- adherence to highest standards of ethics, integrity in public life & governance
- honesty, transparent, accountable, all actions, decisions
Significance
- improve public service delivery
- enhance social equity
- ensure govt schemes, programmes are implemented fairly, benefitting all sections of society
- economic growth
- favorable env for eco growth
- reducing corruption
- enhancing investor confidence
- eg. anti corruption laws
- enhancing public trust in institutions
- eg.
- RTI.
- Service Delivery Guarantee Act.
- Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act.
- Various e-governance initiatives.
- JAM trinity.
- Technological initiatives.
- Ethical training of Civil servants.
Challenges
- Corruption.
- Lack of transparency.
- Complacent attitude of Civil servants.
- Resistance to change.
- Red tape.
- Weak accountability mechanism.