{"id":143227,"date":"2021-10-26T19:53:09","date_gmt":"2021-10-26T14:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=143227"},"modified":"2021-10-26T19:53:09","modified_gmt":"2021-10-26T14:23:09","slug":"gati-shakti-can-spur-behavioural-changes-for-superior-governance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/gati-shakti-can-spur-behavioural-changes-for-superior-governance\/","title":{"rendered":"Gati Shakti can spur behavioural changes for superior governance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Synopsis<\/strong>: Information sharing could reform our bureaucracy and raise efficiency in infrastructure creation through use of Gati Shakti plan.<\/p>\n<h5><strong>Introduction<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>Gati Shakti besides being a master plan for infrastructure creation, is also the solution to the problem of information-sharing between ministries and government departments at the Centre.<\/p>\n<p>It is a software element in the government\u2019s infrastructure projects implementation.<\/p>\n<h5><strong>How Gati Shakti is going to aid other projects?<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>Gati Shakti should be seen as a cog in India\u2019s wheel of infrastructure creation that is important for the other three: the <strong>10-year infrastructure development<\/strong> programme announced last year, National <strong>Monetisation<\/strong> Pipeline and <strong>privatization<\/strong> of public sector enterprises.<\/p>\n<p>Governments in the world over operate on the basis of <strong>information being power. <\/strong>Therefore, a dashboard that allows all government stakeholders to access information pertaining to infrastructure projects can become a potential game-changer.<\/p>\n<p>Given time, it could catalyse <strong>behavioural changes<\/strong> in the bureaucracy. That will constitute a big difference to governance.<\/p>\n<p>It would facilitate <strong>citizen-monitoring and accountability<\/strong><\/p>\n<h5><strong>What more is needed to be done?<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>There are two other levels of software upgradation that need to be attained for infrastructure creation to be seamless and faster.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>extension of the information dashboard to state and local governments<\/strong>. They constitute the important last-mile elements of projects. That will also advance cooperative federalism.<\/p>\n<p>The second aspect is the <strong>negotiation of contracts<\/strong> with the private sector for the monetization, creation and\/or operation of existing assets. Simplicity of language and transparency of mutual obligations and expectations will help in avoiding costly re-negotiations, needless litigation and costly delays.<\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\"><strong>Must Read<\/strong>: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/pm-gati-shakti-national-infrastructure-master-plan\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">PM Gati Shakti National Infrastructure Master plan<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Source<\/strong>: This post is based on the article \u201c<strong>Gati Shakti can spur behavioural changes for superior governance<\/strong>\u201d published in &#8220;<strong>Livemint<\/strong>&#8221; on <strong>25th Oct 2021<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Synopsis: Information sharing could reform our bureaucracy and raise efficiency in infrastructure creation through use of Gati Shakti plan. Introduction Gati Shakti besides being a master plan for infrastructure creation, is also the solution to the problem of information-sharing between ministries and government departments at the Centre. It is a software element in the government\u2019s&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/gati-shakti-can-spur-behavioural-changes-for-superior-governance\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Gati Shakti can spur behavioural changes for superior governance<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10335,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[216],"class_list":["post-143227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-gs-paper-3","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704856202},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10335"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=143227"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143227\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}