ON GOVERNANCE
On the 15 of August 2011, the Prime Minister was
addressing the nation from the Red Fort as is the tradition during the
Independence Day celebrations. As usual the PM addressed several issues that
are of concern to the nation while also highlighting the measures his
government has already taken or are planning to take and spelled out some
figures to indicate the results. The fear of public support and popularity for
activists like Anna Hazare who has announced indefinite fast to make the Lok
Pal, the much hyped Anti-Corruption Authority more powerful, was also
pronounced in this year’s Independence Day speech.
While I agree with
the PM in his statement that the government does not have a “magic wand” that
can make all corruption vanish in a moment, I also feel that there should be
some measures to check not just corruption, but the implementation of various
schemes initiated by the government. I would like to take up issues one by one
and gradually suggest fundamental changes in the way we look at governance, in
a series of entries under the section “On Governance.”
