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| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Narain, Yogendra |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Government functioning in the centre - An agenda for freedom |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. |
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| Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
1990 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
p.840-844. |
| 362 ## - DATES OF PUBLICATION AND/OR SEQUENTIAL DESIGNATION |
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| Dates of publication and/or sequential designation |
Oct.-Dec |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
Discusses the problems at secretariat level of ministries and departments in the centre and suggest some remedial measures from operational angle or as he terms it "the agenda for reform". Discussing delays, the author observes that while decentralisation has failed to lessen work-load, mounting newer responsibilities have rendered the tasks unmanageable. He is critical of elaborate hierarchical system of functioning, wastage of time in intra-ministrial discussions on files, assuming newer responsibilities even without the required expertise etc. Among rededies, the author suggests amending allocation of Business Rules; making eash department a self-contained decision-making unit; granting specific area of |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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Government |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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Administrative Department - India |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Administrative Department |
| 773 ## - HOST ITEM ENTRY |
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| Main entry heading |
Indian Journal of Public Administration |
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