Meghalaya Public Service Commission Syllabus 2021

The Meghalaya Public Service Commission is the State Public Service Commission is provided under Article 315 read with Article 316 of the Constitution of India. Here is a Detailed Syllabus for MCS & MPS Main Exam Optional Paper - Public Administration.

MCS & MPS Mains Syllabus

Optional Paper - Public Administration

Paper‐I

Administrative theory

Section‐A

Introduction : Meaning, scope and significance of Public Administration, Public and Private

Administration, Wilson’s vision of Public Administration, Evolution of the discipline and its present status. New Public Administration. Public choice approach and New Public Management perspective. Features of

Entrepreneurial Government, Good Governance : concept and application.

Theories of Administration : Nature and typologies; Scientific Management (Taylor and the Scientific

Management Movement), Classical Theory (Fayol, Urwick, Gulick and others), Bureaucratic Theory.

(Marxist view, Weber’s model and its critique, post‐Weberian developments). Ideas of Mary Parker Follett and (C.I. Barnard) Human Relations School (Elton Mayo and others). Behavioural Approach to Organisational Analysis. Participative Management; (McGregor, Likert and others). The Systems

Approach; Open and closed systems.

Structure of public organisations : Typologies of Political Executive and their functions. Forms of

public organisations : Ministries and Departments : Corporations; Companies, Boards and Commissions;

Adhoc and Advisory bodies. Headquarters and field relationship.

Administrative Behaviour : Decision making with special reference to Herbert Simon, theories of Leadership, Communication, Morale, Motivation (Mellow and Herzberg).
Accountability and Control : Concepts of Accountability an Control; Legislative Executive and Judicial Control over Administration. Citizen and Administration, Role of civil society, people’s participation, Right to information. Administrative corruption, machinery for redressal of citizens’grievances. Citizens Charter.
Administrative Law : Meaning and significance. Delegated Legislation : Types, Advantages, Limitations, Safeguards, Administrative Tribunals : limitations and methods of ensuring effectiveness.

Section‐B

Administrative Reforms : Meaning, process and obstacles. Techniques of administrative improvement : O and M; Work Study and Work Management, Information Technology.
Comparative Public Administration : Meaning, nature and scope, Models of Comparative Public

Administration : Bureaucratic and ecological.

Development Administration : Origin and purpose. Rigg’s Prismatic‐Sala Model; Bureaucracy and
Development; Changing profile of Development Administration; new directions in peoples’s self development and empowerment.

Public Policy : Relevance of Policy making in Public Administration. Model of Policy‐making Sectoral policies (e.g. Energy, Industries Education and Transport Policies). Process of Policy formulation, problems of implementation, feed‐back and evaluation.
Personal Administration : Objectives of Personnel Administration. Importance of human resource development. Recruitment, training, career development, position classification, discipline, performance appraisal, promotion, pay and service conditions; employer‐employee relations, grievance redressal mechanism integrity and code of conduct.
Financial administration : Monetary and fiscal policies. Resource mobilisation : tax and non‐tax sources. Public borrowings and public debt. Concepts and types of budget. Preparation and execution of the budget. Deficit financing. Performance budgeting. Legislative control. Accounts and Audit.

Paper‐II

Indian Administration

Section‐A

Evolution of Indian Administration Kautilya, Mughal period, British legacy.
Constitutional Framework value premises of the Constitution, Parliamentary democracy, federalism,

Planning, Human Rights : National Human Rights Commission.

Union Government and Administration : President Prime Minister, Council of Ministers, Cabinet committees, Cabinet Secretariat, Prime Minister’s Office, Central Secretariat, Ministries and Departments,

Advisory Bodies, Boards and Commissions, Field Organisations.

State Government and Administration : Governor, Chief Minister, Council of Ministers, Chief

Secretary, State Secretariat Directorates.

District Administration : Changing role of the District Collector : Law and Order and Development Management. Relationship with functional departments. District administration and the Panchayati Raj institutions. Role and functions of the Sub‐Divisional Officer.

Local Government : Panchayati Raj and Urban Local Government. Structures, Functions, finances. Main features of 73rd and 74th Constitutional Amendments : Problems of implementation. Major rural and urban development programmes and their management.
Public Sector : Forms of public undertakings. Their contribution to the economy; problems of autonomy and accountability. Changing role of the Public Sector in the context of liberalisation.

Section‐B

Public Services : All India Services Constitutional position, role and functions. Central Services : nature and functions. Union Public Service Commission. State Services and the State Public Service Commissions.

Training in the changing context of governance.

Control of Public Expenditure : Parliamentary control Estimates Committee, Public Accounts Committee, Committee on Public Undertakings, Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India, Role of the Finance Ministry in monetary and fiscal policy area, co‐ordination and economy in expenditure.

Administrative Reforms : Reforms since independence. Reports of the Administrative Reforms Commission, Problems of implementation.

Machinery for Planning : Role, composition and review of functions of the Planning Commission; Role of the National development Council. Process of Plan formulation at Union and State levels. Decentralised planning.
Administration of Law and Order : Role of Central and State Agencies in maintenance of law and order. Criminalisation of politics and administration.
Welfare Administration : Machinery for welfare administration at the national and state levels.

Central Social Welfare Board and the State, Social Welfare Boards. Special organisations for the welfare of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. Welfare Programmes for women and children. Problems of child labour. Role of civil society.

Major issues in Indian Administration : Problems of Centre‐State Relations; Relationship between political and permanent Executives. Values in Public Service and Administrative Culture. Lok Pal and Lok Ayuktas. Development and environmental issues. Impact of information Technology on Public

Administration. Indian Administration and Globalisation.