C.S.E-Mains 1994PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION PAPER - ISECTION A1. Comment on any three of the following in not more than 200 words each:(a) Most of the propositions that make up the body of administrative theory today share,unfortunately this defect of proverbs.(b) The postwar formulations of White and Pfeiffer reflect the new public policy orientation the conception of administration as a political process.(c) Taylors Scientific Management already offered a humanistic theory of motivation, withits democratic and participatory emphases, that was hardly improved on by Elton Mayo andothers.(d) Thus the endurance of organization depends upon the quality of leadership.2. Explicate the theoretical premises of New Public Administration and show how far their concernswere accommodated in Public Administration.3. (a) As March and Simon point out, there seems to exist a Greshams Law of decisionmaking.Explain.(b) The distinction between line authority and professional expertness is also less clear-cut inreality than the abstract concepts of line and staff makes it appear. Discuss.4. Bring out the importance of communication in administrative organizations. What are the drawbacksin upward communication?SECTION B5. Comment on any three of the following in not more than 200 word each:(a) The main distinction between administration in western countries and in under4evelopedcountries does not lie in differences in socio-cultural heritage but rather in the respectiveeconomic environments.(b) The administrator is a layman rather than a specialist; or at least he has about him somethingof the qualities of a layman.(c) The entire process of development and nation building hinges on the effectiveness ofadministrative reforms.(d) The emphasis in most of the writings on comparative bureaucracy appears to be on theinteraction between the administrative subsystem and the political system in which it exists.6. Examine the view that during the last two decades Programming, Planning and Budgeting systemand even Zero Base Budgeting have been driven out by political dissensions.7. (a) Administrative law is not a rigid, rule-bound barrier to good management. Discuss.(b) The basic issue of administrative accountability relates to that part of Public Administrationwhich has something concrete to contribute towards not only policy execution but also policyformulation and policy adjudication. Comment.8. Elucidate the concept of policy implementation. How does implementation assessment focus on theOperation of a public policy? PAPER - IISECTION A1. Comment upon any three of the following in not more than 200 words each:(a) The word socialist in the Preamble to our Constitution requires to be defined.(b) The Cabinet is not a constitutional body.(c) The organization of the Planning Commission is in consonance with its expert character.(d) The public sector has to grow. It has a strategic importance.2. In framing a Federal Constitution the Constituent Assembly had many models to draw upon, but itwisely decided to take the Government of India Act, 1935 as the basis on which the new Constitutionwas to be framed. Critically examine this statement.3. (a) One weakness of the Gopalaswami plan was to identify a ministry with a ministers charge.Discuss, in this context, Gopalaswami Ayyangars recommendations regarding Secretariatorganization.(b) Although training in development administration, on the surface, appears to be a straight,simple matter a close hard look reveals its manifold complexities and interrelated problems.Elucidate the statement.4. Critically review the constitutional provisions relating to centre-state administrative relations in Indiaduring normal times within the framework of a normative federal system.SECTION B5. Comment upon any three of the following in not more than 200 words each:(a) As an auditor, the Comptroller and Auditor-Generals functions and authority are wider andmore comprehensive than those exercised by professional auditors. -(b) By virtue of his unique position as head of the official machinery and adviser to the StateCouncil of Ministers, the Chief Secretary has an extremely important role to play in the stateadministration.(c) Autonomy of local bodies is conditioned by state-local relations and the managerialcapability of the local bodies themselves.(d) Corruption has been considered desirable and functional on various grounds.6. Maintenance of law and order is a de facto concurrent subject. Discuss, in this connection, theroles of the centre and the states in the law-and-order field.7. (a) The Bengal pattern of district administration was based on the Zamindari system of landtenure. Explain.(b) The resource base and the social and cultural heritage of our Scheduled Tribe population isgetting eroded through a combination of development interventions, commercial exploitationand ineffective legal and administrative systems. Comment.8. Discuss the urban anti-poverty programmes launched hi recent times to ameliorate the povertysituation in our urban areas.