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The workplace of the District Collector and Magistrate is the backbone of District Administration in India. They are the essence of the administration at the last mile. Extensively, Collector's capacities can be classified as revenue, judicial, regulatory, developmental and residual. Over the time of a long time since freedom, the jobs of DCs have duplicated and he is immersed with various obligations. Alongside his substantial traditional functions, his extra duties have expanded because of number of improvement ventures of the state and the middle. There has been a general accord that, with the continuous advancement of PRIs and ULBs , different proportions of regulatory changes are focused on de-grouping of forces of the authorities through assignment of obligations and realignment of the elements of the District Collector, so that, he can focus on the core functions. I will attempt my best to consider the current functions and jobs of District Collector in Madhya Pradesh (Chhindwara). The different undertakings and obligations of Collector is broke down to comprehend the quantum of their working hours; movement shrewd separation of his duties and time devoured by him comprehensively, lastly his inclinations for various sorts of work. All the while, the examination looks to find, if Collectors is staying at work past 40 hours to satisfy his various jobs, the significant detours to his presentation and if there are roads for designation or legitimization to make the administration conveyance framework progressively productive. The Collector is legitimate accountable for near 130 significant State and Central government plans and projects. Moreover, Collectors have law and order, magisterial, regulatory and revenue responsibilities characterized in more than 76 key resolutions. This suggests Collectors are required to be equipped in, and play out a few significant capacities over a wide scope of subjects and issues. Additionally, on a normal, a Collector is answerable for coordination of around 80 district level committees. Time distribution analysis was done based on the Interview Schedule and Observation of the working of the Collector with his subordinates during the period of one week of Internship at the District Collectorate, Chhindwara (M.P).