Publica Administration in the Age of Globalization in India

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION IN THE AGE OF GLOBALIZATION IN INDIA The aim of this paper is to acquaint the reader about the influence of globalisation on the Public Administration of India. But before I proceed I feel it is absolutely necessary to define the two terms-â€Å"Globalisation† and â€Å"Public Administration†. I will then discuss the changes that Globalisation has brought about on the Indian Public Administration. Globalisation is the process of international integration arising from the interchange of world views, products, ideas, and other aspects of culture. Globalisation is an umbrella term and is perhaps best understood as a unitary process inclusive of many†¦show more content†¦The practices of traditional Public Administration are under increasing attack from neo-liberal economists and rational choice scholars who have provided the intellectual inputs to the politicians determined to reduced the state and scope of the public sector. As a result of Globalization, the national economies are gradually opening up. So as the economies lose their discrete, self-contained character they become harder for National control and management. Globalization in India began essentially in the year 1991 when the deficit in the balance of payments prompted India, under Prime Minister, P. V. Narasimha Rao and his Finance Minister, Manmohan Singh (currently the Prime Minister of India) to undertake a series of structural economic reforms as a part of the bailout deal with the International Monetary Fund. Since 1991, the context of administration has again been changing under the impact of the New Economic Policy. Concepts like globalisation, liberalisation, and privatisation have gained wide cur ¬rency that are indicative of more openness of government to international competition, deregulation and dismantling of a series of government controls, and downsizing of government by handing over selected activities to the private sector, and by encouraging the non-government organisations to work more and m ore in the social development sector, particularly in such