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New Publication: ‘A Profile of The Public Service of India’

5 August 2004

Public servants, diplomats, politicians and academics will find this book a useful reference for public sector reform.

To what extent has public sector reform been implemented in India in the past 10 years? What is the level of success achieved through various administrative reforms in the state and federal governments? These developments are addressed in a revised and updated country profile of India's Public Service and its achievements since the launch of the Commonwealth Profiles series in 1995. It was the time when the principles of New Public Management were at an early stage of adoption in the civil services of Commonwealth countries.

'A Profile of the Public Service of India - Current Good Practices and New Developments in Public Service Management', published by the Commonwealth Secretariat, looks at the structure and character of India's Public Service. It examines human resource management and efforts at enhancing efficiency and innovation. This includes corporatisation and outsourcing. Record management and documentation are also focused on as well as improvements in public services through greater accountability, integrity, transparency and access to information.

Over the years, the Government of India has initiated a wide-ranging programme of economic reform, liberalisation and structural adjustment. The public sector has become less dominant with the decline in government ownership in many existing public sector organisations. The recent constitutional amendment to limit the size of central and state ministries is aimed at the rationalisation of functions and portfolios of public sector organisations. This book also examines the extent of electronic governance in India since the introduction of an information and communications technology policy in 1998.

Public servants, diplomats, politicians and academics will find this book a useful reference for public sector reform.
 

Published by: Commonwealth Secretariat
ISBN: 0-85092-751-X; 188 pages; price: £10.95
HOW TO ORDER
This title can be bought online at http://www.publications.thecommonwealth.org/. 

A full catalogue of Commonwealth Secretariat publications can be viewed on the website, which provides a secure online buying facility, and orders can also be made through e-mail or by post. Pre-payment is essential. Payment by sterling cheque, international money order, postal order or bank draft must accompany your order. 

Payment should be in sterling, drawn on a UK bank and made out to the Commonwealth Secretariat. If you require the order form as an attachment in Word format please e-mail Rupert Jones-Parry of the Publications Section (see address below). Post and packaging charges should be added to every order in the following way: UK orders: 15 per cent of order value (minimum charge £2.00). Non-UK orders: 25 per cent of order value (minimum charge £3.50). 

Send orders to: Rupert Jones-Parry, Publications Section, Commonwealth Secretariat, Marlborough House, Pall Mall, London SW1Y 5HX, United Kingdom.

Tel: +44 (0)20 7747 6342; Fax: +44 (0)20 7839 9081;

E-mail: r.jones-parry@commonwealth.int

 

CNIS - the Commonwealth News and Information Service Issue 195    4 August 2004