{"id":1321,"date":"2026-08-09T19:11:44","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:41:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/the-goal-of-good-governance-will-be-achieved-only-by-upsc-psir-2016-2001\/"},"modified":"2026-08-09T21:56:22","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T16:26:22","slug":"the-goal-of-good-governance-will-be-achieved-only-by-upsc-psir-2016-2001","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/the-goal-of-good-governance-will-be-achieved-only-by-upsc-psir-2016-2001\/","title":{"rendered":"The goal of good governance will be achieved only by strengthening the grass root level democracy."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pq-flow\">\n<div class=\"pq-flow-h\">Flow snapshot <em>&mdash; how the answer moves<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p1\"><span>Intro routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">| R1 good governance = participatory \/ accountable \/ transparent \/ responsive \u2014 local bodies = first contact between citizen and state ~ statement broadly right, but turns on the meaning of \u201cstrengthening\u201d the word \u201conly\u201d is the crux ~ grassroots democracy is the foundation, yet the claim holds only if local democracy is genuinely empowered, not merely elected<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p2\"><span>Body flow<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">_ | participation (identify \/ prioritise \/ monitor \u2014 better targeting + social audit) + inclusion + accountability ~ 73rd \/74th, Articles 243G\/243W \u2014 Esther Duflo (women-led panchayats ~ drinking water) ~ Rao &amp; Sanyal (Gram Sabha = forum for the poor) ~ World Bank voice + accountability + subsidiarity (what can be done locally, done locally)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p3\"><span>Counter-view<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">_ | \u201conly\u201d too strong \u2014 grassroots democracy necessary, not sufficient \u2014 weak 3Fs, Pradhan-Pati control, bureaucratic interference, idle Ward Committees ~ Aiyar: panchayats not vested under 243G ~ formal decentralisation good governance<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p4\"><span>Conclusion routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">PRI good governance flows from genuine strengthening, not mere existence ~ empowered Gram Sabhas + activity mapping + fiscal devolution + facilitating administration statement holds when \u201cstrengthening\u201d = substantive self-government ~ subsidiarity + accountable administration complete the link<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[42],"pyq_marks":[31],"pyq_topic":[61],"pyq_paper":[33],"class_list":["post-1321","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-42","pyq_marks-20-marks","pyq_topic-grassroots-democracy","pyq_paper-paper-1"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/psir_pyq"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1321\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3340,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1321\/revisions\/3340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=1321"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=1321"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=1321"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=1321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}