00867pab a2200145 454500008004000000100002300040245004500063260000900108300001500117362001200132520046900144650003600613650002800649773004400677180718b1997   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aMukhopadhyay, Asok  aChanging role of the district magistrate  c1997  ap.696-702.  aJul-Sep  aTracing briefly the evolution and blossoming of the institution of District Magistrate (DM) through East India Company times and the period following when it embodied the imperial government, the author critically analyses the phase of its decline beginning in 1960s and reasons thereof. He then examines the future prospects of this institution keeping in view demands of technology of planning and development necessitating redefinition of its role. - Reproduced  aDistrict administration - India  aDistrict administration  aIndian Journal of Public Administration