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Good governance beyond motherhood and apple pie

GOVERNANCE
20 Dec, 2022

NEWS HIGHLIGHT 

 

Theme : Important aspects of governance, transparency and accountability etc
Paper:GS - 2

 

Governance is commonly defined as the exercise of power or authority by political leaders for the well-being of their country’s citizens or subjects.A great deal about governance is the proper and effective utilization of resources.

TABLE OF CONTENT

  1. Context
  2. Good Governance
  3. E-Governance
  4. Repealed Laws
  5. Model for Governance : Karnataka
  6. Few Steps towards Good Governance
  7. Road Ahead

Context : Governance is commonly defined as the exercise of power or authority by political leaders for the well-being of their country’s citizens or subjects.A great deal about governance is the proper and effective utilization of resources.

Good Governance : 

E-Governance :  

Electronic governance or e-governance is the application of information technology for delivering government services, exchange of information, communication transactions, integration of various stand-alone systems between government to citizen (G2C), government-to-business (G2B), government-to-government (G2G), government-to-employees (G2E) as well as back-office processes and interactions within the entire governance framework.

Repealed Laws : 

  • Appropriation acts
  • Excise Act 1863
  • Foreign Recruiting Act 1874
  • Elephants Preservation Act 1879
  • Bengal Districts Act, 1836

Model for Governance : Karnataka

  • Karnataka is one of India’s fastest growing States:
  • GSDP of ?20.50lakh crore
  • 34 lakh enterprises
  • 2 lakh provident fund payers
  • 84 lakh workers.
  • IT Services: The State is also the highest exporter of IT services.

 Steps for good governance taken by Karnataka : 

  • KUTUMBA: family beneficiary database
  • FRUITS: Farmer Registration and Unified beneficiary Information System)
  • SVAMITVA: drone-based property and land mapping or Survey of Villages Abadi and Mapping with Improvised Technology in Village Areas
  • GraamaOne: single point assistance center for citizen centric activities at panchayat level.

Few Steps towards Good Governance : 

  • DigiLocker (an integral part of the India stack): It has more than five billion documents and 100 million
  • Union and State governments can set up enterprise DigiLockers to store all documents that any small or large business is expected to possess (Pan card, GSTN number, Aadhaar card, bank account details, etc.).
  • Multiple departments which seek the same information over and again can just download these at the click of a button
  • No State government or the Government of India has any common portal through which businesses even get to know fully the extent of the compliance burden which is spread across multiple departments and agencies.

Road Ahead : 

  • Create a common portal where all the compliances for a particular industry are listed as well as an update of periodic changes to government orders or any court judgment.
  • This will ensure that an entrepreneur or a businessman does not have to search for information across 40 to 50 different websites.
  • The Reserve Bank of India has the concept of a “master circular: It should be adopted by governments too.
  • Use of technology is critical in engendering good governance: Some examples abound in Government already, and many more are possible.
  • There are startups such as Avantari and ai which use artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) to create “mass personalization” in advertising and communication.
  • Good governance is also the responsibility of enlightened citizens who should give some thought to complex trade-offs like these and not just only demand good governance but also contribute to it.
  • India has made a lot of progress on good governance beyond motherhood, but it is an endless journey, not a one-off destination to be reached.

FAQs : 

  1. What is KUTUMBA ?

ANS. A family beneficiary database.

  1. What is e-governance ?

ANS. Electronic governance or e-governance is the application of information technology for delivering government services, exchange of information, communication transactions, integration of various stand-alone systems between government to citizen (G2C), government-to-business (G2B), government-to-government (G2G), government-to-employees (G2E) as well as back-office processes and interactions within the entire governance framework.