Bulletin n. 3/2010 | ||
January 2011 | ||
Krishna Anirudh |
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Continuity and change: the Indian administrative service 30 years ago and today | ||
in Commonwealth and Comparative Politics , Vol. 48, issue 4 , 2010 , 433 – 444 | ||
Continuity trumps change: in essential respects the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) remains as it was 30 years ago. Thirty years hence the IAS should continue much as it is, albeit with gradually waning influence. Pressures from below and above will increasingly constrict the zone of discretion enjoyed by IAS officials. But in the foreseeable future the basic structure of the IAS will remain substantially unchanged | ||