Day 45 – Q 2. Elaborate upon the concept of transparency. Why is considered so vital for effective governance? Discuss.
2. Elaborate upon the concept of transparency. Why is considered so vital for effective governance? Discuss.
पारदर्शिता की अवधारणा पर विस्तृत चर्चा करें। प्रभावी शासन के लिए इसे इतना महत्वपूर्ण क्यों माना जाता है? चर्चा करें।
Introduction
Transparency refers to sharing of information and working in open manner. It is one of the vital component of good governance.
Body
- transparency makes public servants to store the information of all their work resulting into an efficient source for defending their interests in bad times and thus motivates them to work fearlessly.
- Transparency also ensures that all the governance works are done according to rules and regulations.
- Most importantly this component of governance makes public as evaluator of public officials and ensure that they work in specified manner.
For eg: Disbursal of
- Specifically, those who will be affected by the decision making gets information and can easily claim their entitlements leading to an effective public service delivery
- Transparency is vital for ensuring that public service oriented attitude of civil servants, decline in red tapism and effective delivery of public services.
- In the sphere of economic governance, transparency helps minimize speculation, thereby maintaining stability & orderliness in economy.
- In the sphere of technological governance, transparency with respect to already acknowledged patents helps minimize plagiarism.
- In Disaster management scenarios, transparency in relief efforts helps prevent panic and strife, thereby helping governance.
- In the sphere of social governance, it acts as a check on state/non-state actors and vested interests trying to create disharmony. e.g.: separatists in Kashmir and Insurgents in North-East have repeatedly been proven incorrect in their claims of ‘alien invasion’ and atrocities by ‘Indian citizens’ against ‘natives’, thereby maintaining social harmony.
Conclusion
To ensure transparency in governance India introduced RTI act in 2005 and it has worked well. But the concept is just limited to information about decision and person responsible for fulfilling entitlement which need further enrichment to make public service delivery effective
Best answer: Suraj Sharma
