Governance is not mentioned explicitly in UPSC Prelims syllabus but some questions appear from this section in the Prelims paper. In Prelims, often schemes and initiatives of the government are asked which are in News. Apart from this, every student of UPSC should be familiarised with the governance part of the polity as the government has become more interdisciplinary as it is also studied in other subjects as the economy, environment, social sciences, etc. For this purpose, the present book has been written to deal with the concepts and comprehensive coverage of the entire syllabus. We have also assimilated Previous Year Questions in the book in order to keep the preparation as per the UPSC framework.

The book has been written with the point of view of comprehensive coverage of the entire aspects of governance. One of the distinguishing characteristics of this governance book for UPSC is that it covers a wide canvas of governance and the text has been written in a lucid, cogent, and convincing style, documented with interesting data, diagrams, and illustrations with apt and appropriate examples.

The Governance Study Material includes in detail about the topics related to:

• Concepts of Governance such as Good Governance and Attributes of Governance
• Institutions of Governance
• Regulatory Bodies
• Institutions to promote transparency
• Institutions, and Schemes related to Health
• Institutions, and Schemes related to Education
• Civil Services Reforms
• Police Reforms in India
• E-Governance
• Right to Information
• Central Secretariat and Important National Policies and other important topics