Subject(s): Bureaucracy -- local Goverment and administration -- Century of public administration : State of public administration in India, development of teaching and research in public administration in India, public administration, evolution of Indian administration, administrative state and homo politics, public administration in India -- Theory building in public administration, management aspects of public administration, traditional public administration, political administration dichotomy, development of discipline of public administration -- Comparative and development administration : Major trends and prospects for development of administrative capabilities in third world countries, development administration and third world development problematique, comparative administration and socio-economic change, cultural context of development administration , development administration in Welfare state -- Bureaucracy : Democratic institutions, onslaught of politics and politicians, current trend and issues in India, increasing bureaucracy influence on policy formulation, selected bureaucrats and elected politicians, Indian bureaucracy on Razor's edge, Nigerian bureaucracy system, public welfare bureaucracy, Indian political atmosphere -- Local government and administration : Local self government in ancient India, reforms in Panchayati raj in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and West Bengal, decentralized governance and participatory democracy below state level, democratic decentralization through Panchayati raj, rural development administration and democratic decentralization in India, organization for urban management- N.C.U recommendations, urban local government in India, municipal personnel administration, local finance- general view on octroi and property tax, urban local bodies- instruments for social upliftment