Changing administrative values in India
- 1997
- p.261-274.
- Jul-Sep
With a historical perspective, the author identifies the roots of the present Indian administrative values in ancient Hindu values and subsequent changes witnessed therein under Muslim rule, which alienated local literary class, and the British rule, wherein this literary class or `Derivative Middle Class' facilitated adaptation of Indo-British values through dialectic interaction. He then critically examines the Indo-British administrative values since Independence to show that two areas where these values were challenged were Minister-Civil Servant relations (its first phase was marked by complete cooperation while the second was the phase of `Commitment' causing complete erosion of neutrality followed by caste-based reservation policy which further damaged efficacy of bureaucracy), and the public sector enterprises which are being streamlined as per the norms of new managerialism. He concludes with a note of caution to emphasise that for the benefit of the society the administrators must have strong convictions and values and at the same time they must understand the difference between their own values and those of the society. - Reproduced
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