Download or read book Public Administration in India written by S.R. Maheshwari and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2006-06-05 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about public administration in India, which is often synonymous with the role and performance of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS). The author stresses the indispensability of the civil service in a democratic polity like India and the decisive role it plays in assisting with the social and economic development of the country. He also examines the corruption in the bureaucracy and the question of ethics and morality and analyses elaborate and competitive recruitment process of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) of India.