Abstract

Abstract: Early in thetwentieth century, Max Weber recognised the tendency of increasing number oflarge-scale organizations in all modern systems of government. He had alsoindicated that the growth of bureaucracies was inevitable in all democraticgovernments and that both democracy and bureaucracy had to go hand in hand. Thegrowth in the number of large-scale organisations and the con- sequent growthin the number of public employees has since become an outstanding feature ofall modern governmental systems. The enlargement of the functions of governmenthas increased the size of the civil service although such a growth hasgenerally undermined administrative efficiency. When such increase in thenumber of public employees is seen in the context of a developing country likeIndia several factors which have had adverse effects on administration becomevisible. In particular, the prevailing conditions of social conflict becomedetermining factors effecting administrative performance in such a way thatthere is the need of strengthening the administrative capabilities ofgovernment. This can be understood by a close scrutiny of the nature of socialconflict prevailing within the society and the resultant conditions affectingadministrative performance.

Keywords

·        Administrativecapabilities

·        Administrative Efforts

·        Suggestions forimprovement

·        Measures forAdministrative Responsiveness

·        Caste Differences

·        Lack of Public Interest

·        Corruption

·        Literacy