Report of the Administrative Reforms Commission of 1996
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Explanation:
The First Administrative Reforms Commission (ARC) as a Commission of Inquiry was set up in January,1966, to examine the public administration of the country and make recommendation for reform and reorganisation when necessary, involving the following aspects:
The machinery of the Government of India and its procedures or work
The machinery for planning at all levels
Centre- State relationships
Financial administration
Personnel administration
Economic administration
Administration at the State level
District administration
Agricultural administration and
Problems of redress of citizens grievances.
2. The Administrative Reforms Commission was initially Chaired by Shri Morarji R Desai, MP, and later on Shri K.Hunmanthaiya, M.P became its chairman when Shri Morarji R Desai, MP, became the Deputy Prime Minister of India. The other members of the Commission were:
Shri H.C. Mathur,M.P.
Shri G.S. Pathak, M.P Shri H.V. Kamath, M.P.
Shri V. Shankar, I.C.S., Member Secretar
Shri V. Shankar, I.C.S., Member Secretary
3. The Commission was empowered to devise its own procedures, appoint Committees and Advisors to assist it. The Commission had set up 20 Study Teams, 13 Working Groups and one Task Force. The Working Groups made detailed studies of specific agencies and organisations such as Customs & Central Excise, Post & Telegraphs, Life Insurance, Income Tax, Police and Developmental Control and regulatory organisations
4. The Commission submitted the following 20 reports before winding up in mid- 1970 -
Sl. No. Name of the Report
Problems of Redress of Citizens Grievances (Interim)
Machinery for Planning
Public Sector Undertakings
Finance, Accounts & Audit
Machinery for Planning (Final)
Economic Administration
The Machinery of GOI and its procedures of work
Life Insurance Administration
Central Direct Taxes Administration
Administration of UTs & NEFA
Personnel Administration
Delegation of Financial & Administrative Powers
Centre-State Relationships
State Administration
Small Scale Sector
Railways
Treasuries
Reserve Bank of India
Posts and Telegraphs
Scientific Departments
The above 20 reports contained 537 major recommendations. Based on inputs received from various administrative Ministries, a report indicating implementation position was placed before the Parliament in November,1977.
The Second Administrative Reforms Commission (ARC) was constituted on 31.08,2005, as a Commission of Inquiry, under the Chairmanship of Shri Veerappa Moily for preparing a detailed blueprint for revamping the public administrative system. The Commission consists of the following:
Shri Veerappa Moily, Chairperson
Shri V. Ramachandran, Member
Dr. A.P. Mukherjee, Member
Dr. A.H. Kalro, Member
Dr. Jayaprakash Narayan, Member
Smt. Vineeta Rai, Member Secretary
The Commission was requested to suggest measures to achieve a proactive, responsive, accountable, sustainable and efficient administration for the country at all levels of the Government. It had presented the following 15 Reports to the Government for consideration:
Right to Information: Master Key to Good Governance
Unlocking human capital: Entitlements and Governance – a Case Study )
Crisis Management: From Despair to Hope
Ethics in Governance
Public Order : Justice for each … Peace for all
Local Governance
Capacity Building for Conflict Resolution – Friction to Fusion
Combating Terrorism
Social Capital – A Shared Destiny
Refurbishing of Personnel Administration – Scaling New Heights
Promoting e-Governance – The Smart Way Forward
Citizen Centric Administration – The Heart of Governance
Organisational structure of Government of India
Strengthening Financial Management System
State and District Administration
2. The procedure prescribed for processing of the recommendations made by ARC is that the recommendations are first considered by the concerned administrative ministries/departments. Their views are then considered by the Core Group on Administrative Reforms (CGAR) headed by the Cabinet Secretary. Subsequently, they are placed before the Group of Ministers (GoM) for its consideration. The views and recommendations of the GoM are then submitted for the information/directions of the Prime Minister.
3. The Government constituted a Group of Ministers (GoM) on 30th March, 2007 under the Chairmanship of the then External Affairs Minister to consider the recommendations of the Second A.R.C. and to review the pace of implementation of the recommendations as well as to provide guidance to the concerned Ministries/ Departments in implementing the decisions. It has since been reconstituted under the Chairmanship of Union Finance Minister on 21.08.2009. Core Group on Administrative Reforms under the Chairmanship of Cabinet Secretary has finished examination of all the 15 reports.
The ARC or the Administrative Reforms Commission is a committee set up by the Government of India to review the public administration system and give recommendations to improve it. The reports by the Commission are called the ARC reports. ... The second ARC constituted in 2005 was chaired by Veerappa Moily.
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