forms, autonomy, disinvestment); Financial Administration (Budgeting process, PPBS, ZBB, Gender Budget, FRBMA); Fiscal federalism; Financial control (PAC, CAG); Taxation policies.
Social Welfare Administration and Disaster Management
Concepts of social welfare, justice and change; Affirmative action; NGOs; Policies for SC, ST, OBC, women, children, minorities; Commissions; Disaster Management (Nature, institutional arrangements, role of state/non-state actors).
Public Policy
Evolution of Policy Sciences; Approaches (process, phenomenological, participatory); Theories and models (Lasswell, Lindblom, Dror); Policy-making institutions; Policy analysis types; Implementation and evaluation; Role of media and civil society.
Governance and Good Governance
Concepts (Ancient discourse, World Bank, UNDP); Public Choice Theory; New Public Management; Public Value Theory; Collaborative and Digital Governance (e-governance, digital divide); Right to Information; Citizen's Charter; Ethics and Accountability.
Research Methodology
Social science research; Types of research; Research design; Data collection methods (sampling, observation, questionnaire, interview); Data analysis; Report writing; Ethics in research.