The Administrative Reforms Commission (ARC) is the committee appointed by the Government of India to give recommendations for reforming the Indian public administration system. India has had two ARCs so far, the first ARC was constituted in 1966 and the second in 2005. A brief description of each of them is as follows:
First Administrative Reforms Commission -1966
The First Administrative Reforms Commission (ARC), as a Commission of Inquiry, was set up by the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India by resolution no. 40/3/65-AR (P) dated 5 January 1966.
The Commission was mandated to consider 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
one which is responsive to the people.
Constituent members
The First Administrative Reforms Commission was initially Chaired by Morarji R Desai, MP, and later on K.Hunmanthaiya, M.P became its chairman when Morarji R Desai, MP, became the Deputy Prime Minister of India.
The Commission was empowered to devise its
own procedures, appoint Committees and Advisors to assist it. The
Commission had set up 20 Study Teams, 13 Working Groups, and one Task
Force. The working groups made detailed studies of specific agencies
and organizations such as Customs & Central Excise, Post &
Telegraphs, Life Insurance, Income Tax, Police and Developmental Control
and regulatory organizations.
Recommendations The Commission submitted 20 reports in all before winding up in mid-1970s.
The above 20 reports contained 537 major
recommendations. Based on inputs received from various administrative
Ministries, a report indicating implementation position was placed
before the Parliament in November 1977.
Second Administrative Reforms Commission -2005 The Second Administrative Reforms Commission was set up on 31st August, 2005 by the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Government of India as a Commission of Inquiry vide a Government of India resolution. The Commission was to prepare a detailed blueprint for revamping the public administration system in India. The main mandate of the Commission was to suggest measures "to achieve a proactive, responsive, accountable, sustainable and efficient administration for the country at all levels of the government".
The 2nd ARC was initially set up under the Chairmanship of Mr. Veerappa Moily, who resigned with effect from 1st April 2009. He is succeeded by V. Ramachandran.
The Commission devised its own procedures for
consultations with public hearings, deliberations with stakeholders and
detailed discussions with different departments and state governments.
Eminent National Institutions and experts/advisors have been roped in
to carry out studies of the subject. Apart from these, the Commission
also took into account the existing material and reports available on
the subject from the Ministries and Departments of the Government of
India.
Recommendations A set of fifteen reports have been prepared by the Commission from 2006-09 for Government’s consideration. The recommendations were first considered by the concerned departments, whose views were then considered by the Core Group on Administrative Reforms (CGAR) headed by the Cabinet Secretary. These were placed before the Group of Ministers (GoM ) after the CGAR finished the examination of all the fifteen reports. GoM has finished the examination of twelve reports so far (as of December 2009).
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