GS4 · 10 marks · 150 words

Effective public service delivery demands a people-centric approach, which is built upon coordination and leverages technology. Discuss.

Answered by 4 toppers · CSE 2022–2023

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 4 answers · about 160 words · 25% drew a diagram.

Opening

  • A definition3 of 4
  • A constitutional or legal provision1 of 4

Body

  • Points3 of 4
  • Points and prose1 of 4

Close

  • A way forward3 of 4
  • A source1 of 4

The toppers’ answers

Waseem Ahmad BhatAIR 7 · CSE 2022 · 163 wordsTheir whole copy

Opening · a constitutional or legal provision

India, as a welfare state (DPSPs), has public service delivery as its core function

Body · points

India, as a welfare state (DPSPs), has public service delivery as its core function e.g: NFSA, MGNREGA etc

→ Effective service delivery: Demands people centric approach

① This leads to participative governance e.g: Social audits, RTI etc

② Accountability leads to efficient service delivery e.g: MKSS campaign led to RTI

③ causes lesser corruption (reduces secrecy - 2nd ARC) e.g: Jan Soochna portal - Rajasthan

What this needs is coordination with other departments & CSOs as well as

technology use as

→ Coordination as an ingredient of PSD

⊙ Fosters efficient use of resources. e.g: Aspirational districts programme.

⊙ Ensures last mile delivery of programs e.g: MDM with Akshay patra

⊙ Fosters rural development e.g: NGOs in SHG-Bank linkage

→ Technology as an ingredient of PSD

⊙ Fosters transparency e.g: mygov.in platform

⊙ Leads to grievance redressal & feedback e.g: PRAGATI

⊙ Leads to reduced corruption (e.g: PFMS for DBT)

Diagram
Funds State --------> Private sector ^ | | Taxes | services | v citizen <----------- Public service model

This ensures bottom-up, demand driven service delivery which leads to Sarvodaya & antodaya

Close · a vision

⊙ Leads to reduced corruption (e.g: PFMS for DBT) This ensures bottom-up, demand driven service delivery which leads to Sarvodaya & antodaya

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