Good Governance: Need of the Hour

The Indian subcontinent is more or less like a beehive – there’s the Queen bee, the Prime Minister, and all the other bees or government officers work for him. The only difference is how efficiently they function. The bees form a quintessential example of unity – they work together to make honey, which is sweet. Who doesn’t say the Prime Minister should learn a lesson from the queen bee?

What is good governance? It aims at making public administration more open, transparent and accountable. For making this happen to the government, we need to review what’s wrong with the system –take step by step decisions to enhance it.

Governance in India is in a complete mess. We are plagued with avoidable poverty, crime, illiteracy, dysfunctional healthcare, and broken infrastructure. Required investments haven’t been given much attention.  Each of these problems is addressed on paper, but hardly anything happens on the ground.

Citizens helplessly watch government funds being squandered away on things that they may not require. But when people approach government for something they badly need, the reply is there are no funds.

For instance, a slum in East Delhi does not have water. But the MCD spent Rs 60 lakhs to construct fountains!

It’s hard to see a scenario where India can sustain its progress without addressing all these issues.

And now the question arises… What can be done?

The common people should increase their knowledge regarding this topic – the first step to social reform is awareness.

Your second initiative should be to VOTE! Vote and elect a deserving candidate who can manage the country decisively. As Abraham Lincoln says, elections are your decision.

The Right to Information Act has been a big revolution, contributing to the transparency of the system, eventually a step to abolish corruption. The people should understand their rights and fight against malediction

Common people have too many problems with the government. Why not solve them? Participate in various campaigns, be part of NGO’s. By doing this, bring about the change every citizen yearns for.

All day we crib how corrupt India is, but, have WE done anything to abrogate the practice? Hard to believe it, but even common people give bribes and hoard illegal money – it isn’t just the government. We should realise our wrongdoings and set an example for the government. The politicians notoriously known for malfeasance should be immediately convicted.

India’s democratic experience of the past six decades has clearly established that good governance must aim at expansion of social opportunities and removal of poverty. And that’s what we’ve to fight for, for never letting the eyes of our race tear up with sadness that can be replaced with joy. A day will come when the benefaction dawns upon us, and we work for this day.

‘The time is always right to do right’ - Nelson Mandela