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Challenges In Reformation Of Public Administration In India

MS. Reetu

Assistant Professor, Deptt.ofCommerce,

P.I.G. Govt. College for women, Jind, Haryana, India

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Abstract

Good Governance is required to ensure that the public policies have their desired

effect. In the recent past, issues of governance have received serious attention from

the researchers, policy makers and international development community. The

objective of public policy is always and for all times is the betterment of the entire

society. Good Governance is required to ensure that those policies have their

desired effect. In essence, it concerns norms of behavior that help ensure that

governments actually deliver to their citizens what they say they will. The major

focus of the study is on Good Governance and public policy process in India. In

this context the present research paper discusses the basic concepts of Public

Policy and Good Governance and identifies criminalization of politics and

corruption as two major challenges.

Keywords: Good Governance, Public Policy, criminalization of politics and

corruption.

Introduction

As the term suggests, good governance means governing the people in a way that

the interests of the people of all sections are preserved rightfully. A good and

generous government is one where all the individuals, in today’s world say almost

all the individual’s rights are protected and they feel that they are not discriminated

from one another on the grounds of cast, creed, sex, race and religion.

If we talk about India, the best example of good governance was seen when Lord

Ram ruled his kingdom of Ayodhya. It was a time when all the people were happy

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and content within themselves and considered the king or the ruler as the

messenger of God.

But today in this 21st Century sadly it is very difficult to find countries and states

with good governance. The simplest proof of good governance is found in a state

or a country if poverty and illiteracy is absent. But we are all aware of the fact that

poverty and illiteracy has not yet been diminished from the developing and under- developed countries. As a matter of fact, poverty has not been diminished from the

best developed countries of the world such as United States of America and

Europe. Yes it is true that it is impossible to diminish all these problems in a day

but a little bit of proper management can solve the problems to a great extent.

It is essential to clear one thing; the term “good governance” does not only signify

the government of a country or state but it signifies proper governance in any

organization or institution. Good governance should be present in families at the

first place.

The head of the family or the eldest member should be respect by all the other

members and a proper code of conduct and decorum should be maintained so that

the individuals are disciplined.When an individual witnesses good governance in

his or her family and in the school he or she studies or the company he or she

works for. These individuals go ahead and govern the country if selected as the

representative of the people.

Good governance at these primary institutions helps the individual to turn out to be

a disciplined human being as a result of which he or she is bound to follow the

system of governing the country in a rightful manner. It is true that the government

today at times is dependent on the selfish interests of the politicians but the citizens

are also not free of faults.

Most of them are least interested in what goes on in the state and society and

society and are only involved in their own daily routine activities. It is only when

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the government and the citizens join hands together that good governance in any

state and country becomes possible.

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Meaning of Public Policy

Policy is everywhere. It controls what we buy, where, what we eat, how much we

pay, transportation, communication, sports andtheenvironment; in everything.

Policy is about the people. Policy outlines our socially accepted norms and

practices to assure some form of predictability in the allocation of scarce resources

so we all can contribute towards a social outcome. Policy can be defined in many

ways depending on its application.

Policy is a course or principle of action adopted or proposed by a government,

party, business, or individual.

Public Policy can be generally defined as a system of laws, regulatory measures,

courses of action, and funding priorities concerning a given topic promulgated by

governmental entity or its representatives.

Public policy is the means by which a government maintains order or addresses

the needs of its citizens through actions defined by its constitution.

Some of the definitions of Public policy are as following Robert Eye Stone terms

public policy as “the relationship of government unit to its environment”. Thomas

R. Dye says that “public policy is whatever government chooses to do or not do”

Richard Rose sayssays, “Public Policy is not a decision, it is a course of pattern of

activity”.

From these definitions it is clear that public policies are governmental

decisions, and are actually the result of activities which the government undertakes

in pursuance of certain goals and objectives. It can also be said that public policy