In the context of India,which one of the following is the characteristic appropriate for bureaucracy?

1. A

   An agency for widening the scope of parliamentary democracy

   Widening parliamentary democracy. A political, not bureaucratic, job.

2. B

   An agency for strengthening the structure of federalism

   Strengthening federalism. Courts and lists do more of that.

3. C

   An agency for facilitating political stability and economic growth

   Political stability and growth. Outcomes, not the defining task.

4. D

   An Agency for the implementation of public policy

   Implementation of public policy. Weber: the permanent executive carries out what the political executive decides.

Summary. Official key is (d). Bureaucracy’s appropriate characteristic here is as the agency that implements public policy — not as the engine of democracy, federalism or growth.