Themes of FAQ
- Legacy in Public Administration
- Indianisation of public service
- Revenue Administration
- District Administration
- Features of British administration that are practised even now
- Unity of Indian administration
- Rational-legal authority
- Centralization of Administration – RAO 1773
- Br Legacy in Judicial Administration
- Generalist – Neutralist Model
- Macaulay’s idea of elitist ICS and its negative impact in present times
- Legacy in Local Self Government
- Lord Ripon as a prophet of LSG
- Negative impact on Village Self-rule
- Evolution of LSG
- Legacy in Politics
- Evolution of polity since British rule
- The parliamentary system of democracy
- Charter Act of 1853
- Cabinet Committees
- A contradiction of the Philosophy of the Westminster Model with the political culture of India
Legacy of British Rule in Public Administration
The context in which Br B’y was created
- weak central power
- Dependent on regional powers
- inward-looking society – feudalism
- divided by language, colour, race, religion & region
- economically backward
Objective of Br
- Political ambition followed economic success – Flag Followed trade
- Revenue – Economic Exploitation
- L & O – Political Subjugation
The character of Br Rule
- Absentee Sovereignty
- Racial Superiority
- The narrow base of Admins
- Exclusion in Political Admin
Impact on LEJ
- L – Political Legacy
- Written Constitution
- Parliamentary D’y
- Bicameralism – GOI 1919
- Portfolio System – ICA – 1861 by Canning
- Cabinet System
- Committee System – GOI 1935
- 3 -Tier System – Royal Commission of 1907 for self-rule
- J – Judicial Legacy
- Rule of Law
- Anglo Saxon tradition
- codification of law – CRPC
- Integrated J
- Hierarchy of Court
- E
- Highly Centralised
- DOP – Federalism – 1935
- L & O focused
Impact on Bureaucracy
- Positive
- Merit
- Neutrality – stable & smooth transfer of power
- Generalist
- Tenure System – C & S – P.f & P.i
- The district as a fundamental Unit of Governance
- DC – Keystone admin
- Mai Baap State (dependent on basic needs)
- Elaborate and independent Civil Service system – recruitment, training, posting, promotions
- Negatives
- Authoritarian Mentality
- rule the subjects than serving the citizens
- inaccessible
- ivory tower mentality
- Status Quo Mentality
- Preserve the system as a catalyst of change
- Resistant to Grassroot power decentralization
- Reporting relationship with LSG
- Elitist
- Hierarchy & Class Conscious
- Work above than with people
- Status Conscious
- Rural posting as a punishment posting
- Accountability to superiors not people
- Generalist not specialist
- Dependency Syndrome
- Authoritarian Mentality