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  3. A Scheme for the Government of India
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:
October 2013
Print publication year:
2012
First published in:
1853
Online ISBN:
9781139198486
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139198486
Subjects:
Area Studies, South Asian Government, Politics and Policy, South Asian History, British History after 1450, Asian Studies, History, Politics and International Relations
Series:
Cambridge Library Collection - South Asian History
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Sir George Campbell (1824–92) spent a number of years in the administration of India at a time when rule over the country was being transferred from the East India Company to the British Crown. In this 1853 work, he offers an outline of policy for a future government. He believes that India is capable of being the most civilised country in the world, and favours introduction of the western model of development to India. Campbell laments the lack of co-ordination among various agencies of the government, and finds executive efficiency in an inverse proportion to staff numbers, thus supporting the idea of a small government. He argues for the establishment of an authoritative central power to guide, direct and propel the local administrations. Some of the problems he identified and the remedies he suggested are as relevant to the governance of India today as they were then.

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