Governance has been defined to refer to structures and
processes that are designed to ensure accountability, transparency,
responsiveness, rule of law, stability, equity and inclusiveness, empowerment,
and broad-based participation.
Governance
is the applied part of the concepts mentioned in the Indian Polity. The
questions in this section are usually related to the policies, programmes,
implementation mechanism and administrative machinery for its implementation.
These chapters are important for UPSC Main
Examination
The book
consists of following chapters:
1.
UNIVERSAL
ADULT FRANCHISE AND THE METHODS OF REPRESENTATION
2.
ELECTORAL
SYSTEM IN INDIA
3.
NATIONAL
POLITICAL PARTIES
4.
REGIONALISM
AND REGIONAL PARTIES
5.
PUBLIC
OPINION AND PRESSURE GROUPS
6.
COMMUNALISM,
CASTE AND RESERVATIONS
7.
GOOD
GOVERNANCE
8.
HUMAN
RIGHTS
9.
PUBLIC
SERVICE COMMISSIONS
10. ADMINISTRATIVE MACHINERY AT THE CENTRE, STATES AND
DISTRICT LEVELS
11. POLITICAL EXECUTIVE AND BUREAUCRACY
12. PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND REDRESSAL MACHINERY
13. POLITICAL PARTIES AND PRESSURE GROUPS
14. PEOPLE’S PARTICIPATION IN THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS
15. CHALLENGES TO INDIAN DEMOCRACY
16. NATIONAL INTEGRATION AND SECULARISM
17. SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND EMPOWERMENT OF DISADVANTAGED GROUPS