{"id":160987,"date":"2022-01-12T14:33:50","date_gmt":"2022-01-12T09:03:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=160987"},"modified":"2022-01-12T14:37:20","modified_gmt":"2022-01-12T09:07:20","slug":"answered-an-independent-and-empowered-social-audit-mechanism-is-an-absolute-must-in-every-sphere-of-public-service-including-judiciary-to-ensure-performance-accountability-and-ethical-conduct","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/answered-an-independent-and-empowered-social-audit-mechanism-is-an-absolute-must-in-every-sphere-of-public-service-including-judiciary-to-ensure-performance-accountability-and-ethical-conduct\/","title":{"rendered":"[Answered] An independent and empowered social audit mechanism is an absolute must in every sphere of public service, including judiciary, to ensure performance, accountability and ethical conduct.\u00a0 Elaborate.\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

Social audit (SA) is an exercise of evaluation of\u00a0<\/span>performance of public services<\/span><\/b>\u00a0conducted\u00a0<\/span>jointly by service provider and public<\/span><\/b>, especially the beneficiaries.\u00a0<\/span>MGNREGA<\/span><\/b>\u00a0was the\u00a0<\/span>first act<\/span><\/b>\u00a0to make SA by Gram Sabha mandatory. Further, most states have setup\u00a0<\/span>Social Audit Units (SAU)<\/span><\/b>\u00a0to facilitate SA of\u00a0programmes\u00a0like PMAY, MDM, etc.\u00a0<\/span>Meghalaya<\/span><\/b>\u00a0has even provided\u00a0<\/span>legal<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span>backing<\/span><\/b>\u00a0to SA.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Social audit is must to ensure\u00a0<\/span>performance, accountability and ethical conduct<\/span><\/b>\u00a0because:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Social audit goes\u00a0<\/span>beyond financial audit<\/span><\/b>\u00a0of official records to\u00a0<\/span>assessing the impact of public services in improving the quality of life<\/span><\/b>\u00a0of beneficiaries. This helps in improving performance of various public services.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. It\u00a0<\/span>makes governance participatory<\/span><\/b>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span>empowers beneficiary<\/span><\/b>\u00a0by giving them power to seek answers from authority (jansunwais).<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. It makes system\u00a0<\/span>more transparent<\/span><\/b>\u00a0and improve record keeping practices in public offices. (Jansunwai\u00a0+ transparency -> accountability)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. It\u00a0<\/span>removes the accessibility gap\u00a0<\/span><\/b>and helps in\u00a0<\/span>building<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span>trust<\/span><\/b>\u00a0between public and administration.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. Contempt<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span>provision<\/span><\/b>\u00a0of judiciary has restricted even constructive criticism and legislature cannot discuss judicial conduct. Social audit can help in\u00a0<\/span>improving justice delivery system<\/span><\/b>\u00a0by creating a\u00a0<\/span>feedback mechanism<\/span><\/b>\u00a0for judiciary and assisting in\u00a0<\/span>judicial process reengineering<\/span><\/b>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  6. Service delivery agency becomes more\u00a0<\/span>aware<\/span><\/b>\u00a0of the\u00a0<\/span>expectations of public<\/span><\/b>\u00a0and public becomes aware of\u00a0<\/span>genuine administrative constraints<\/span><\/b>.\u00a0SA can provide\u00a0insights that can help in\u00a0<\/span>reconciling\u00a0objectivity of procedures with subjectivity of public opinions.<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    However, SA has not achieved its objectives due to lack of awareness, deficit in political and administrative will among other limitation. A national law mandating SA for public services can be a step forward.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Social audit (SA) is an exercise of evaluation of\u00a0performance of public services\u00a0conducted\u00a0jointly by service provider and public, especially the beneficiaries.\u00a0MGNREGA\u00a0was the\u00a0first act\u00a0to make SA by Gram Sabha mandatory. Further, most states have setup\u00a0Social Audit Units (SAU)\u00a0to facilitate SA of\u00a0programmes\u00a0like PMAY, MDM, etc.\u00a0Meghalaya\u00a0has even provided\u00a0legal\u00a0backing\u00a0to SA.\u00a0 Social audit is must to ensure\u00a0performance, accountability and ethical conduct\u00a0because:\u00a0… Continue reading [Answered] An independent and empowered social audit mechanism is an absolute must in every sphere of public service, including judiciary, to ensure performance, accountability and ethical conduct.\u00a0 Elaborate.\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10320,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-160987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-public","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":30,"cached_at":1698383103,"cached_date":1698661415},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160987","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\/10320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=160987"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160987\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=160987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=160987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=160987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}