Barries to Good Governance in India

There are a range of governance issues affecting our country. Some of the issues are:

Political Domain:

• excessive centralization of power
• lack of accountability
• low levels of awareness among citizen about their rights and duties
• criminalization of politics
• lack of electoral reforms
• falling standards in the quality of participation, conduct of proceedings of institutions of governance

Legal and Judicial Issues: 

• ineffective implementation of laws and rules
• vacancies for the post of judges in HC and SC
• issue of under trials and poor condition of marginal people
• lack of accountability in Judiciary
• threat to life and personal security

Administrative Issues: 

• Red Tapism
• Lack of sensitivity, accountability and transparency in the functioning of
• Government machinery
• Bureaucratic delays
• Tendency of bureaucracy to maintain status quo
• Corruption

Economic Issues: 

• Inadequate bankruptcy law
• Unemployment in face of COVID-19 pandemic
• Poor regulation of banks and NBFCs
• Issues with the implementation of GST
• Persisting fiscal imbalances
• Regional disparities

Social and Environmental Issues:

• Growing inequality
• Increasing trend of hate crimes in society like mob lynching, cow vigilantism etc.
• Poor grievance redressal mechanism
• People are marginalised and excluded because of their social, religious, caste, or gender affiliation.
• Degradation of environment
• Emerging zoonotic diseases like covid-19