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According to the term "new public management," it is a "summary explanation of a method of reorganising public sector organisations to bring their management, reporting, and accounting techniques closer to (a specific perspective of) corporate operations. "The new public management approach focuses on the flaws and deficiencies of government performance throughout time, blaming them on the nature and methods of government activity and administration". The new public management is intended to address centralised bureaucracies, waste and inefficiency in resource usage, and insufficient accountability systems. Reputable founding fathers of the New Public Management paradigm, Osborn, Christopher Hood, and Gaebler, underlined the importance of reinvesting government structures in their book. Back in the day, government institutions were overly focused on bureaucratic aspects, making them too slow and stiff to function properly. Only formal organisations and governme...

The Supreme Court (SC) has been scrutinizing constitutional posts in recent years, based on the Doctrine of Political Neutrality. With back-to-back judgments in November 2019 settling political crises in Maharashtra and Karnataka, the Supreme Court conveyed a strong message to high constitutional authorities who abandon their neutrality to favour party politics in States. The court has emphasized the need for authorities such as the Speaker and Governor to adhere to constitutional morals and not sway due to "prevailing political forces." The doctrine of political neutrality:  It's the foundation of any constitutional democracy. Being a "third" in a quarrel between others is what neutrality is all about. The claim of neutrality is a request to the belligerent parties to respect the neutral's decision and refrain from interfering in their conflict. Regardless of whether a political party is in power, neutrality means not being biased in delivering data, feedb...