01401pab a2200181 454500008004000000100001500040245006400055260000900119300001500128362001200143520087200155650003401027650002801061650002601089650003401115650002601149773004401175180718b2006   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aDhar, T.N.  aGood governance, civil service reforms and decentralisation  c2006  ap.448-458.  aJul-Sep  aIn a developing country like India, full transition to market systems has to be very wisely and cautiously brought about or else the impacts of change can be inequitable and even catastrophic. The state has still to be the major player in social and economic development of its people in more ways than one. Even in advanced countries the state plays a pervasive role in economic affairs. What we need is not less state but better state. We need to do away with the soft state which makes more laws than it can enforce, which over-centralises, which is driven by ideological posturings, which stifles initiative and creativity and which arrogates to itself functions which can be performed better by people themselves. We need a bold, effective and credible state which trusts people, which governs through policy and bold, open, people-friendly action. - Reproduced.  aPublic administration - India  aGood governance - India  aCivil service - India  aAdministrative reform - India  aAdministrative reform  aIndian Journal of Public Administration