Towards Transparent Governance In India: Evolution, Achievements And Challenges

Abstract

Public governance and its measurement are a very complex task in today’s world. As of late, governments have needed to alter the manners by which they have customarily worked and defined their role for the society earlier. The reasons for the shift are liberalization and globalization of market, democratisation of societies, and the development and spread of information and communication technologies. Subsequently, because of this, complex and overlapping new governance paradigm, the role of government has had to become more transparent and participatory in order to work cooperatively with different stakeholders. In this context, this article discusses the conditions in which the demand for transparent governance and information was made by the people. This paper attempts to describe the evolution of transparency in public governance. It also focuses on changes in the prevalent culture from the secrecy to openness in the public governance which is successful. Finally, it goes on to list its achievements and note the challenges faced by the system