Administrative Reform is a tool or process for improving administrative effectiveness and efficiency. Former Chief Minister V. S. Achuthanandan resigned from the post of chairman of the Kerala Administrative Reforms Commission on 30 January 2021.
Administrative Reforms Commission (ARC).
Kerala has had four Administrative Reforms Commissions since its formation in 1956. The first Commission, under the chairmanship of late Shri. E. M. S. Namboodiripad, was constituted in 1957 and the second Commission was set up under Shri. M. K. Vellodi, ICS in 1965.
The third one was under the chairmanship of Shri E. K. Nayanar in 1997. The third one was submitted in 2000-2001.
The fourth commission set up under former chief minister Shri V. S. Achuthanandan in 2016. 
Former Chief Minister V. S. Achuthanandan resigned from the post of chairman of the Kerala Administrative Reforms Commission on 30 January 2021.
Terms of Reference for Third ARC.
The third ARC came into being in May 1997, with the former Chief Minister E. K. Nayanar as its Chairman. The Terms of Reference required the Third ARC (TARC), among other things:
All the above functions of TARC are explicitly tied to improvements in service delivery. The recommendations of Third Administrative Reforms Commission (TARC) are in 15 reports put together in three volumes.
The Vision of 3rd ARC.
The Third Administrative Reforms Commission has developed a vision of responsive administration and its recommendations were designed to attain this vision. The salient features of the vision are:
Later, Government of Kerala has prepared a Modernising Government Programme, chiefly for implementing various recommendations of the Administrative Reforms Commissions.
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