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The book is an edited work comprising of articles by academicians from across the country. The authors throw light on various aspects of state administration in the country. The articles discuss mainly the changing profile of federal polity andthe role of administration in view of the pandemic Covid-19; the Citizenship Amendment Act vis a vis refugee problem; the role of Governor; state craft in Vedic era; role of state administration in development; e-governance initiatives is states; local governance; administrative challenges in dealing with the pandemic; gender mainstreaming; smart cities and other allied and functional themes. The book traces current emerging issues and challenges thereof being faced by the state administration in the country.U.B. Singh, MPA, Ph.D. (Human Resource Development), D.Litt. (Time Management) has been actively associated in teaching, training and research in Public Administration at theMizoram Central University, Aizawl and Lucknow University, Lucknow for more than three decades. He has been teachingDevelopment Administration; Administrative Theories; Principles of Management; and Local Government in the USA, the UK, France and India at the PG level. He was awarded fellowship under Colombo Plan at University College London, U.K.; and under the auspices of UNDP, an international programme on Planning & Administering Good Governance atAIT, Bangkok. He has to his credit more than two dozen books, authored and edited, and more than sixty research papers published in reputed journals and edited volumes. He has undertaken scores of research studies sponsored by Ministries of Housing and Urban Poverty, Urban Development, SocialWelfare, Agriculture, NCW, UGC, ICSSR etc. Dr. Singh is champion of urban governance and change management. He is a unique combination of a teacher, a researcher and a trainer in public administration.