National Civil Service System in India: A Critical View

The civil service system is the backbone of the administrative machinery of the Indian nation. India which is a union of states, has a democratic system. The political system of the country is pluralistic, having three tiers of administration, namely, central, provincial, and local. The federal parliament is bicameral. The lower house known as the Lok Sabha, constitutes elected members of parliament. The members of the upper house, known as the Rajya Sabha, are elected by the various provinces on the basis of an assigned strength. Together, the two houses constitute parliament and the members of these houses are called Members of Parliament. At the local level, the villages have Panchayats (council of villagers). Several villages constitute a block and the block-level councils are headed by Pradhans, known as chiefs of the blocks. These Pradhans constitute a district council which is headed by a district chief. The elections are governed by the principle of majority vote, which simply means that the elections are decided on the basis of the highest votes polled by a person.