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Trend Analysis of Governance

The Civil Services (Main) Examination Syllabus is mentioned as: 

•  Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation.

•  Development processes and the development industry the role of NGOs, SHGs, various groups and associations, donors, charities, institutional and other stakeholders

•  Welfare schemes for vulnerable sections of the population by the Centre and States and the performance of these schemes; mechanisms, laws, institutions and bodies constituted for the protection and betterment of these vulnerable sections

•  Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector/Services relating to Health, Education, Human Resources.

•  Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector/Services relating to Health, Education, Human Resources

•  Issues relating to poverty and hunger.

•  Important aspects of governance, transparency and accountability

•  E-governance- applications, models, successes, limitations, and potential

•  Citizens charters

•  Transparency & accountability and institutional and other measures.

•  Role of civil services in a democracy.

But the above topics are defined broadly and students sometimes fail to understand the sub-topics need to be read while preparing for the subject. 

Hence, hereby providing the list of sub-topics:

Development Processes and Development Industry

•  Role of SHGs in development

•  Role of NGOs in development

•  Role of MFIs in development

•  Forms of foreign aid

Transparency and accountability

•  Concept of Transparency and accountability 

•  Role of institutional measures

Citizen Charter

•  Benefits

•  Problems in citizen charter implementation

•  Steps to improve charters

e-GOVERNANCE

•  Goals of e-governance

•  Stages of e-governance

•  E-governance initiatives in India

•  Steps for improvement

RTI

•  Salient features

•  Positive outcomes of RTI

•  Flaws in RTI

•  Recommendations for improvement

Role of civil services in a democracy

•  Linkage between civil services and democracy

•  Evolution of Indian administrative system since independence

•  Nexus between civil servants and political executives

District Administration

•  District Collector

•  Administration below the District Level

Transparency Initiatives

•  RTI

•  Citizen Charter

•  E-governance

•  Lokayukta and Lokpal

Role of Pressure Groups

•  Classification of pressure groups in India

•  Functions of pressure groups in India

•  Criticism of pressure groups

•  Corporate lobbying in India

Welfare Schemes for Vulnerable Sections

•  Welfare of Women

•  Welfare of Children

•  Welfare of SCs

•  Welfare of STs

•  Welfare of Backward Classes

•  Welfare of Minorities

•  Welfare of Disabled Persons

•  Welfare of Older Persons

•  Welfare of Victims of Drug Abuse

Rights Issues

•  Human Rights

•  Rights of Women

•  Rights of Children

•  Rights of SCs and STs

•  Rights of Backward Classes

•  Rights of Minorities

•  Rights of Disabled Persons

•  Rights of Older Persons

•  Right to Information

•  Right to Education

Poverty and Hunger

•  Human Development in India

•  Causes of poverty

•  Types of poverty

•  Calculating poverty

•  Poverty Alleviation initiatives

•  Food Security initiatives

Trend Analysis of Governance

How to Prepare:

For the preparation of this topic, apart from referring to the traditional sources (which you have read for prelims examination), students need to refer the government reports, blogs, etc.

Traditional Sources are:

1.  Governance by M. Lakshmikanth

Some of such reports are:

1.  2nd ARC report on On Capacity Building For Conflict Resolution

2.  2nd ARC report on Citizen Centric Administration

3.  Citizen Charter report by IIPA journal

Alongwith the reports, student should refer to the sources such as:

•  Editorials from Newspapers 

•  Videos of government sources as Rajya Sabha TV

•  PIB, blogs of PRS, etc

Note: In IASHELPDESK we are providing the books, reports, videos, editorials and questions at one stop so that a student may concentrate in the attainment of knowledge rather than busy accessing the different sources.