{"id":29958,"date":"2018-10-26T13:12:54","date_gmt":"2018-10-26T07:42:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=29958"},"modified":"2018-10-26T13:12:54","modified_gmt":"2018-10-26T07:42:54","slug":"reimagining-governance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/reimagining-governance\/","title":{"rendered":"Reimagining governance\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/todays-paper\/tp-opinion\/reimagining-governance\/article23551820.ece\"><strong>Reimagining governance\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>What has happened?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 115 Aspirational Districts Programme (ADP) conceived by Prime Minister Narendra Modi is radical not because this is the first time that a government in India has focussed on India\u2019s most backward districts but because the exercise envisages a serious re-imagination of government and governance, and deepens cooperative federalism.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Target Areas<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Education, health and nutrition, agriculture and water resources, financial inclusion, basic infrastructure and skills<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why the term \u201cAspirational\u201d used instead of backward?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Attitudes and narrative matter for outcomes:<\/strong> So that they are viewed as islands of opportunity and hope rather than areas of distress and hopelessness<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the districts were chosen?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>In consultation with state officials:<\/strong> The 115 districts were chosen by senior officials of the Union government in consultation with State officials on the basis of a composite index of the following<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Deprivation enumerated under the Socio-Economic Caste Census<\/li>\n<li>Key health and education performance indicators<\/li>\n<li>The state of basic infrastructure<\/li>\n<li>A minimum of one district was chosen from every State<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>No special funds for this scheme<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To Leverage the resources of the several government programmes that already exist but are not always used efficiently<\/p>\n<p><strong>Structure<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Prabhari:<\/strong> Each district is assigned a prabhari (in-charge) officer from the Centre (of additional secretary or joint secretary rank) and a prabhari officer from the State (of the rank of Secretary to State government) who will work in cooperation with the district administration<\/li>\n<li><strong>Centre and State to work together:<\/strong> It is necessary for the Centre and States to be involved because not all decisions can be taken at the level of district<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><u>For example<\/u>, if there is a shortage of teachers in a local school or a shortage of health personnel in a primary health centre, it needs the State capital to act, possibly through transfers of personnel from over staffed areas<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>DM\u2019s role is most important:<\/strong> The most crucial is the District Magistrate or Collector who is familiar with the challenges of his or her geography and has considerable power to implement government schemes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Publicly available rankings<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This programme takes the principle of competitive federalism down to district administrations<\/li>\n<li>Each district will be ranked on the focus areas which are disaggregated into easily quantifiable target areas<\/li>\n<li>So as not to bias the rankings on historical achievements or lack of them, the rankings will be based on deltas or improvements.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Smart data<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With continuously updated data dashboards, those running the programme on the ground can alter strategies after accurate feedback.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conclusion<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In a way, the ADP is a big pilot programme from reorienting how government does its business of delivering development. A decisive shift in the paradigm of governance is likely to finally fulfil the many broken promises of the past.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reimagining governance\u00a0 What has happened? The 115 Aspirational Districts Programme (ADP) conceived by Prime Minister Narendra Modi is radical not because this is the first time that a government in India has focussed on India\u2019s most backward districts but because the exercise envisages a serious re-imagination of government and governance, and deepens cooperative federalism. 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