Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Indian Administration Syllabus - Mumbai University 2026

Module 1: Introduction to Indian Administration

• 1 Evolution and Constitutional context.
• 2 Salient features.
• District Administration

Module 2: Personnel Administration

• 1 Recruitment – All India Services, Central services and State services.
• 2 Public Service Commission – Union Public Service Commission and Maharashtra Public Service Commission.
• 3 Training process and institutes – Lal Bahadur Shastri Academy and YASHADA.

Module 3: Financial Administration

• 1 Budgetary process.
• 2 Accountability - Parliamentary committees -Public Accounts Committee (PAC) and Estimates Committee (EC), Comptroller and Auditor General
• 3 Role of NITI Aayog in Financial Planning

Module 4: Contemporary Issues in Indian Administration

• 1 Integrity in Administration – Lokpal, Lokayukta and CVC, ED.
• 2 Citizen and Administration - Role of NGOs - Citizen’s Charters.
• 3 Disaster Management and Administrative Response - NDRF.

Reference Books

English

• 1 Avasthi & Maheshwari,(2013),Public Administration:Theory and Practice,Lakshmi Narayan Agarwal Publisher
• 2 Basu,Rumki,(2014),Public Administration: Concepts and Theories, Sterling Publishers, New Delhi
• 3 Bhattacharya Mohit,(2011),New Horizons of Public Administration,Jawahar Publishers,
• 4 Bidyut Chakrabarty & Prakash Chand,(2016),Governance and Public Policy in India, SAGE Publications
• 5 Chatterjee,S.K.,(2011), Administrative Theory,Surjeet Publications
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