Thus, to believe that the flaws and inadequacies in the government sector are on account of the officers and employees at the helm of the system is an unfair assessment. [...] According to him, 'The content of the ICS tradition was not only the concern of the IAS men and women within it, for it has influenced the behaviour of the other administrators and affected the general character of the Indian state structure as a whole.' Potter found that 'Although much had changed by the early 1980s, this basic framework of administration [the colonial administration] was still i. [...] The RFD was essentially a record of understanding between a minister representing the people's mandate and the secretary of a department implementing the mandate. [...] It was based on the general agreement of the minister concerned with the objectives and the key result areas of the ministry. [...] The Prime Minister has repeatedly emphasised the need to improve the quality of implementation and enhance the efficiency and accountability of the delivery mechanism...
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