Civil Law (Books and Journals)

• Indian Journal of Public Administration

S. Narayan, The Dravidian Years: Politics and Welfare in Tamil Nadu. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2018, 262 pp., ₹550 (Hardcopy).

• Indian Journal of Public Administration

• Indian Journal of Public Administration

Medical tourism has been a rising service industry across the world for the last two decades. This paper outlines the theoretical perspective that governs the study of medical tourism, analyses the development of the sector in India and puts forth suggestions on how to promote further growth of medical tourism in the country. The paper proposes that the observed clustering of medical facilities...

• Indian Journal of Public Administration

Nilmadhab Mohanty, Political Economy of Mining in India. New Delhi: Har-Anand Publications Pvt Ltd, 2017, 240 pp., ₹695 (Hardcover).

• Indian Journal of Public Administration

Abhishek Choudhary, Vajpayee: The Ascent of the Hindu Right 1924–1977. Pune: Picador, 2023, 432 pp., ₹899.

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As a key stakeholder within the domain of environmental governance, civil society influences the actions and outcomes of regulatory mechanisms and organisations, in addition to the state, market and communities. The research article attempts to understand the influence civil society exerts in addressing the environmental concerns of three village panchayats in Kathua district, Jammu and Kashmir,...

• Indian Journal of Public Administration

Uddipana Goswami, Conflict and Reconciliation: Politics of Ethnicity in Assam. India: Routledge, 2014, 223 pp., ₹695, ISBN 978-0-415-71113-5.

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Article 356 of the Indian Constitution has often been subjected to the partisan use by the successive Central governments since 1950. However, the shift from a single-party majority government to a multi-party coalition governments in national politics since early 1990s has largely influenced the scope and intent of invoking this Article. The coalition government’s survival with the backing of...

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This study analyses the social impact of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) spending undertaken by the major Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) in India. An attempt has been made to measure the social impact of CSR spending on selected PSUs by taking suitable proxies. A comparative study of the social impact of the selected PSUs with respect to CSR spending has been made by four-quadrant...

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A large majority of Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSE) have been in existence for more than six decades and might soon complete a century of existence. They may soon qualify to be called as companies ‘Built to Last’. Notwithstanding the clamouring for ‘privatisation’ and the frequent interference by the government in matters solely concerning the management, the large majority of CPSEs...

• Indian Journal of Public Administration

• Indian Journal of Public Administration

The de-operationalisation of Article 370 has given a new lease of life to grassroots democracy in the erstwhile State of Jammu and Kashmir. The Union government has made it clear that the main priority is to strengthen grassroots democracy there. At present, the erstwhile State which was once battered by militancy, insurgency as well economic and political instability has embarked on the path of...

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• Indian Journal of Public Administration

School education in pre-colonial India was universal and inclusive. Children of every caste and class, at an average age of 5 years, attended schools. The elementary school teaching consisted of three universal subjects: akshara (script) gyan, bhasha (language) gyan and arithmetic. The fourth subject varied from regions to regions: it was moral–civic education to skill education. The education...

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Considering the dearth of research on the performance of and the citizen’s trust in local government institutions (LGIs) in Bangladesh, this study focuses on Union Parishad (UP)—the lowest tier of LGIs at grassroots. By combining both quantitative and qualitative methods of investigation, primary data through questionnaire survey among service recipients and through key informants’ interviews...

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• Indian Journal of Public Administration

• Indian Journal of Public Administration

There cannot be a more appropriate time for infusing the education system of India with flexibility, innovativeness and quality. National Education Policy (NEP), 2020, is a step in this direction which emphasises on inclusiveness, equity and quality with a clear focus on the attainment of learning outcomes. NEP 2020 promotes the adoption of learner-centric education which develops critical...

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This article attempts to understand how and why deviant behaviour emerges among executive-grade officers in Sri Lanka. This qualitative research includes open-ended interviews with eight executive-grade officers in the government sector. The thematic data analysis of the interviews revealed several factors that influence deviant behaviour among them. These include individual characteristics,...

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Water resource management is one of the most intractable challenges for planners and policymakers today. Given the limited supply, continuously growing demand and declining quality of freshwater, it is imperative to safeguard and effectively manage this resource. In order to effectively address significant challenges to human health and environmental deterioration, it is necessary to adopt a...

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• Indian Journal of Public Administration

Pandemic COVID-19 has transformed our understanding of established notions of leadership and management for tackling emergency situations where the public themselves becomes the cause and bears the effect of it. This study on Red Volunteers in West Bengal provides a ready example of how public management can be created at the local level (neighbourhood/para) to tackle the spread and veracity of a

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The COVID-19 pandemic had posed significant challenges for public health systems worldwide. Countries had been experimenting with innovative solutions to address the crisis. Artificial Intelligence (AI) has emerged as a promising technology in this regard, with its potential to improve disease detection, contact tracing, and vaccine distribution. The Government of India had administered more than

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A paradigm shift in the governance process is being observed because the Central and state governments have started working on Citizen’s Charters to deliver services within a time-frame. Information Communication Technology is playing a great role in fulfilling the service-delivery timelines according to the provisions of Right to Services Act, 2014. The Haryana government has come up with an...

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Parliamentary committees are evolution of practice and procedures of legislations in liberal democracies over the years. The strength of a procedural democracy is enriched by the way the committees act to provide scrutiny, evaluation, and the improvement of the legislation and policy outcomes. This article articulates the imperative of parliamentary committees in strengthening legislation and...

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Working conditions in an organisation have a direct bearing on its performance. Better working conditions are a source of constant motivation for its employees, which further help in extracting their best towards realisation of organisational goals in terms of customer satisfaction. Police organisation is no exception and to generate people-friendly policing, amelioration in their working...

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• Indian Journal of Public Administration

The state of Kerala is experiencing an influx in migration from the northern states of the country for the past decades. In order to study the present migration trend, the article attempts to analyse the wages, employment and working patterns of inter-state migrant workers. The article also compares the condition of inter-state migrant workers to that of the native workers. This study looks at...

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