Towards Improving Governance
S.K. Agarwal (Ed.)
About the Book
Promoted by Transparency International India, this book has been compiled to create awareness about the current state of governance in India and directions needed to improve governance in the country. The volume seeks to analyse the efforts made in this direction and the various tools available to the common man for availing hassle free public services one is entitled to.
The book is divided into four parts.
— The first part deals with the perception about governance
since time immemorial.
— Part two covers the state of governance in four major
monopolistic services, namely, the police, judiciary,
income tax and property registration, and the efforts
required to improve these services.
— Part three attempts at creating awareness amongst readers about
various tools of improving governance and means and ways to
use them.
— Part four contains some exemplary initiatives to enable the
concerned quarters to replicate them in order to improve the
public service delivery system in some of the major public services.
About the Author(s) / Editor(s)
S.K. Agarwal, Ph.D. in Economics from Lucknow University, has worked in various capacities in Lucknow University, State Health and Family Welfare Department of Uttar Pradesh, and the Government of India, including a posting as a diplomat in the Indian Embassy, Tokyo (Japan). Post retirement, he has been working as an honorary volunteer in Transparency International India (TI India) and Lok Sewak Sangh, a wing of Lala Lajpat Rai's “Servants of the People Society.” He has been associated with almost all of their programmes and activities, and is working as Vice Chairman, TI India. He has authored/co-authored several publications on economic and social issues, beside numerous research papers and articles published in various periodicals and journals.
Contents in Detail
| Publisher | AF Press |
| Publication Date | 2008 |
| Number of Pages | 268 |
| ISBN |
9788171886661 |
Academic Foundation (AF), based in New Delhi, is India’s leading independent publisher of academic/scholarly books in Social Sciences, specialising in Economics—Development Economics and Indian Economy in particular, and allied subjects.
About the Book
Promoted by Transparency International India, this book has been compiled to create awareness about the current state of governance in India and directions needed to improve governance in the country. The volume seeks to analyse the efforts made in this direction and the various tools available to the common man for availing hassle free public services one is entitled to.
The book is divided into four parts.
— The first part deals with the perception about governance
since time immemorial.
— Part two covers the state of governance in four major
monopolistic services, namely, the police, judiciary,
income tax and property registration, and the efforts
required to improve these services.
— Part three attempts at creating awareness amongst readers about
various tools of improving governance and means and ways to
use them.
— Part four contains some exemplary initiatives to enable the
concerned quarters to replicate them in order to improve the
public service delivery system in some of the major public services.
About the Author(s) / Editor(s)
S.K. Agarwal, Ph.D. in Economics from Lucknow University, has worked in various capacities in Lucknow University, State Health and Family Welfare Department of Uttar Pradesh, and the Government of India, including a posting as a diplomat in the Indian Embassy, Tokyo (Japan). Post retirement, he has been working as an honorary volunteer in Transparency International India (TI India) and Lok Sewak Sangh, a wing of Lala Lajpat Rai's “Servants of the People Society.” He has been associated with almost all of their programmes and activities, and is working as Vice Chairman, TI India. He has authored/co-authored several publications on economic and social issues, beside numerous research papers and articles published in various periodicals and journals.
Contents in Detail
| Publisher | AF Press |
| Publication Date | 2008 |
| Number of Pages | 268 |
| ISBN |
9788171886661 |
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