GS4 · 10 marks · 150 words

Citizens' Charters by themselves cannot achieve the desired results in improving quality of public services. Discuss the statement in light of the Sevottam Model.

Answered by 4 toppers · CSE 2019–2024

Syllabus: Probity in Governance: Concept of public service; Philosophical basis of governance and probity; Information sharing and transparency in government, Right to Information, Codes of Ethics, Codes of Conduct, Citizen’s Charters, Work culture, Quality of service delivery, Utilization of public funds, challenges of corruption.

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The toppers’ answers

Ganesh Kumar BaskarAIR 7 · CSE 2019 · 98 wordsTheir whole copy

Opening · a definition

Citizen charters refer to the public declaration by government departments regarding standards of service and grievance redressal in case of non-satisfaction. Sevottam model was introduced by DARPG based on UK model. Clearly, given a citizen charter is only half the job. It requires 2 other factors as given by Sevottam model.

Body · points and prose

ency] | [Accountability] [Standard of service]

Sevottam model was introduced by DARPG based on UK model.

diagram [Grievance redressal] ----------- [Service delivery capability] \ / \ / \ [Sevottam] / \ / \ / [Citizen charter]

Clearly, given a citizen charter is only half the job. It requires 2 other factors as given by Sevottam model.

Grievance redressal (1) Needed for fixing accountability (2) Needed for feedback to improve quality (3) Transparency

Service delivery capability (1) Needed to enable achievement of standards (2) Required infrastructure and training to produce results

Close · a summary

Hence citizen charters need grievance redressal and service delivery capability to achieve success.

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