Careers In Child Development

A Glimmer Of Glasnost

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D o the citizens of a democracy have the right to know how their government functions? “No. They have a right to be ignorant. Knowledge only means complicity in guilt; ignorance has a certain dignity”. That’s what Sir Humphrey Appleby, the crafty bureaucrat in ‘Yes Minister’, the British television series of the 80s, had to say on the matter. Of course, no bureaucrat would ever admit to harbouring such beliefs, but deep down, many may very well agree with Sir Humphrey.

And some may be actively subscribing to that philosophy—even though the Right to Information (RTI) Act was passed in 2005, getting all the information you want from the government continues to be a challenging task to this day.

Now, imagine having a system where the performance of ministries—populated and run by bureaucrats—is assessed and published each year. It’s the sort of thing that would have given Sir Humphrey an apoplectic fit. But, in an effort to make governance transparent, that’s exactly what the UPA II regime is aiming to do for each of its nearly 100 ministries and departments. The idea is to show the public the direction in which the government is headed and enable corrective action where needed.

This exercise was launched in 2009 and involved around 59 ministries. A performance management department was created in the cabinet secretariat to implement the plan. Today, as many as 80 ministries and departments are participating in the appraisal exercise.

“The concept is very simple,” says Prajapati Trivedi, Secretary of the performance management unit. Keeping the overall objectives of the government in view, each ministry outlines its objectives, action points and quantifiable deliverables for the year, with the approval of the concerned minister. These are spelt out clearly in a Result framework Document (RfD). The targets are frozen after approval by the Finance Ministry and the Planning Commission—for matters such as fund allocation—and in consultation with an independent panel of experts consisting of retired officials and eminent professionals. At the end of the year, the ministry’s performance is assessed on the basis of outcomes vis-à-vis the targets set during the year.

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