Foreword – Radhakrishnan. 1. Background 2. Parliament 3. The Executive 4. Financial Administration.
Biography
Asok Chanda (1902–1972) was Deputy High Commissioner in the U.K., 1948-49; Financial Commissioner for Railways, 1949-52; Secretary, Ministry of Production, 1952-54; Comptroller and Auditor-General, 1954-60. After retirement he was Chairman of the Central Excise Reorganisation Committee and later, Chairman of the Third Constitutional Finance Commission.
Original Reviews of Indian Administration:
‘…his comments are frequently shrewd…’ The Economist
‘Mr. Chanda writes lucidly and urbanely; his views are cogently, often forcefully, yet objectively expressed.’ Pacific Affairs
‘The book, as a whole, is one of the most stimulating studies on the subject of Indian Administration that I have read since the achievement of freedom.’ B. Shiva Rao, The Hindu.
‘Here is a survey of the Cabinet, the Services, the Secretariat, Parliamentary control, Treasury control and Audit which is noteworthy for thoroughness, clarity and critical power. These aspects of post-independence Indian administration have nowhere else been so well described and discussed.’ Political Quarterly.
