Public Administration Books

Public Administration Books

Public Administration is the one of most popular optional for UPSC Mains and it has the highest share of successful candidates among all optional subjects. One of the reasons for its popularity is the relatively limited and well defined syllabus & its share in GS-Paper 2 & GS-Paper 4.

The most important thing in Public Administration is conceptual clarity. Until and unless you have conceptual clarity you won’t be able to understand the question in the first place
All of us write answers in pub-ad and feel that we have written it well but the problem is most of us interpret questions differently and end up writing different answers.
The correct interpretation of question will only happen if your concepts are clear

Books selection & Best Books play invaluable role to increase chances of your success in any examination .We did a lot of research and took the suggestions from CSE-2016 and CSE-2017 toppers for preparing Book list for Public Administration Optional Subject for UPSC Mains.

Serial No.	10 Most important Public Administration Books in English	10 Most important Lok Prashasan Books in Hindi
1	Public Administration by M Laxmikanth Highly recommend for basic concepts and theories (Paper-I & Paper-II)	Lok Prashasan by M Laxmikanth OR Lok Pashsan By Lakshmi Narain Highly recommend for basic concepts and theories (Paper-I & Paper-II)
2	New Horizons of Public Administration by Mohit Bhattacharya This Book Covers-Bureaucratic Theory, Public Policies, Development Administration, and Decision Making (Paper-I)	Lok Prashasan ke naye Aayam by Mohit Bhattacharya This Book Covers-Bureaucratic Theory, Public Policies, Development Administration, and Decision Making (Paper-I)
3	Administrative Thinkers by Prasad and Prasad. This Book covers- Administrative Thoughts & thinkers like Elton Mayo, Max Weber, Henry Simon etc (Paper-I) Kautilya for Paper 2.	LOK PRASHASAN SIDDHANT EVAM VYAVAHAR Prashasnik Chintak
4	Indian Public Administration by Ramesh Arora and Rajni Goyal Excellent book that covered almost 60-70 percent of paper 2 syllabus & also British administration, Mughal era and Kautilya’s theory.	Indian Public Administration by Ramesh Arora and Rajni Goyal Excellent book that covered almost 60-70 percent of paper 2 syllabus & also British administration, Mughal era and Kautilya’s theory.
5	Governance in India by Laxmikanth This book covers Finance and Personnel Administration topics for Paper 1 & Paper-2	Governance in India by Laxmikanth This book covers Finance and Personnel Administration topics for Paper 1 & Paper-2
6	Indian Polity 5th Edition by Laxmikanth Most recommended book for Indian Polity part of Paper-2	Bharat Ki Rajvayvastha 5th Edition by Laxmikanth Most recommended book for Indian Polity part of Paper-2
7	Public Administration By Fadia & Fadia Good Book for Both Papers	Lok Prakashan by Fadia & Fadia
8	Previous Year Topic Wise Question Papers Previous Year Solved Papers	Previous Year Topic Wise Question Papers Previous Year Solved Papers
9	Class Notes: Mohanty Sir or Vajiram & Ravi
10	IGNOU Books(MA)- Read Selective Topics Only	IGNOU Books- Read Selective Topics Only