BOOK LIST : PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION FOR PRELIMS

1. PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION By LAXMIKANTH 5TH EDITION.(3-4 READINGS AND REMEMBER WORD BY WORD)

2. NEW HORIZONS OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION By MOHIT BHATTACHARYA(FOR CONCEPTUAL CLARITY)

3. ADMINISTRATIVE THINKERS By PRASAD AND PRASAD

4. INDIAN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION By GOYAL & ARORA (INDEPTH STUDY AND REMEMBER WELL)

5. AN INTRODUCTION TO THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA By D D BASU

6. THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA By P M BAKSHI(BE THOROUGH WITH THE ARTICLES AND THEIR PROVISIONS).

7. FACT FILE (VOL 1 & 2) PUBLISHED By SYNERGY COACHING INSTITUTE + RECENTLY ADDED FACTS IN LAXMIKANTH 5TH EDITION i.e.ADDED SECTION IN THE END.

8. PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS By NICHOLAS HENRY ( CH 2,3,4,5,8 & 10)(Optional)

9. ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUR By STEPHEN ROBBINS 13TH EDITION ( CH ON MOTIVATION(2 CH),LEADERSHIP(2 CH),DECISION MAKING,COMMUNICATION,ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE)(Optional)

10. MANAGEMENT By KOONTZ,WEIHRICH ( SAME CH AS ABOVE)(Optional)

11. RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN PUB AD FROM THE HINDU,ECONOMIC SURVEY ( FINANCE AND SOCIAL SECTOR CH),INDIA YEAR BOOK (FINANCE,SOCIAL WELFARE CH).

12. PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION By AVASTHY & MAHESHWARI(SELECTED CHAPTERS & Optional FOR UNDERSTANDING CONCEPTS)

13. Model Test Papers By VAJIRAM & RAVI,SYNERGY,BRAIN TREE(Practise them as many as you can after reading the above mentioned text books).

14. PRACTISE LAST 10 YEARS UPSC QUESTIONS & ANSWERS