Monday, 05 December 2016
For Good Governance
Over the years, the focus of
administrative reforms in India has changed Earlier the government Policies
were tested on ‘efficiency, economy and effectiveness’ Today, the focus is on
Transparency and Accountability’ as well a son Participatory Governance’
Successive Five-Years plans have
emphasised good governance The 12 Five Year Plan clearly stated that good
governance is an essential element of any well functioning society . According
to it, the problem of Governance has to be tackled in three ways –Systematic
improvements, Improvement in Customer Satisfaction and ways to Tackle
corruption.
The 12th Report of the
Second Administrative Reform Commission on Citizen centric Reforms has listed a
large number of reform measures to bring administration closer to people. These
include enacting laws giving certain rights to people setting up of new
institutional mechanism for citizen’s grievance redress, improving accessibility
by setting up units closer to people , simplifying procedures to reduce
bureaucratic delays using technology to use internal efficiency , rewarding god
performers, improving organisational discipline, reducing regulatory control
holding public contracts pregame , etc.
Mukt Dwar Prashasan
(Open Door Administration) is an innovation similar to ‘File to Field
Programme’ . It was launched in Mahendergarh district in Haryana Under this
system village panchayats where used as catalytic agents in disseminating
information and developing attitude of cooperation. Many such initiaties aim to
provide citizen –centric services like Lokvani Sitapur district in Uttar
Pradesh,, e-Seva in Andhara Pradesh, Participatory Watershed Management in
Gujarat , to name a few the most revolutionary among them is communisation of
public institutions and services in Nagaland.
These changes led to desirable
qualitative outcomes like greater transparency, accountability, responsiveness,
improved service levels and quality. Courtesy wisdom
Quote from the True Charm and Power of Vedanta
Instead of employing straightway
the method of rejection, an aspirant following the path of Janna Yoga may start
with positive idea viz that he is the self as distinguished from the body. In
spite of countless failures he repeats to himself the potent idea; until one
day this “Cloud of unknowing “ suddenly clears away and in a flesh he actually
realises that he is the Self. At night the stump of a tree is sometimes
mistaken for a ghost; but a friend comes along and tells the frightened
traveller that it is a tree and not a ghost . The traveller has this idea
imprinted upon his mind; and as he goes near, he finds that what he imagined to
be a ghost is in reality nothing but a tree. This illustrates to some extent
the process of Janana-Yoga.
Anyone who attempts to follow
this difficult path must be a fearless spirit endowed with almost a superhuman
strength of mind his body must obey his highest thoughts as spontaneously as a
supple twig bends at the touch of the wind. But how many can sincerely say that
they possess such courage and strength of spirit-rare qualities that. Perhaps
once in a century mark out a Swami Vivekananda from his fellows? The average
person, with human weakness, finds his actions almost always at variance with
his ideals and aspirations. Recognising this fact , the Gita says “ Harder is
the task for those who aspire after the Unmanifested. Those who have not risen
above the body-consciousness will have to suffer if they try to realise the Unmanifested
Brahman
But, if He exists?
I drive joy
There was a doctor in Benaras who spent 7 minutes in the morning and evening
for mediation on God. Knowing this, his colleagues and friends laughed at him.
One day they argued that he was wasting ten precious minutes on something,
which he had been misled into believing. The doctor replied, “Well, if God does
not exist, I agree that I am wasting ten minutes a day. But, if He exists? I am
afraid you are wasting your entire lifetime. I prefer to waste ten minutes
rather than a lifetime. Why should you grudge me the 10 minutes joy that I
derive 4m.
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