This text book on Public Administration aimed for the ?Public Administration : Theory and Practice? paper of BA Hons of University of Delhi - specifically written for the paper ?Theories of administration? [Paper 10, Semester III] and also aims for the Paper ?Public Policy and Administration in India? paper 14 Semester 4. This book discusses Introduction of public administration; Meaning, nature and development; New perspectives of public administration; Development of administration in India; Development administration; Administrative theory; Organization and Methods; Structure of an organization; Public policy; Personnel administration; Bureaucracy in India;Financial administration; Financial administration in India; Citizen and administration; Public participation in administration; Welfare administration; decentralization; Urban local governance; Administrative reform and changing nature of governance in India. Included in the book are updates as of 2015 on the public administration in India.