GS4 · 10 marks · 150 words

Transparency is vital to cultivate public trust in government and to prevent, detect and deter corruption effectively. Comment.

Answered by 4 toppers · CSE 2022–2024

Transparency and InformationCorruptionProbity in Governance

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

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The toppers’ answers

Parsanjeet KourAIR 11 · CSE 2022 · 161 wordsTheir whole copy

Opening · a definition

Transparency refers to openness in ones actions and decisions. It is an important recommendation of NOLAN Committee for excellence in governance.

Government today face grieve mis-trust from public and problem of corruption. Long pending lists of RTI and scams like Bofors, 2-G spectrum scam are all implications of this.

To address them, what is needed is transparency cultivation. This would ensure

Body · points and prose

→ Public trust and faith in governance → Address culture of opaqueness → Ensure accountability in the governance → Change governance 'for people' to 'by people'

→ It would also help to unearth corruption incidents (eg- RTI and Telgi scam case) → Also it would deter public servants

Close · a source

from indulging in corruption due to fear of scrutiny and accountability.

Many initiatives have been taken to imbibe and develop transparency. This include Right to information act, e-dakhil portal, Jan soochna portal of Rajasthan, Mo-Sarkar initiative of Odisha.

Recommendations from 2nd ARC report could be guide to further develop and propagate transparency.

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