Sunday, August 10, 2008

Decentralisation - panacea to effective administration - for surat municipal corporation

Decentralisation is one of the key factor of successful administration. Even across the globe we have witnessed this. Like USA population less than six times of Gujarat, states 50 , Australia population 40% less than the Gujarat , six states, Gujarat 25 districts & 226 talukas. ours is a federal state. Looking all these Don't You think that in past two years where ever panchayat, nagar panchayat areas have been merged in to palikas, municipal corporation , further decentralisation of municipal administration in sub division level or zone level should be. Ahmedabad, Baroda, Surat have already witness the success story of these kind of decentralisation in the past in post merged ares. Even though after newly merged area there does not seems any movement of this kind of decentralisation of municipal administration. Obviously this step creates own-ness amongst people, fixes responsibilities of administrators, brings transparency, & accountability. While if it is not ao power remains centralised like feudal system or fiefdom, result, red tapism, Babushahi. Naturally existing coterie of bureaucracy will never prefer to loose power at local administration. It is human tendency too that none likes power sharing. Will State administration look in to this seriously & direct the municipal administration to act in this regard?
Also the manner in which more & more expectations of people are being increased for civic services Dont You think that now municipal admionstration too have more senior posts including couple od additional, Joint municipal commissioners too.

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