Topic : Important aspects of governance, transparency and accountability, e-governance applications, models, successes, limitations, and potential; citizens charters, transparency & accountability and institutional and other measures.
2. Do you agree to the fact that current urban governance structure must begin rebuilding internal systems, ensuring convergence and fixing accountability to ensure its sustainability to future shocks like pandemics? Elucidate. (250 words)
Reference: Indian Express
Why the question:
The article brings to us the issues that the current urban systems are facing owing to which they are undergoing breakdown in their machinery amidst the pandemic situation.
Key Demand of the question:
Explain the need of rebuilding internal systems, ensuring convergence and fixing accountability in the current urban governance structure.
Directive:
Elucidate – Give a detailed account as to how and why it occurred, or what is the particular context. You must be defining key terms where ever appropriate, and substantiate with relevant associated facts.
Structure of the answer:
Introduction:
Briefly point out at the current conditions that the urban systems are facing in the country amidst the pandemic.
Body:
Explain that a comparative analysis of the emerging coronavirus cases across India clearly shows that rural areas have fared extremely well in comparison to urban areas in enforcing the various Ministry of Home Affairs guidelines related to the lockdowns and, consequently, in containing the overall spread of COVID-19. Discuss the fundamental reasons that have led to this gap between the urban and rural systems. Explain what measures need to be taken to empower the urban systems and its internal machinery. Suggest policies that are already in place in this direction.
Conclusion:
Conclude with way forward.
