Civil service system in India: a critical overview
- 2000
- p.13-23
- Apr-Jun
The paper discusses the development of the civil service, delineates its internal labour market, and analyses its representativeness. Issues such as politicisation of civil service, the perception of civil servants about themselves, and the views that different sections of society have about them, are also discussed. The paper outlines the various measures introduced for reforming the civil service in India and the extent of their diffusion. Finally the paper suggests a scheme for the revamp of the Indian civil service system, it specifically centers around the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) which acts as the hub of the administrative machinery of the country. - Reproduced