GK
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
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Question
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Felix Nigro
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O. G. Stahl
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Herman Finer
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N. Gladden
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Detailed explanation-1: -Public administration concerns with policy formulation and implementation and management of public affairs by competent civil servants who constitute public services or civil services. The term ‘civil service’ has been defined by Herman Finer as a ‘professional body of officials, permanent, paid and skilled’.
Detailed explanation-2: -Pre-1947, the civil service was called Indian Civil Service (ICS) and Satyendranath Tagore was the first ICS officer.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Indian Civil Services Act was passed in 1861 under the Viceroyalty of Lord Canning. It provided the reservation of certain principal posts for the members of the covenant services. Thus, the Principal posts were reserved for the British.