Which Are The Best Book / Notes For IAS Public Administration Optional?

Lecture notes of M. K. Mohanty Sir and Ashutosh Pandey Sir are more than sufficient not only to qualify the exam but also to score the top rank in the Civil Services Examination of UPSC. Apart from there notes, optional preparation of “Public Administration” can be supplemented with the printed notes and hand-outs of the SYNERGY IAS Institute. The syllabus allocated for public administration is also short as compared to the other subjects. Also, every year topics related to ‘polity, governance and democracy’ feature in the essay paper. Still, if someone wishes to explore the academic content of the subject, following are the suggestive readings:

Recommended books for Public Administration optional (Paper 1)

1. New Horizons Of Public Administration – Mohit Bhattacharya
2. Administrative Thinkers – Ravindra Prasad
3. Theories of Administration- Ravindra Prasad, V.S. Prasad and P. Satyanarayana
4. Organisation and Management: A Critique of Western Theories- Gvishiani
5. Contemporary Debates in Public Administration – Dhameja Alka
6. Public Administration and Public Affairs- Nicolas Henry
7. Development Administration- Ferrel Heady
8. Comparative Public Administration- Ferrel Heady
9. Accountability and Control- Mohit Bhattacharya
10. Essentials of Organisational Behaviour- Stephen Robbins
11. Administrative Behaviour- Paul Hersey
12. Organisational Behaviour- Stephen Robbin
13. Administrative Reforms- P.R. Dubbashi
14. Administrative Reforms- G.E. Gaiden
15. Personnel Administration- O Glenn
16. Public Personnel Administration- Stahl
17. Personnel Administration in India- L. Goel
18. Indian Administration – Maheswari
19. Public Administration: Concepts And Theories – Rumki Basu
20. A Dictionary of Public Administration – Maheswari
21. Public Financial Administration- S. Lal
22. Indian Administration – Pankaj Singh
23. Public Administration: Theory And Practice
24. Governance in India for UPSC Civil Services Preliminary Examination – Laxmikanth
25. Administrative Theories And Management Thought – Sapru 

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REFERENCE BOOKS

Recommended books for Public Administration optional (Paper-II)

1. Indian Administration- Rajni Goyal and Arora
2. Indian Administration- Rumki Basu
3. Introduction to the constitution of India – D.Basu
4. Indian Constitutional Law- P. Jain
5. District Administration- N. Chaturvedi
6. Evolution of Indian Administration: Administrative History of India (Vol. I, II and III)- N. Puri
7. State Government and Administration- D. Shukla
8. District Administration- N. Chaturvedi
9. Local Government- R. Maheswari
10. Control of Public Expenditure- J. K. Thavaraj
11. Personnel Administration in India- L. Goel
12. Administrative Reforms- P.R. Dubbashi
13. Welfare Administration Annual Reports of Department of Social Welfare
14. Machinery for Planning- A. Avasthi
15. Important Judgments that Transformed India – Alex Andrews George
16. IGNOU Material
17. Journals of Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA)
18. ARC Reports
19. Economy Survey