Glossary of Public Adm....
 
Lok Prashasan Paaribhashik  Kosh

Glossary of Theoretical and Practical Public Administration- 2014

Surendra Kataria and Saurabh Kataria

The following terms /glossaries are mentioned in detailed manner in the above cited encyclopedic glossary of public administration.

 

A.T.M. / 1

Aabkari / 1

Aadhaar / 1

ABC Analysis / 2

Ability Theory of Taxation / 3

Absenteeism / 3

AC Bills / 3

Academic / 3

Academic Events / 4

Accountability / 5

Accountancy / 5

Accountant / 5

Accounting / 6

Accreditation / 7

Accrual Basis of Accounting / 7

Achilles’ Heel / 7

Action Plan / 8

Action Research / 8

Action Science / 8

Activism / 8

Ad hoc / 9

Ad Interim / 9

Ad Valorem Tax / 9

ADC to the President/Governor / 9

Adhoc and Advisory Bodies / 10

Adhocracy / 11

Administration / 11

Administration Planning / 11

Administratium / 12

Administrative Adjudication / 12

Administrative Culture / 13

Administrative Darwinism / 13

Administrative Department / 13

Administrative Development / 13

Administrative Ethics / 14

Administrative Institutions / 14

Administrative Lag / 16

Administrative Laws / 17

Administrative Man / 17

Administrative Novel / 18

Administrative Reforms / 18

Administrative State / 18

Administrative Tribunal / 19

Administrative Zoo / 19

Adult Education / 19

Advocate General / 20

Affidavit / 20

Agency / 20

Agraria-Industria Typology / 20

All India Services / 21

Alumni / 23

Ambassador / 23

Anglo-Indian / 23

Annexation of Goa / 23

Anniversary / 24

Annual Pay Increment / 24

Annual Plans / 25

Annual Report / 25

Anonymity / 26

Anonymous Contributor / 26

Appellate Authority / 26

Apprentice / 27

Approach / 27

Appropriation Bill / 27

Aptitude Test / 27

Arab Spring / 27

Area Development Programme / 28

Arrears / 28

Arthashastra / 28

Article-370 / 29

Asset / 29

At Home / 29

Attache / 29

Attached Office / 30

Attorney General / 30

Attrition Rate / 30

Authority / 30

Autograph / 31

Automation / 31

Automony / 32

Autonomous Districts and Regional Councils / 33

Awaiting Posting Order / 33

Axiomatic Theory of Organisation / 33

AYUSH / 34

Ba’athist State / 35

Babudom / 35

Back Door Financing / 36

Balkanization / 36

Banana Problem / 36

Banana Republic / 36

Bare Act / 36

Bazar-Canteen Model / 36

Beating Retreat / 37

Below Poverty Line / 38

Benchmark / 39

Beneficiary / 39

Bentham’s Dog Law / 40

Best Practices / 40

Bhoodan Movement / 40

Bill / 41

Bilty / 41

BIMARU States / 41

Bio-medical Waste / 41

 

Biometrics System / 42

Black Deputy / 42

Black Economy / 42

Black List / 42

Blacksburg Manifesto / 43

Blog / 43

Blue Book / 43

Blue Collar Worker / 44

Blue Print / 44

Board and Commission / 44

Bombay Plan / 44

Bond Paper / 45

Bonded Labour / 45

Book-keeping / 45

Boren’s Testimony / 46

Boss / 46

Bossism / 46

Bouncer / 46

Boycott / 47

Brain Drain / 47

Bretton Woods Institutions / 47

Brinksmanship / 47

Brown Field Projects / 48

Buckmastership / 48

Budget / 48

Budget Finalisation Committee / 48

Budget Manual / 48

Bungalow / 49

Bureau Shaping Model / 49

Bureau / 49

Bureaucracy / 50

Bureaucrazy / 53

Bureaupathology / 53

Business Reply Card / 53

By Hand / 53

Cabal / 54

Cabinet / 54

Cabinet Committees / 54

Cabinet Secretariat / 55

Cabinet Secretary / 56

Cadre / 57

Cadre Management / 57

Cafeteria Approach / 57

Call Centre / 57

Camel’s Nose / 57

Cameralism / 58

Camp Office / 58

Campaign / 58

Cantonment / 59

Capacity Building / 59

Capital / 59

Captain Sahib / 60

CARA / 60

Career Development / 60

Carrot and Stick Theory / 60

Case Officer Scheme / 61

 

Cash System / 61

Cashier / 61

Caveat / 61

Cell / 61

Censorship / 62

Census of India / 62

Central Administrative Tribunal / 62

Central Bureau of Investigation / 63

Central Secretariat / 64

Central Statistical Organisation / 65

Central Vigilance Commission / 65

Centralisation & Decentralisation / 67

Certificate / 68

Cess / 68

Ceteris Paribus / 68

Challan / 68

Challani Guard / 69

Chamber of Princes / 69

Chamchagiri / 69

Chancellor / 69

Chaordic Organization / 70

Charge Sheet / 70

Charter / 70

Chauth Vasooli / 70

Chest Branch / 71

Chief Executive / 71

Chief Minister / 71

Chief Secretary / 72

Child Budgeting / 72

Chittha / 73

Chowki / 73

Circuit House / 73

Citizens Charter / 73

Citizenship / 74

City-State / 74

Civil / 75

Civil Disobedience / 75

Civil List / 76

Civil Services / 76

Civil Service Day / 77

Civilian Awards / 78

Classical Language / 78

Clects / 78

Coalition Government / 79

Coat of Arms / 79

Cockroach Factor / 79

Code of Conduct / 79

Codification / 81

Cognizable Offence / 81

Cognizance / 81

College / 81

Colombo Plan / 82

Colonial India / 82

Colonialism / 82

Colonization / 82

Command Area Development / 83

 

       

Commissioned Rank / 83

Committed Bureaucracy / 83

Committee System / 84

Commodity Future Trading / 85

Common Land / 85

Common Market / 85

Common Minimum Programme / 85

Commonwealth / 86

Communication / 87

Community Policing / 87

Commuters Zone / 88

Comparative Administration Group / 88

Comparative Public Administration / 89

Competition Wallah / 89

Complaint / 89

Comptroller & Auditor General / 89

Compulsory Retirement / 90

Compulsory Voting / 91

Comrade / 91

Consolidated Fund of India / 91

Constable / 92

Constituent Assembly / 92

Constitution of India / 95

Constitution Order / 100

Constitutionalism / 101

Consul / 101

Consumer Protection / 101

Containerization / 102

Contingency Fund of India / 102

Contract Farming / 102

Control Boards / 103

Controller General of Accounts / 103

Convention / 104

Convergence / 104

Convocation / 104

Conway’s Law / 104

Coolie / 105

Co-ordinated Universal Time / 105

Co-ordination / 105

CoPU / 106

Corporate Governance / 106

Corporate Sector / 107

Corruption / 107

Corruption Perceptions Index / 108

Counseil d’ Etat / 108

Counter Magnet City / 109

Counter Signature / 109

Countervailing Duty / 109

Country / 109

Court of Justice / 118

Court of Wards / 119

Covenanting Pension / 119

Cow Sociologist / 119

CPM / 119

Creamy Layer / 120

Creative Capitalism / 121

 

Creditor / 121

Criminalization / 121

Crisis Management / 121

Cross Voting / 122

Cryptocracy / 122

Culture / 122

Curative Petition / 122

Curfew / 122

Currency / 123

Custody / 124

Customary Law / 124

Cut Motion / 124

Cyber / 125

Cyber Cafe / 125

Cybernetic State / 125

Cybernetics / 126

Cypher / 127

D.O. Letter / 128

Dabbawala / 128

Daftar / 129

Daily Allowance / 129

Dak Bungalow / 129

Dak / 129

Damage Control / 130

Dating Allowance / 130

Day / 130

D-Day / 130

Dead Beat / 130

Dean / 131

Dearness Allowance / 131

Dearness Pay / 131

Debtor / 131

Decentralized Planning / 131

Decision Tree / 132

Decision-making / 132

Decisive Vote / 133

Defence of India Act / 133

Deficit Financing / 133

Delegated Legislation / 134

Delegation / 134

Delhi Durbar / 134

Delimitation / 135

Delphi Technique / 135

Democratization / 135

Demonetisation / 136

Demurrage Charges / 136

Denotified Tribes / 136

Department / 136

Departmental Enterprises / 137

Departmental Promotion Committee / 138

Departmentally Related Standing Committees / 138

Deportation / 139

Deshmukh / 139

Desire / 140

Desk Officer System / 140

 

Desk / 140

Detailed Project Report / 140

Development Administration / 140

Development Oriented Revolutions / 141

Development / 142

Dibbebaji / 142

Differently Abled / 142

Digital Era Governance / 142

Diplomacy / 143

Diplomatic Bag / 143

Directorate System / 143

Disaster / 144

Disaster Management / 146

Disaster Mitigation / 146

Disciplinary Action / 146

Disciplinary Authority / 150

Discretionary Powers / 150

District / 150

District Administration / 152

District Collector / 153

District Pool / 154

District Rural Development Agency / 154

Divide & Rule / 154

Division of Work / 154

Divisional Commissioner / 156

Doctrine of Implied Powers / 157

Doctrine of Nullification / 157

Doctrine of Seven Prakritis / 157

Document / 157

Domesday Book / 158

Domicile / 158

Dominion / 158

Dominion of India / 159

Doping / 159

Double Entry System / 159

Draft / 159

Drain Theory / 160

Drawing & Disbursing Officer / 160

Drill Manual / 160

Dror’s Optimal Model / 160

Drought / 161

Dry Day / 161

Dry Port / 161

Duty / 161

Dyarchy / 162

Dying Cadre / 162

E. Governance / 163

East India Company / 164

Ecology of Public Administration / 166

Economic Census / 166

Economic Development / 167

Economic Planning / 167

Economic Policy / 167

Economy / 169

Effectiveness / 171

Efficiency / 171

 

Efficiency Bar / 172

E-Filing / 172

Egalitarianism / 172

Ek Taang System / 172

Electoral Roll / 172

Electronic Clearing System / 173

Electronic Voting Machine / 173

Embassy / 174

Embezzlement / 174

Emeritus / 174

Employees’ Association / 174

Encounter / 176

Endorsement / 176

Enemy Property / 176

Entrepreneurial Government / 176

Environment / 177

Environmental Audit / 178

Epistemology / 178

Escalation Matrix / 178

Escalator Clause / 178

Escheat Property / 178

ESMA / 179

Esprit de Corps / 179

Estate / 179

Estimate Committee / 179

Ethnicity / 180

Euro Zone / 181

Eurocrat / 181

European Union / 181

Event Management / 181

Event Symbol / 182

Exclave / 182

Exclusive Economic Zone / 182

Executive Department / 183

Executive Order / 183

Ex-gratia Grant / 183

Exit Interview / 184

Exit Poll / 184

Ex-officio / 184

Expenses / 184

Export Processing Zone / 184

Ex-Post Facto Sanction / 185

Expropriation / 185

Ex-Serviceman / 185

Extension / 185

Externment / 185

Extradition / 186

Extra-ordinary Remedies / 186

F.I.R. / 188

Fabian Socialism / 188

Factory / 189

Faculty / 189

Family / 189

Famine / 189

Famine Code / 190

FAQ / 191

 

       

Farman / 191

Federal Financial Integration / 191

Federalism / 191

Federalist Papers / 193

Fee / 193

Feel Good / 193

Fellow / 193

Field Administration / 194

File Numbering / 194

File / 195

Filibustering / 195

Fin Net / 196

Finance Bill / 196

Finance Commission / 196

Financial Engineering / 197

Financial Year / 197

Firangi / 197

First Administrative Reforms Commission / 198

First Day Cover / 199

First-Past-The-Post System / 199

Five Principles of Peaceful
Co-existence / 199

Flagship Programme / 200

Flailing State / 200

Flat Earth / 200

Flexi Hours / 201

Floor Management / 201

Folio / 201

Foreign Service / 201

For / 201

Forbidden Territory / 202

Foreign Direct Investment / 202

Fort William / 202

Four Asian Tigers / 202

Four Matths of Public
Administration / 203

Fourth Authority / 203

Frankenstein’s Monster / 203

Freight Corridor / 203

French Leave / 203

Frinze Benefits / 204

Front Top Coloured Light of
Vehicles / 204

Functional Foremanship / 205

Fused-Prismatic-Diffracted Model / 206

G.T. Road / 208

Gallup Poll / 208

Gandhian Plan / 208

Gandhigiri / 209

Gandhi’s Talisman / 209

Gangplank / 209

Gantt Chart / 210

Garden City / 211

GATT and WTO / 211

Gazette / 212

Gazetted Officer / 213

 

Gazetteers / 213

Gender Budgeting / 213

Gender Sensitivity / 213

Genext Communication / 214

Gerrymandering / 214

Glasnost / 214

Global Economy / 214

Global Village / 214

Globalization / 215

Glossary / 215

Goal Succession / 215

Gobbledygood / 215

Goebbels’s Rule / 215

Golden Handshake Scheme / 216

Good Governance / 216

Government / 217

Government Accounting / 218

Government Company / 220

Government in Exile / 220

Government Secretariat / 221

Governor / 221

Governor-General / 222

Graicunas Formula / 224

Gramdan / 225

Grant-in-Aid / 225

Grapevine Communication / 225

Green Field Projects / 226

Green Paper / 226

Green Revolution / 226

Gresham’s Law / 226

Gresham’s Law of Planning / 226

Group Dynamics / 226

Group of Ministers / 227

Guard of Honour / 227

Guerilla Advertising / 227

Haat Bazar / 228

Half Masting / 228

HAM Radio / 228

Hate Crimes / 228

Hawala / 229

Hawthorne Experiments / 229

Head of Department / 229

Head of Office / 230

Headless Chicken / 230

Hello / 230

Henry VIII Clause / 230

Herd Hypothesis / 230

Hierarchiology / 231

Hierarchy / 231

Hierarchy of Needs / 231

High Command / 232

High Commission / 232

Hindu Rate of Growth / 232

Hippocratic Oath / 233

His Excellency / 234

History Sheeter / 234

 

Holding Company / 235

Holiday / 235

Hollow Rule / 236

Honorarium / 236

Horizon Year / 236

Horse-Trading / 236

Hotline / 237

Human Development Index / 237

Human Resource Development / 237

Human Rights / 238

Humanities / 238

Hundi / 238

Huqm / 239

I.F.S. Code / 240

Ignorantia juris non excusat / 240

In Own Pay Scale / 240

Inclusive Growth / 240

Incremental Model / 240

Independent Regulatory
Commissions / 241

India Inc. / 241

India Office / 241

India Vision-2020 / 242

India-Bharat Divide / 242

Indian Institute of Public Administration / 242

Indian National Rupee / 243

Indian Political Service / 243

Indianization of Public Services / 244

India’s Independence / 244

Indicative Planning / 245

Indoctrination / 246

Infoganda / 246

Information & Communications Technology / 246

Information and Facilitation
Counters / 246

Initiative / 247

Inner Line Permit / 247

Innovation / 247

Institute / 248

Institution / 248

Instrument of Accession / 248

Instrument of Surrender / 251

Insurance / 252

Insurgency / 254

Integrated Government / 254

Integration of Rajasthan / 255

Intellectual Property / 259

Intelligence Bureau / 259

Interdisciplinary Approach / 259

Interest Groups / 262

International Administration / 262

International Driving Permit / 263

Interpol / 263

INTERPOL Notice / 264

Intersession Questions / 264

Interstate Council / 264

 

Intranet / 265

Investiture Ceremony / 265

Invigilator / 265

Invoice / 265

Iron Law of Oligarchy / 265

ISO / 266

Jagir / 267

Jamabandi / 267

Jamadaar / 267

Janitor / 268

Job Enlargement / 268

Job / 268

Johary Window / 269

Joining Time / 269

Journal / 269

Judge / 270

Jugaad / 270

Kaalganana / 271

Kabutarbazi / 273

Kangaroo / 273

Kanungo / 274

Khadi / 274

Khaki / 274

Khaki Election / 274

Khalasi / 274

Khandani Allowance / 274

Kharita / 275

Khasara Girdawari / 275

Khasara / 275

Khatauni / 275

KITA Concept / 275

Kitchen Cabinet / 276

Klitguard Formula / 276

Know Your Customer / 276

Knowledge Process Outsourcing / 277

Knowledge Workers / 277

Laat Saheb / 278

Laissez Faire State / 278

Lakhina Model / 279

Lame Duck / 279

Land Reforms / 279

Last Pay Certificate / 279

Latin America / 280

Law of Giving Orders / 280

Law / 280

Leadership / 281

Lean Government / 281

Ledger / 281

Leftist / 282

Legal Tender Money / 282

Letter Rogatory / 282

Letter / 282

Liabilities / 282

Liberalization / 283

Licence Raj / 284

Lien / 284

 

       

LIFO-FIFO / 284

Line Agencies / 284

Line of Control / 285

Line-Item Budgeting / 285

Linking Pin Model / 285

Little Republic / 286

Local Fund Audit / 286

Local Government / 287

Local Law / 287

Log Book / 287

Log Rolling / 288

Logic Theory Machine / 288

Logistics / 288

Logo / 289

Lok Adalat / 289

Look Out Circular / 289

LPC Scale / 290

LPG Era / 290

Lucrative Ministry / 290

Lumpsum Budgeting / 290

Maalkhana / 291

MACOCA / 291

MADA / 291

Mafia / 291

Magistrate / 292

Magna Carta / 292

Mahatma Gandhi's Panchyati Raj Model / 293

Management / 294

Management by Objectives / 294

Management Information System / 295

Managerial Grid / 296

Mandal Doctrine / 296

Mansabdari / 297

March-Rush / 298

Marker System / 298

Marking / 298

Martial Law / 298

Marwari Seth / 299

Mascot / 299

Master Plan / 300

Mate / 300

Matrix Organisation / 300

Media / 301

Medico Legal Case / 301

Mehsool / 302

Memorandum of Understanding / 302

Memory of World Register / 303

Mens Rea / 303

Mental Revolution / 303

Mentor Institute / 303

Merchant Banking / 303

Mercy Petition / 303

Meritocracy / 304

Method Study / 305

Metrication / 305

Micro Credit / 306

 

Mileage Allowance / 306

Miles’ Law / 307

Militia / 307

Minimum Support Price / 307

Ministry / 308

Minnowbrook Conference / 308

Minority / 308

Minutes / 310

MISA / 310

Mission Statement / 310

Mixed Scanning Model / 311

Mobocracy / 311

Modia Script / 311

Money Bill / 311

Money Laundering / 312

Monogram / 312

Morale / 312

Most Favoured Nation / 313

Motivation / 313

Motto / 313

Movable Property / 314

Multinational Company / 314

Multinational State / 314

Murphy’s Law / 314

N.T.R.O. / 316

Name & Shame / 316

Napoleonic Code / 317

Narco Test / 317

Nation / 317

National Animal / 317

National Anthem / 317

National Bird / 320

National Calamity / 320

National Calendar / 321

National Capital / 322

National Capital Region / 322

National Command Authority / 323

National Commission on
Population / 323

National Commission to Review the Working of the Constitution / 324

National Defence Council / 325

National Development Council / 326

National Flag / 327

National Flower / 327

National Fruit / 327

National Government / 327

National Grid / 328

National Institute of Administrative Research / 328

National Investigation Agency / 328

National Knowledge Commission / 329

National Park / 329

National Plan / 329

National Planning Council / 329

National Population Register / 330

 

National Sample Survey
Organisation / 330

National Song / 330

National Symbols / 332

National Tree / 332

National Week / 332

Nationalisation / 333

Naxalism / 333

Nayab / 334

Nazool Property / 334

Need for Self Actualization / 334

Neelhe Sahib / 335

Negotiable Instrument / 335

Nehruvian Panchsheel of Tribal Development / 335

Neocolonialism / 335

Nepotism / 336

Net / 336

Network Analysis / 336

Neutrality in Civil Services / 336

New Despotism / 337

New Public Management / 337

New Public Service Model / 338

Next Steps / 339

NIFTY / 339

Nightingale Pledge / 339

Ninth Schedule of the Constitution / 340

No Objection Certificate / 340

Noetic Authority / 340

Nomadic Tribes / 341

Nomenclature of Posts / 341

Nominal Group Technique / 343

Nomination / 344

Non Availability Certificate / 344

Noora Kushti / 344

North-South Dialogue / 344

Notary / 344

Notification / 345

Noting / 345

Numberdar / 346

Numbering System / 346

Nyay Panchayat / 347

O&M / 349

O.K. / 350

Oath / 350

Objective Resolution / 353

October Revolution / 354

Octroi / 354

Office of Profit / 354

Office Time / 355

Office / 355

Official Language / 355

Official Liquidator / 357

Officialdom / 357

Officiate / 358

Off-Shore Campus / 358

 

Offshoring / 358

Oil Spot Strategy / 358

Ombudsman / 358

On Behalf of President/Governor / 359

On India Government Service / 359

Online / 360

Operations Research / 360

Order-Order / 361

Organisation / 361

Organisation Analysis / 362

Organisational Behaviour / 364

Organisational Development / 364

Organisational Effectiveness / 364

Organisational Structure / 364

Organised Crimes / 365

Organization Man / 365

Organogram / 365

Outsourcing / 366

P.A.N. / 367

P.L. 480 / 367

Page Three / 367

Panchayati Raj / 367

Pandora’s Box / 368

Para / 368

Para Military Forces / 369

Paramountcy / 370

Pareto Principle / 371

Parkinson’s Law / 371

Parliament House Annexe / 371

Parliament House / 372

Parliament of India / 372

Parliamentary Commissioner / 376

Parliamentary Democracy / 376

Parliamentary Secretary / 376

Parole / 377

Participative Management / 377

Passport / 377

Patent / 378

Patwari / 378

Pay As You Go / 379

Pay Back Period / 379

Pension Payment Order / 379

Pension / 379

Peon / 380

People of Indian Origin / 381

People’s Participation in Administration / 381

People’s Plan / 381

Perestroika / 382

Performance Appraisal / 382

Performance Budgeting / 383

Performance Related Pay / 384

Permanent Travelling Allowance / 384

Personal Deposit Account / 384

Personal Pay / 384

Personnel Administration / 384

Personnel Management Information System / 385

 

       

Persons with Disabilities / 386

PERT / 388

PESA / 388

Peter Principle / 389

Petrodollar Theory / 389

Philosophy of Public
Administration / 389

Pigeon-Post / 390

Pigovian Tax / 390

Pillars of Democracy / 390

PIN Code / 391

Pink Collar Worker / 392

Pink Slip / 392

Placement / 392

Placement Agencies / 392

Plan Formulation Process / 393

Plan-Holiday / 393

Planning / 393

Planning Commission / 393

Plea Bargaining / 394

Plum Book / 394

PNR / 395

Pol Net / 395

Police Administration / 395

Police Call Sign / 397

Police State / 397

Policy Lag / 397

Policy Sciences / 398

Political Agent / 398

Political Appointments / 398

Ponzi Schemes / 399

Po-Po Principle / 399

Populism / 399

Port / 399

Portfolio System / 400

POSDCoRB / 400

Position Classification / 400

Post / 402

Postage-Stamp / 402

Powers of Civil Court / 403

Pragati Maidan / 404

PRAN / 404

Presidency / 404

President of India / 404

Presidential Saloon / 410

Presidential Suit / 410

Pressure Groups / 411

Preventive Detention / 412

Prime Minister of India / 412

Prime Minister’s Office / 414

Prime Posting / 414

Primitive Tribal Groups / 414

Princely States / 414

Prison / 415

Private Security / 415

Privatization / 416

 

Privilege / 416

Privy Council / 417

Privy Purse / 417

Proctor / 418

Profession / 419

Professionalisation of Civil
Services / 419

Proforma / 420

Programme Evaluation Organisation / 420

Programmed and Non Programmed Decisions / 421

Project / 421

Promisory Note / 421

Promotion / 421

Proprietor / 422

Prosecution / 422

Protected Area Permit / 423

Protection Money / 423

Protem Speaker / 423

Protocol / 423

Proverbs of Administration / 423

Pro-vice-chancellor / 424

Proxy Vote / 424

Public Accounts Committee / 424

Public Accounts of India / 425

Public Administration / 425

Public Authority / 427

Public Choice Approach / 427

Public Conveyance / 428

Public Debt / 428

Public Distribution System / 428

Public Duty / 429

Public Enterprises / 429

Public Holiday / 429

Public Interest Litigation / 429

Public Policy / 430

Public Relations / 430

Public Servant / 431

Public Services Guarantee / 432

Public / 433

Public-Private Partnership / 433

Punch Line / 434

Punishment Posting / 434

Purchases / 434

Pyramid Theory / 435

Quango / 436

Quartering / 436

Quasi Judicial / 436

Question Hour / 436

Quorum / 437

Quotation / 437

Rabble Hypothesis / 438

Railway Administration / 438

Railway’s Glossary & Signs / 440

Rainbow Children / 442

Raison d’ Etat / 443

 

Rajasthan Civil Services Appellate Tribunal / 443

Rally / 443

Rank & File / 443

RAPSAR Act / 444

Rashtrapati Bhavan / 444

Real Estate / 444

Recognition of Forest Rights / 444

Re-Construction / 445

Record Management / 445

Recruitment / 446

Rector / 447

Red Corner Notice / 447

Red Light Area / 448

Red Tapism / 448

Referendum / 448

Refugee / 448

Regulatory Agencies / 449

Removal of Grievances / 450

Renaming of Cities & Villages / 451

Reorganisation of States / 457

Repatriation / 462

Report / 462

Representative Bureaucracy / 463

Republic / 463

Research & Analysis Wing / 463

Research / 464

Research and Development / 464

Reservation in Public Service / 464

Reserve Bank of India / 468

Resource Mobilization / 469

Responsibility / 470

Responsive Bureaucracy / 470

Restricted Area Permit / 470

Results Framework Document / 470

Resumption Fee / 471

Revenue / 471

Revenue Board / 471

Revenue Court / 472

Reverse Deputation / 472

Revision & Review / 472

Revolutions of 1989 / 472

Revolving Fund / 473

Riggs’s New Model / 473

Right to Education / 474

Right to Information / 474

Rightist / 478

Riparian Law / 478

Road Traffic Signs / 478

Rolling Plan / 480

Roster System / 480

Rowdy Sheet / 481

Royalty / 481

Rule of Lapse / 481

Rule of Law / 481

Rule of Regaining / 482

Rules & Regulations / 482

 

Rules of Business / 482

Rumour / 483

Rurban / 483

RX / 483

S.H.G.. / 485

S.H.O. / 485

Sabbatical / 485

Sahib / 485

Sala Model / 486

Salary / 487

Salute States / 488

Salwa Judum / 488

Sandwich / 489

Sandwich Population / 489

Sanitation / 489

Sarkaria Commission / 490

Satellite / 490

Satisficing / 490

Scam / 490

Scanlon Plan / 491

Scheduled / 491

Scheduled Banks / 492

Scholar / 492

School / 492

Scientific Management / 492

SCOPE / 493

Scotland Yard / 493

Seal / 493

Sealing / 494

Search Committee / 494

Second Administrative Reforms Commission / 494

Secondment / 496

Secretary of State for India / 496

Secretary / 496

Section-144 / 496

Sector Corporations / 497

Security / 497

Security Printing & Minting / 497

Segment Mobility / 498

Selection Board / 498

Self Incrimination / 499

Senate / 499

Sensex / 499

Sepoy / 499

Service Book / 499

Service Rules / 500

Service Tax / 500

Set / 500

Settlement / 501

Seven ‘S’ Model / 501

Seven Sisters / 502

Seven Social Sins / 502

Shaabaash / 502

Shadow Cabinet / 502

Shamrock Organisation / 503

 

       

Sharda Act / 503

Sheriff / 503

Show Cause Notice / 504

Siamese Twins / 504

Sick-Out / 504

Signature / 505

Silent Zone / 505

Single and Double Loop Learning / 505

Sir / 506

Sit-down Strike / 506

Six Honest Serving Men / 506

Six Sigma / 507

Sleemanabad / 507

Sloganeering / 507

Slum / 508

SMART Measures / 508

SMART Government / 508

Social Administration / 509

Social Auditing / 509

Social Darwinism / 510

Social Justice / 511

Social Legislation / 511

Social Media / 511

Social Networking / 512

Social Planning / 512

Social Policy / 512

Social Reforms / 513

Social Services / 513

Social Work / 513

Soft Skills / 514

Soft State / 514

Soldiering / 514

Solicitor General / 514

Son of Soil / 515

Sovereign Debt / 515

Sowar / 515

Span of Control / 515

Speaking Orders / 516

Special Audit / 516

Special Auxillary Police / 516

Special Campaign / 516

Special Category States / 517

Special Economic Zone / 518

Special Employment Exchange / 518

Special Pay / 518

Special Purpose Vehicle / 518

Special Schemes Organisation / 519

Split System / 519

Staff / 519

Staff Agencies / 519

Stage-Carriage / 520

Stakeholders / 520

Stalinism / 520

Stamp / 520

Standardization / 520

STAPLE Criteria / 521

 

Stapled Visa / 521

State / 521

State Administration / 522

State Emblem / 523

State Guest / 524

State Legislature / 524

State Mourning / 524

State-of-the-Art / 525

Steinabad / 525

Sting Operation / 526

Stock / 526

Strategic Management / 526

Strike / 527

Study of Administration / 528

Subaltern / 528

Sub-Divisional Officer / 529

Subsidy / 529

Subsistence Grant / 529

Substantive Justice / 529

Suburban / 529

Summer Capital / 529

Summon / 530

Sumptuary Allowance / 530

Sunset Legislation / 530

Sunshine Legislation / 530

Supervision / 530

Supplementary Grant / 531

Surprise Visit / 531

Surveillance / 531

Sustainable Development / 531

Sword of Damocles / 532

Swot Analysis / 533

Syndicalism / 533

Syndicate / 533

System Approach / 534

 

T. Group / 536

Taqavi / 536

Tax / 536

Taylor’s Exception Principle / 537

Technical Resignation / 537

Technocracy / 537

Tehsildar / 537

Telegram / 538

Tele-Prompter / 539

Tender / 539

Tenure System / 539

Terminal Year / 540

Terms of Reference / 540

Terrorism / 540

Theory of Departmentalisation / 541

Theory of Intervention / 541

Theory of Opportunities / 541

Thikana / 541

Think Tank / 541

Third Degree / 541

 

Third World / 542

Thought / 542

Tiger-cub Economies / 542

Top Down Budgeting / 543

Total Institution / 543

Total Revolution / 543

Tourist Visa on Arrival / 543

Tow Away Zone / 544

Traditional Knowledge / 544

Trained Incapacity / 544

Training / 544

Transaction / 546

Transfer / 546

Transit Camp / 546

Treasury / 547

Trial / 547

Tribal Sub-Plan / 547

Trickle Down Theory / 548

Tripolia Gazette / 548

Tryst with Destiny / 548

Tughlaqi Order / 550

Two Factors Theory / 550

Umbrella Organisation / 551

Uncle Sam / 551

Underworld / 551

UNESCO’s Six Fundamental Values / 552

Uniform Civil Code / 552

Uniform Civil Services / 553

Union Budget / 553

Union Jack / 553

Union Territories / 554

Unitary Government / 554

United Nation / 554

Unity of Command / 560

Unity of Direction / 560

University / 561

UNPAN / 561

Urban Areas / 561

Utopia / 562

V.I.P. Security / 563

V.I.P. / 563

Vacation Department / 564

Veerugiri / 564

Vegetarian Tiger / 564

Vertical Development / 564

Vestibule Training / 564

Veteran / 565

Vice President of India / 565

Vice / 566

Vice-Chancellor / 566

Viceroy / 566

Village / 567

Virtual Organisation / 567

Virus / 567

Visa / 567

Visiting Card / 568

 

Visitor / 568

Voluntary Retirement / 568

Volunteerism / 568

Vote of Thanks / 569

Vote on Account / 569

Voter Identity Card / 569

Waqf / 571

War Service Recruits / 571

Warning Sign / 571

Warrant of Precedence / 572

Warrant / 575

Warranty / 576

Watchdog / 576

Wealth Management / 576

Weber’s Ideal Type / 577

Welfare State / 577

Westminster System / 578

Wharfage Charges / 578

Whistleblower / 578

White Elephant / 578

White Paper / 579

White-Collar Crimes / 579

White-Collar Worker / 579

Whiteman’s Burden / 580

Whitleyism in Britain / 580

Windfall Tax / 581

Work Measurement / 581

Work Study / 582

Work-Charged Employees / 582

Writ / 583

Writers’ Building / 583

‘X’ and ‘Y’ Theory / 584

Yaksha Prashna / 585

Yellow Book / 585

‘Z’ Theory of Urwick / 586

Zamidar / 587

Zareeb / 587

Zero Base Budgeting / 587

Zero Hour / 588

Zero Interest Bond / 588

Zero Net Aid / 588

Zero Rupee Note / 588

Zero Sum Game / 589

Zonal Councils / 589

Zone of Acceptance / 590

Zone of Indifference / 590

10 Numberi / 591

123 Agreement / 591

20-Points Programme / 592

3 ‘P’ / 592

36 Quom / 592

360 Degree Mapping / 593

360 Degree Feedback / 593

3‘E’ / 594

3‘E’ / 594

3‘F’ / 594

 

       

3‘I’ / 594

3‘P’ / 594

3‘R’ / 595

4 ‘I’ / 595

420 / 595

4‘D’ / 595

4‘E’ / 595

4‘P’ / 596

4‘R’ / 596

5‘F’ / 596

5‘R’ / 596

5‘R’ / 597

73rd Constitutional Amendment
Act / 597

74th Constitutional Amendment
Act / 599

n              8‘M’ / 601

 

Additional Index

ABM, 1

Additional Charge, 172

Additional Grants, 531

Administrative Agency, 20

Administrative Platonist, 14

Annual Darbar Move, 530

Anti-Subsidy Duty, 109

Appointed Date, 244

Arena, 36

Aristocracy, 51

Attache Case, 29

Attached Office, 15

Automaton, 32

Autonomous Bodies, 16

Balance Sheet, 73

Balanced Bureaucracy, 52

Bank Rate, 468

Black Zaminder, 42

Blackmailing, 108

Blue Jobs, 268

Bobby, 88

Book-keeping, 6

Boycott, 47

Brussels Bureaucracy, 181

Bursar, 61

Business Card, 568

Buttering, 69

Calling Card, 568

Campus-Placement, 392

Capitalistic, 170

 

Cash Reserve Ratio, 468

Casual Leave, 235

Cease-fire line, 285

Ceiling of Land Holdings, 279

Certiorari, 187

Character Book, 382

CHOGM, 87

Circular Training, 546

Civil Law, 75

Closure Report, 70

Cloture, 196

Club, 78

COBRA, 369

CoFEPoSA, 412

Collegium, 81

Commemorative, 403

Communistic, 170

Community Participation, 381

Commute, 304

Compensatory Pension, 380

Comprehensive Planning, 300

Conclave, 5

Conference, 4

Consolidation of Land Holdings, 279

Constabulary, 92

Constitutional Bodies, 15

Corporatization, 333

Council of Ministers, 54

Credential, 68

Cruiseships, 543

Custodian, 124

Cyber Cafe, 125

Cyber Crime, 125

Cyber Security, 125

Cyber Space, 125

Cyberabad, 452

Cyborg, 125

D.F.A. (Draft for Approval), 159

D.P.C., 138

D.R., 131

DC, 153

Dearness Relief, 131

Debriefing, 184

Decoy Operation, 526

Diplomatic or Official Visa, 567

Direct Tax, 536

Dock, 129

Doctrine of Ministerial Responsibility, 26

Doji Bara, 145

Donor Agencies, 225

Doorman, 46

Down Under, 551

Dyarchy Rule, 165

 

Earned Leave/Privilege Leave, 235

Economy Cut Motion, 125

Electoral College, 81

Embryonic Corporation, 103

Ephemeris, 272

Escort Service, 448

Establishment-22, 370

Executive Magistrate, 292

Fifth Pillar of Democracy, 391

First Issue, 199

Flying Sikh, 235

Fourth Pillar of Democracy, 390

Ginger Group, 412

GMT, 105

Governor Rule, 29

gram, 538

Green office, 178

Guard Dog, 576

Habeas Corpus, 186

Haileburians, 89

Half Pay Leave, 235

Hallmarking, 266

Help Desk, 140

Heraldry, 79

House Wife, 26

Human Trafficking, 273

Hung Parliament, 79

India Shining, 193

Indirect Tax, 536

initial, 505

Invalid Pension, 380

Jaipur Leg, 270

Judicial Activism, 8

Judicial Magistrate, 292

Kickbacks, 108

Lady, 278

Left Extremism, 333

Lion Capital of Ashoka, 523

Localisation, 215

Loco Pilot, 441

Look out tower, 289

‘M’ Factor, 313

MLC, 524

Mandamus, 186

Maternity Leave, 235

Miles’ Maxims of Management, 307

 

       

Military Rule or Regime, 299

Ministry and Department, 15

Mission Mode, 516

Mixed Economy, 171

Monnet Plan, 245

Mother Ministry, 308

Mountbatten Plan, 244

NAAC, 7

Nation State, 317

Neighbourhood Policing, 87

No Pay Leave/Without Pay, 236

Nomocracy, 481

OCTAPAC, 238

Order of Precedence, 572

PUC (Paper Under Consideration), 345

Pariah, 37

Participatory Bureaucracy, 52

Paternity Leave, 235

Peelers, 88

Permanent Mission, 174

Personal File, 195

Piece Rate System, 384

Pink Jobs, 269

Police Custody, 124

Policy Cut Motion, 124

Portfolio Investment, 202

POSDECoRB, 400

Post Box, 402

Professional Association, 175

Proforma, 420

Prohibition, 186

Project Blue Book, 43

Promisory Note, 45

Protocols, 310

Provost, 566

Psephology, 184

Public Enterprises, 16

Public Hearing, 476

Punishment Posting, 414

PVTG, 414

Quo-Warranto, 187

Rapo Rate, 468

Remand, 124

Remission, 304

Reprieve, 304

RESMA, 179

Respite, 304

Retiring Pension, 380

Reverse Repo Rate, 468

Roving Ambassador, 23

 

Sanitarium, 543

Satisficing, 490

Sects, 78

Seminar, 2

Seminary, 543

Service Roll, 500

Servo-mechanism, 125

Shire, 562

Sister Ministry, 308

Sister Organisation, 551

Skull Famine, 145

Smileys (Emoticons), 214

Socialistic, 170

Socratic Method, 4

Special Disability Leave, 235

Speed Money, 108

Stand Still Agreement, 248

Statutory Bodies, 15

Statutory Liquidity Ratio, 468

Strong Room, 71

Study Leave, 235

Sub-National Government, 522

Subordinate Office, 15

Success Story, 40

Super Cabinet, 55

Superannuation Pension, 380

Surcharge, 68

Symposium, 4

Synopsis, 140

 

Table of Precedence, 572

Token Cut Motion, 125

Towers of Hanoi, 288

Trade Union, 175

Transformation, 416

U.I.D., 1

U.T.C., 105

Unofficial Law, 124

V.I.B.G.Y.O.R., 207

V.V.I.P., 564

Vestibule Training, 546

Voluntary Employment, 569

Watch Setting, 38

Webinar, 5

Workaholism, 365

Workshop, 4

Wound & Extra Ordinary Pension, 380

 

 

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