District Administeration

 District: 

According to Chamber’s dictionary:

                             “District is a subdivision of a division.”     

     From a Governmental view district is defined as:

                            “A sufficiently large territory with an overall unity.”    

     There are five categories of districts:

         First:   Focus on Rural Areas

        Second:  Focus on Urban Areas

         Third:   Industrial districts

         Fourth:   Backward districts 

         Fifth:   Hill districts or tribal agencies

District Administration:

    District Administration means the Management of the task of government so far lies 

Within an area legally recognized as a district.

 

   In the words of S.S. Khera :

             The district is truly the cutting edge of Public Administration. District Administration as a Concept for Public Administration stems from the dispersal of state authority largely, 

 in countries that have centralized administration.


Purpose of District Administration:

–           Maintain law & order;

–Structural arrangement for dispensation of justice;

assessment and collection of several taxes including land revenue, irrigation rates, etc.







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