9789353243142 - State Administration in India: Emerging Issues and Challenges [Hardcover] (3 risultati)

Condizione: New. pp. 377.

Condizione: New. pp. 377.

Hardcover. Condizione: New. Language: English. About the Book:-The book is an edited work comprising of articles by academicians from across the country. The authors throw light on various aspects of state administration in the country. The articles discuss mainly the changing profile of federal polity andthe role of administration in view of the pandemic Covid-19; the Citizenship Amendment Act vis a vis refugee problem; the role of Governor; state craft in Vedic era; role of state administration in development; e-governance initiatives is states; local governance; administrative challenges in dealing with the pandemic; gender mainstreaming; smart cities and other allied and functional themes. The book traces current emerging issues and challenges thereof being faced by the state administration in the country. About the Author:- U.B. Singh, MPA, Ph.D. (Human Resource Development), D.Litt. (Time Management) has been actively associated in teaching, training and research in Public Administration at theMizoram Central University, Aizawl and Lucknow University, Lucknow for more than three decades. He has been teachingDevelopment Administration; Administrative Theories; Principles of Management; and Local Government in the USA, the UK, France and India at the PG level. He was awarded fellowship under Colombo Plan at University College London, U.K.; and under the auspices of UNDP, an international programme on Planning & Administering Good Governance atAIT, Bangkok. He has to his credit more than two dozen books, authored and edited, and more than sixty research papers published in reputed journals and edited volumes. He has undertaken scores of research studies sponsored by Ministries of Housing and Urban Poverty, Urban Development, SocialWelfare, Agriculture, NCW, UGC, ICSSR etc. Dr. Singh is champion of urban governance and change management. He is a unique combination of a teacher, a researcher and a trainer in public administration. CONTENTS:- Preface . 7Contributors . 231. Covid-19 and Polemics of Indian Federal Polity . 25 P.N. Gautam2. State Administration in India: Role in DevelopmentAdministration and Pandemic Management . 37 A. Sridhar Raj & R.K. Mishra3. Techniques of Statecraft in Ancient India as Depicted in theManusmriti . 53 S.K. Jaiswal4. The Role of Governors in State Polity with special referenceto Uttar Pradesh . 61 S.N. Singh5. The Citizenship Amendment Act and Refugee Question in India . 69 V. Bijukumar6. Culture and Governance: Recent Trends in Tamil Nadu . 79 Subramaniam Chandran7. Empowering and Strengthening Rural Local Governmentsin Mizoram . 101 Lalrintluanga8. Governing Urban Areas in India (Administrative Challenges) . 125 V. Gnaneshwar9. Empowering and Strengthening of Local Governments Issues and Challenges .147 S. Vijay Kumar10. Financial Empowerment of Urban Local Bodies .161 Chaganti Nagaraja Rao & M.A. Hussein11. Administrative Responsiveness with Respect to Public Service Delivery in India: A Study of E-disha Centres in Haryana . 173 Rajbir Singh Dalal12.Role of Digital Technology in Governance for the LocalDevelopment: Issues in Local Government Administrationof Upcoming Smart Cities in India: A Case Study ofNagpur District. 179 Neelima Deshmukh13.Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience Management inSmart Cities: A Proposition for State Governments in India. 193 Krishna Pratap Singh & Abhinav Sharma14.Urbanization in India: Challenges and Solutions. 213 C. N. Rao15.Women Empowerment and Engendering Development inUrban Administration: A Study of Bihar. 223 A. K. Singh16.Tourism Administration and Infrastructure in Meghalayaand Mizoram. 251 Jyoti Bikash Chakma & NVR Jyoti Kumar17.Government Initiatives for Skills Development ofYouth in Mizoram. 265 C. Devendiran18.Role of Women Representatives in Urban Governance inHimanchal Pradesh (A Study of Shimla Municipal Corporation). 279 Pawan Kumar Banta19.Social Security: Issues & Challenges during Covid-19. 299 Ravindra Singh20.Covid-19 Crisis Governments' Res.