Subject(s): Public administration in India. -- Decentralization in government in India. -- India in Economic policy in 1980-1991. -- Theories and perspectives : Study of administration, administrative reform, IT and good governance, government innovation around the world -- Administrative reforms in developed world : politics of public service reform, new public management in Britain and US -- Administrative reforms in socialist world : Challenges and opportunities- reforms of China's public administration, public administrative reform in Vietnam -- Administrative reforms in India : Jawaharlal Nehru and administrative reconstruction, administrative reform in India policy perscription and outcomes, public management reforms, civil service reform in independent India, action plan for effective and responsive government