{"id":195624,"date":"2022-07-14T17:31:11","date_gmt":"2022-07-14T12:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=195624"},"modified":"2022-07-14T17:31:11","modified_gmt":"2022-07-14T12:01:11","slug":"crafting-credible-public-systems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/crafting-credible-public-systems\/","title":{"rendered":"Crafting credible public systems"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source<\/strong>: The post is based on an article \u201cCrafting credible public systems\u201d published in the Business Standard on14th July 2022.<\/p>\n

Syllabus: <\/strong>GS2 Government Policies and Interventions for Development in various sectors and Issues arising out of their Design and Implementation.<\/p>\n

Relevance<\/strong>: Public Management;<\/p>\n

News: <\/strong>Recently, the government has approved the New National Education Policy and the Mission Karmayogi.<\/p>\n

These policies and missions are the outcome of intensive consultation<\/strong> at all levels. But their successful implementation will depend upon various other aspects.<\/p>\n

What are the issues in the formulation of public policies?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The public policies, so formulated do not include detail such as<\/p>\n

– how the policy will be carried out,<\/p>\n

– what skill sets would be required,<\/p>\n

– what technology use options are available,<\/p>\n

– how financing will be planned and provided, and<\/p>\n

– how communities will become central to the implementation process, etc.<\/p>\n

Most of the implementations<\/strong> are done in a centralized<\/strong> way<\/strong> which do not address the needs of the vulnerable<\/strong> and deprived<\/strong> households<\/strong>. Therefore, a number of poor households are often left behind during the process of beneficiary selection, even after using the most sophisticated technology.<\/p>\n

Poor implementations happen due to non-availability of the credible<\/strong> public system<\/strong>. In reality, public goods<\/strong> and pro-poor asset <\/strong>are not available in the sufficient manner. For example, there have been market failures<\/strong> in the healthcare system, on account of information asymmetry.<\/p>\n

While technology offers many solutions to long pending challenges. <\/strong>But technology is a means and not an end. Further, despite technological intervention<\/strong>, there is a need for strong last-mile facilitation<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

– For example, the successful implementation of the Direct benefit transfer (DBT)<\/strong> and Aadhaar-linked payments<\/strong> required sincere local-level effort.<\/strong> The frontline workers, panchayats, women\u2019s self-help groups (SHGs) have played key roles in ensuring outcomes.<\/p>\n

Consequences of the poor public system<\/strong><\/p>\n

Human development<\/strong> is integral to a person\u2019s ability to exercise his\/her freedom of choice<\/strong>. Therefore, there cannot be any compromise in access to public services.<\/p>\n

Deficiency in the public goods <\/strong>and asset base <\/strong>compromises the ability of deprived households<\/strong> to exercise freedom of choice. In addition, the deprived household<\/strong> can also not fully leverage<\/strong> the benefit of technology<\/strong>. For example, it was found that poorer communities and those living in remote regions could not access high quality online education during the Covid pandemic.<\/p>\n

Way Forward<\/strong><\/p>\n

The government should develop credible public systems <\/strong>to provide quality public goods <\/strong>in the field of healthcare, education sector etc. For example, Singapore\u2019s education system<\/strong> is known for its excellence.<\/p>\n

The governments can do so by ensuring last-mile facilitation<\/strong> and public information<\/strong> is available to the deprived households. For example, the states which have followed these principles implemented the Ayushman Bharat\u2019s Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana\u00a0(PMJAY)<\/strong> in a better way.<\/p>\n

More priority should be given to human resource challenges <\/strong>in India. India needs a greater number of managers than magistrates for human development outcomes<\/strong>. The government needs to harness the best skills and capacity to make a real difference. For example, the State Government of Tamil Nadu<\/strong> has developed a robust public health cadre<\/strong>. Therefore, it is able to operationalise<\/strong> many health initiatives far more effectively than many other states due to availability of human resources.<\/p>\n

The government should facilitate<\/strong> more than doing regulation<\/strong>. For example, there should be transparent reasons for approval or rejection, simplified compliance parameters etc. These measures will build trust.<\/p>\n

The government needs to focus on decentralisation<\/strong> within the framework of the Eleventh and Twelfth Schedule of the Indian Constitution.<\/strong> Thereon, the power of elected panchayats can be harnessed.<\/p>\n

In addition to this, the mobilisation of women can be done through self-help groups movement etc.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: The post is based on an article \u201cCrafting credible public systems\u201d published in the Business Standard on14th July 2022. Syllabus: GS2 Government Policies and Interventions for Development in various sectors and Issues arising out of their Design and Implementation. Relevance: Public Management; News: Recently, the government has approved the New National Education Policy and… Continue reading Crafting credible public systems<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10328,"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":[10503,212],"class_list":["post-195624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-business-standard","tag-gs-paper-2","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195624","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\/10328"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=195624"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195624\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=195624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=195624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=195624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}