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- Every year December 25 is celebrated as Good Governance Day as it marks the birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
Good Governance Day
- In 2014, the government announced that December 25 would be celebrated as Good Governance Day.
- Purpose:
- To increase public access to various government programmes and services via good governance.
- The day is celebrated to make sure that the country’s residents are treated fairly by the government, and they receive the advantages of various government services.
- Slogan: “Good Governance through e-Governance.”
- In 2019,the government launched the Good Governance Index on this occasion.
- The GGI is a scientifically prepared tool based on various parameters of good governance which assess the level of any state at a given point of time and help in shaping future development.
Good Governance Index
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What is Governance?
- The concept of “governance” is not new. It is as old as human civilization.
- It is the process of decision-making and the process by which decisions are implemented (or not implemented).
- Governance can be used in several contexts such as corporate governance, international governance, national governance and local governance.
What is Good Governance?
- It assures that corruption is minimized, the views of minorities are taken into account and the voices of the most vulnerable in society are heard in decision-making.
- It is participatory, consensus, oriented, accountable, transparent, responsive, effective and efficient, equitable and inclusive and follows the rule of law.
- It is also responsive to the present and future needs of society.
Challenges in Good Governance
- Criminalization of Politics
- Corruption
- Gender Disparity
- Delay in Justice
- Low levels of Awareness of the Rights and Duties of Citizens etc.
Recent Government initiatives for Good Governance
- Revamped e-HRMS 2.0 Portal:
- It will provide the following services in a digital mode to the employees:
- Transfers (Rotation/Mutual), Deputation, APAR, IPR, iGOT Training, Vigilance Status, Deputation Opportunities, Service Book and other basic HR Services like Leave, Tour, Reimbursements etc.
- The revamped e-HRMS 2.0 is the first digital system in Govt. of India to provide end-to-end HR Services.
- Presently, no other Government Service Cadre System in India is as advanced in its reach and applications, as the revamped e-HRMS 2.0.
- With the launch of this system, DoP&T will be moving towards total digitization of HR Services.
- It will save several thousand man-hours and tons of printing paper.
- This will also go a long way in improving employee satisfaction, promoting ease of doing/processing HR work and enhancing productivity and transparency in administrative functioning.
- It will provide the following services in a digital mode to the employees:
- iGoTKarmayogi Portal:
- Launch of Mobile Application of iGoTKarmayogi Portal by Karmayogi Bharat (SPV) will aim at creating professional, well-trained and future-ready civil service for India.
- Revamped Probity Portal for Government Employees will demand the right attitude towards public service with ‘integrity’ and ‘probity’.
- The compilation of 78 Master Circulars is expected to promote ease and convenience and help the user Departments expeditiously dispose of their HR issues.
Atal Vihari Vajpayee
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Source: IE
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