Effective Governance – the only way out
February, 2022
- Today’s economic challenges are largely a result of the yesterday’s economic decisions – made by several regimes
- Ideally, these decisions should have been taken with the concurrence of the Country’s Civil Service and Technocrats.
- Instead these economic decisions have been made entirely at the whims and fancies of the Politicians, who are not qualified technocrats.
- In the process, the Civil Service has been turned into spectators, almost blindly following the instructions of the Politicians. No checks and balances in place.
- India’s vibrant democracy, strong civil service and its impact on managing the country’s economy, should serve as a learning.
