Public
Administration is widely chosen optional now a days, still candidates remain
confused regarding Paper-2. Following are some reasons candidates find paper 2
as tough:
Ø Absence of good material
Ø Inefficiency of coaching centers’ to cover paper-2
Ø Students take this paper as current affairs paper
rather than Indian Administration
Ø A candidate’s inability to understand and cover the
syllabus prescribed by UPSC
How to read??
One should ensure
first of all understand the syllabus of paper 2. Following is the syllabus and
one should cover in detail these topics:
1. Evolution of Indian
Administration (Kautilya, Mughal & British Administration)
2.
Philosophical &
Constitutional framework of government
3.
Public Sector
Undertakings
4.
Union Govt &
Administration
5. Plans &
Priorities
6.
State Govt. &
Administration
7. District
Administration since independence
8.
Civil Services
9.
Financial
Administration
10.
Administrative
reforms since Independence
11.
Rural Development
12.
Urban Local
Government
13.
Law & Order
Administration
14. Significant issues in
Indian Administration (Human Rights, Corruption, Disaster Management,
Regulatory Commission etc.)
Above syllabus is
broad syllabus and one should see the detailed syllabus prescribed by UPSC.
One should understand that the Paper-2 is not
Current Affairs paper rather it is Indian Administration paper, it is a widely distributed myth and one should
prepare paper 2 from administration angle only not from GS point of view.
One should divide
the above syllabus and read accordingly. Above syllabus can be covered from the
following books:
Ø Rajni Arora & Goyal ( A very good book for
understanding but not updated)
Ø Fadia & Fadia ( Covers almost entire syllabus)
Ø Yojna & Kurukshetra issues ( for Rural
Development & Urban Local Govt)
Ø M.Puri Sir test series for paper 2 ( A very useful
source, Mr. M. Puri sir’s understanding & material for paper 2 is very
good, if one can have access to his test series it will be very helpful)
Ø ARC reports but need not to be studied in entirety
rather should be covered topic wise like ARC recommendation on Law & Order,
Disaster Management etc.
It is widely belief
that Newspaper is very helpful for pub ad paper, but it must be remembered that
unless & until newspaper is incorporated in your notes it will remain
useless, so one should be able to relate items covered in newspaper with the
syllabus prescribed.
Writing Paper
Again there is one
misconception that one should write something very artistic to score in pub ad
paper, according to me following points should be considered while writing:
1. Read the question
carefully and understand the content required rather than jumping directly on
writing the answer.
2. Answer should be within
the word limit, however, 20% plus minus is acceptable provided content of
answer is valid and as per question’s requirement.
3. Try to include
relevant example relating to Indian Administration from newspaper or from
magazine e.g. last year a question on Disaster Management Insurance was asked
and i included the example of 9/11 incident of US which made the most of US
Insurance companies bankrupt. Similar kind of examples can be quoted to make your
content innovative and unique.
4. Write your answer in
simple and lucid language but special terms of pub ad can be used.
5. Diagrams and charts are not
required if your content is
good. It can be time consuming as well. Diagrams are required only where it
serve some purpose not everywhere they should be drawn e.g. Diagram can be
drawn in System theory but not in the function of Cabinet Secretary.
6. Cover your entire
paper otherwise it is very difficult to score more than 150 marks out of 300.
Time management is the key to crack the civil services.
7. Write atleast one
question daily from previous years’ papers to get an hold over writing skills.
