GS4 · 10 marks · 150 words

Citizens' involvement in decision-making is critical to ethics in governance. Do you agree that effective civic engagement mechanisms can facilitate an ethics-driven administration? What do you think are the mechanisms that citizens can use for ensuring ethics in governance?

Answered by 8 toppers · CSE 2022–2025

Probity in GovernanceAccountability and Ethical GovernanceTransparency and Information

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.

How toppers approached it

From all 9 answers · about 170 words · 78% drew a diagram.

Opening

  • No separate opening67%
  • A definition22%
  • A restatement11%

Body

  • Points56%
  • Points and prose44%

Close

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  • No separate close11%
  • A quotation11%
  • A source11%

The toppers’ answers

RuhaniAIR 5 · CSE 2023 · 67 wordsTheir whole copy

Opening · a restatement

Citizens' involvement is crucial to usher in a participatory governance.

Body · points and prose

ROLE OF CIVIC ENGAGEMENT IN FACILITATING ETHICS-DRIVEN ADMINISTRATION

  • Citizens bring their grievances to officers Eg :- Jan Sunvai's
  • Citizens' follow-ups on dashboards makes monitoring effective.
  • This makes officers responsive to citizens' needs.
  • Ensures transparency and accountability in governance.
Diagram
CIVIC ENGAGEMENT MECHANISMS Online Complaint System (CPGRAMS) ^ | Social <-----> Jan Audits Sunwais | v Twitter (X) can Calls be used to update to citizens to citizens. enquire about quality Eg:- Sushma of service delivery. Swaraj used Eg:- CM of Gujarat Twitter to calls select citizens address complaints

Close · a summary

Thus, governance should be citizen-centric and citizens must continuously engage with government in their interest.

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