The role of bureaucracy in development administration: a comparative study of India and Malaysia / Zeeshan Warsi

Since very long in a governmental set up, bureaucrats plays very important role in all sphere of the developmental activities. In this regard, they are considering as an expert of their field rather than the ministers of assign department. They work as an expert, as an advisory body in the governmental system. Bureaucracy is the sovereign factor in Development Administration. It is also called manpower management, personnel management, labour welfare management and so on. Bureaucracy popularly known as the Backbone of the governmental organization, which actively participates in the public policy formulation process as well as implementation and evaluation. Whereas development administration is primarily concerned with planning, policy and programme and socio-economic development. As bureaucracy plays number of important roles in development process in which formulation of policy, implementation of policy, delegated legislation and administrative adjudication are core functions of the bureaucrats. Bureaucracy also ensures the development through continuous evaluation and vigilance. This paper will be focused on the comparative analysis of bureaucratic structure and their role in developmental process in both the nations, and the lessons India could learn from Malaysian experience and vice versa.