District level administration and role of collector /
Suneel Dhariwal and M C Sharma
- Jaipur : Aalekh Publishers, 2007
- xxv, 242p, 21cm.
The origin of district administration in India, as a unit of governance, goes back in time. The Mughal rule had an organization for administration at the district equivalent level. In British times, the district in its modern form took shape and the institution of the Collector became the eyes and ears of the administration. After independence, with the launching of development programmes, the powers and functions of the collector increased immensely