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Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part I : Governance and Civil Service -- 1 - Governance and Public Service -- 2 - Constitutional Status of Civil Service in India -- 3 - Civil Service Values and Neutrality -- 4 - Importance of Social Security in Good Governance -- Part II: Civil Service Reform in India -- 5 - Accountability in Public Service -- 6 - Corruption in All India Services -- 7 - Institutional Reforms in Indian Civil Service -- 8 - Reinventing the Civil Servant -- Part III: Functioning of Service Commissions in SAARC Region -- 9 - Comparative Study of Service Commissions in SAARC Nations: Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan and Maldives -- Part IV: Case Studies -- 10 - The Right to Good Governance: Present Scenario and Future Lessons -- 11 - Indian Revenue Service: Reflections of a Woman Bureaucrat -- 12 - Indian Postal Service: A Rewarding 'Social Service' -- 13 - Functioning of Union Public Service Commission of India -- 14 - Pakistan: Federal Public Service Commission and Its Functions -- 15 - Functioning of Royal Bhutan Service Commission -- Bibliography -- About the Editor and Contributors -- Index.

Cover -- Contents -- List of Boxes -- Boxes -- 1. Elements of a Wide-Reaching Community Awareness and Participation Plan implemented by a Nongovernment Organization -- 2. Brief Overview of One of the NGO Collaborators of ADB: Shushilan (Bangladesh) -- 3. ADB Guidelines Advocate the Use of Qualified NGOs to Support Resettlement and Provide Criteria for Identifying an Appropriate NGO -- 4. Roles of NGOs and other CSOs as Contractors in Loan Projects -- 5. Brief Overview of One of the NGO Collaborators of ADB: Sevanatha (Sri Lanka) and Its Work with Community Development Councils

In South Asia civil society organisations have led the way in encouraging governments to address the problem of human trafficking. A coordinated regional response by both governments & civil society organisations is urgently required. Adapted from the source document.

"This book examines public administration in South Asia in the context of rapid changes and modernization of administrative traditions, thoughts, and practices. The existing literature has, however, not given adequate attention to these developments, at least in a single volume. The book describes both the shared administrative traditions of Bhutan, Bangladesh, China, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka, and how far they have adapted their administrative systems to respond to contemporary administrative and governance challenges. The book studies how national civil service reforms have been carried out in each member state of South Asia and how the national civil service acts and different regulations are being implemented, as well as what are the critical factors associated with the implementation of national civil service acts and reform measures in the region."--

This book examines in rich detail the lives, struggles, and strategies of South Asian activists seeking to advance various political, social, and environmental causes. Through a series of case studies from Bangladesh, India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka on activists' efforts, it elucidates how they mediate between different spheres that are often (and sometimes legally) kept apart: the political and the legal, the economic and the political, the local and the international. The uniqueness of this book lies in its treatment of 'civil society' as a process brought into being by the actions of specific i