Transparency and Information

In a state in India, government officials are regularly denying poor, illiterate workers, their statutory minimum wage under a government scheme ensuring a minimum level of employment for them. The actual quantity of work done is being routinely under measured. False entries in employment registers with bogus names, is enabling project foremen to pocket the payments. Other malpractices including inflated estimates for public works projects, use of poor quality materials, and over billing by suppliers are being followed. What can be done to resolve this problem? List the measures that can be taken to plug such loopholes.

15 marks · 250 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2013

Probity in GovernanceCorruption

What are the internal and external factors that can help the Citizen's Charter to have a significant impact?

10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2013

Citizens ChartersQuality of Service Delivery

Mr. X is the engineering manager for the County Road Commission (CRC), with the primary responsibility for county road safety. Along a given stretch of the road, many people have died over the course of last 5 years by crashing into roadside trees. Many other accidents have also occurred. Two law suits had been filed regarding the unsafe segment of the road, but were dismissed because the drivers were exceeding the 45 mph speed limit. Mr. X recommends that the road be widened, cutting down a large number of trees in the process. This leads to a protest by environmental groups and they file a petition to save the trees; and instead educate people about following the road safety rules like speed limit etc. The public sentiment is divided on the issue with no sight of a wide consensus. Discuss how Mr. X should proceed at this point.

20 marks · 250 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2013

Ethical Dilemmas in GovernmentEnvironmental Ethics