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Binay babu, CC BY-SA 4.0
- INTRO
- 2500- 1700 BC
- 1500 BC -600BC
- 600 BC-300 BC
- 400 BC TO 200 BC
- 230 BC to 230 CE
- 300 BC To 300 CE
- Early 300 CE TO 600 CE
- 275 CE- - 897CE
- (543- 757 AD) and then (975-1189 AD)
- 593 CE - 982 CE
- 850 CE to 1279 CE
- 952 CE to 1343 CE
- 180 CE to 624 CE
- 700CE to 1200CE
- 1206- 1526 CE
- 1540 CE to 1555 CE
- 1526 CE to 1707 CE
- 1336- 1646 AD
- 1347 CE to 1527 CE
- 1773-1858
- 1858- 1947
- 1947 - Present
The trends of administrative reforms from 1857 to 1947 indicate that English rulers were interested in: (a) Developing a merit-based civil service where they were experimenting (b) Building an efficiency-oriented administrative system and specific rational rules and regulations was a prerequisite.
- The Central Secretariat had 19 Departments in 1947.
- A Pyramidal Organisation was created with a Secretary on top, 2 Deputy Secretaries in the middle, and Under Secretaries.
- Joint Secretaries became a regular feature
- Additional Secretaries were appointed to deal with the expansion of public business
- There was Vertical movement of files to various sections of the Government
“A regular pilgrimage of files not only from one department to another in the same secretariat but also from the Government of India to the provincial government and to the Secretary of State for India in the Council.”
After transfer of power, the Indian Civil Service was replaced by the Indian Administrative Service
