APPENDIX I

MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

(Department of Administrative Reforms)

RESOLUTION
New Delhi, the 5th January, 1966

No. 40/3/65-AR (P) - The President is pleased to set up a

Commission of Inquiry to be called the Administrative Reforms
Commission to examine the public administration of the country and
make recommendations for reform and reorganization where
necessary.

2. The Commission will consist of Shri Morarji R. Desai, M.P., as

the Chairman and the following as Members:­

(i) Shri K. Hanumanthaiya, M.P.

(ii) Shri H.C. Mathur, M.P.
(iii) Shri G.S. Pathak, M.P.
(iv) Shri H.V. Kamath, M.P.
(v) Shri V. Shankar, I.C.S. - Member Secretary.

3. The Commission will give consideration to the need for ensuring

the highest standards of efficiency and integrity in the public services,
and for making public administration a fit instrument for carrying out
the social and economic policies of the Government and achieving
social and economic goals of development, as also one which is
responsive to the people. In particular the Commission will consider
the following :­

(1) the machinery of the Government of India and its procedures of

work;
(2) the machinery for planning at all levels;
(3) Centre-State relationships;
(4) Financial administration;
(5) Personnel administration;
(6) Economic administration;
(7) Administration at the State level;
(8) District administration;
(9) Agricultural administration; and
(10) Problems of redress of citizens grievances.

Some of the issues to be examined under each head are listed in the
schedule to this Resolution.

4. The Commission may exclude from its purview the detailed

examination of administration of defence, railways, external affairs,
security and intelligence work, as also subjects such as educational
administration already being examined by a separate commiSSion.
The Commission will, however, be free to take the problems of these
sectors into account in recommending reorganization of the machinery
of the Government as a whole or of any of its common service
agencies.

5. The Commission will devise its own procedures, and may

appoint committees and advisers to assist it.

6. The ministries and departments of the Government of India will

furnish such information and documents and other assistance as may
be required by the Commission. The Government of India trusts that
the State Governments and all other concerned will extend their fullest
cooperation and assistance to the Commission.

7. The Commission will make its report to the Government of India

as soon as practicable.

ORDER

ORDERED that a copy of the Resolution be communicated to all

Ministries and Departments of the Government of India, State
Governments, Administrations of Union Territories, etc. etc.

ORDERED also that the Resolution be published in the Gazette of India

for general information.

N.K. MUKARJI, Jt. Secy.

SCHEDULE

(1) The machinery of the Government of India and its procedures of

work.
(i) The grouping of subjects in departments.
(ii) The role of the Cabinet Secretariat.
(iii) Problems of inter-ministry coordination.
(iv) Staffing patterns and methods of work within ministries and
departments.
(v) Relationship between ministries and their attached and
subordinate offices.
(2) The machinery for planning at all levels.
Planning Originations and procedures at the Centre and in the
States, and the relationship of the Planning Commission at the
Centre and planning agencies in the States with other agencies.

(3) Central-State relationships.

(i) Centre-State relationships in the realm of planning and
development with particular reference to the growth of central
agencies handling concurrent and State list subjects.
(ii) Centre-State relationships in other spheres, with particular
reference to the needs of national integration and of
maintaining efficient standards of administration throughout
the country.

(4) Financial administration.

(i) Budgetary reform.
(ii) Reform in the administration of accounts.
(iii) The role of audit.
(iv) The system of expenditure control, including procedures for
sanctioning schemes and the problem of financial delegation
and decentralization.
(v) Procedures governing financial relations between the Centre
and the States.

(5) Personnel administration

(i) Personnel planning and organization for it.
(ii) Recruitment policy and procedures, including selection
techniques.
(iii) The Union Public Service Commission and the State Public
Service Commissions.
(iv) Promotion policies and incentives.
(v) Policies and rules governing conduct and discipline to
ensure efficiency, honesty and maintenance of morale.
(vi) Training
(vii) The role of the Cabinet Secretary and the Ministries of
Home Affairs and Finance.
(viii) Personnel management for public sector enterprises.

(6) Economic administration.

(i) Economic coordination, and the role of the Department of
Economic Affairs and Coordination, the Planning
Commission and the Department of Industry in that
respect.
(ii) Administration of foreign exchange.
(iii) Export promotion, the mechanism of import control, and
administration for trade and commerce generally.
(iv) Review of the mechanism and procedures of economic
controls.
 (v) The role of the Ministry of Industry and Supply vis-a-vis
other ministries handling specific industries.
(vi) Organisation for promoting industries in the private sector.

(7) Administration at the State-level.

(i) Examination of the organisation and procedures of State
Governments with special reference to problems similar to
those enumerated above.
(ii) The need to strengthen administration in the States at all
levels.
(8) District Administration.
(i) The role of the Collector in respect of general
administration and development administration, and as the
agent of the State Government.
(ii) The role of the Collector in the matter of public grievances
and complaints.
(iii) The relationship between the Collector and panchayati raj
institutions.
(iv) The relationship between the Collector and departmental
heads at the district and supra-district levels.
(v) The size of districts.
(vi) Personnel policies in relation to the post of Collector.

(9) Agricultural administration.

(i) The role of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture and other
ministries concerned with agricultural production, and
coordination between them.
(ii) Inter-relationship between State Agriculture Departments,
Community Development Organisations and other
organizations concerned with agricultural production in the
States.
(iii) Organisation for agricultural administration at the State and
district levels.
(iv) Coordination between research and extension
organizations.

(10) Problems of redress of citizens grievances.

(i) The adequacy of the existing arrangements for the redress
of grievances.
(ii) Need for introduction of any new machinery or special
institutions for redress of grievances.