This presentation is all about public governance basics and the position of India. It also incorporates best practices in public governance from other parts of the world.

1. By
Dr. Swatantra Kumar

2. Why governance is
such a huge issue
 Rarely has the need for the
effective governance been greater
than now – and rarely has the
ability to produce it been more
constrained. – Diana
Farrell, Director, McKinsey (She is
the global leader and co-founder of
Mckinsey center for government)

3. Governments are huge
 As per Mckinsey (center of
governance), on an average
government is 40% of GDP.
 How it functions makes a huge
difference

4. Efficiency matters
 MNREGA scheme – employment
guarantee to rural people
 2013-14 outlay – Rs. 33,000 Crore
 Another Rs. 1000 crore will be added to
that for 2014-15
 As per an estimate only 15% of the money
is reaching intended beneficiaries (Rs. 495
crore)
 Rest 85 % (Rs. 32,505) ?????
 It is 3.6% of our GDP

5. International Finance Corporation
and World Bank study report
2014
 On ease of doing business in a country
 Singapore is No. 1
 US is No. 4
 Georgia is No. 8
 Sri Lanka is No. 85
 China is No. 96
 Pakistan is No. 110
 Bangladesh is No. 130, and
India is No. 134

6. India report card

7. The huge paradox
 We are among the most inefficient
governance systems in the world
 Still we are growing at a healthy rate.
Why & How?????

8. Probably
 We have a great deal of
potential as a nation
 It shows by the positive
differential (GDP growth
rates)
 Good and efficient
governance can take us a
long way.

9. What we
need to do to
move up the
ladder

10. Things to do
 Bring Transparency
 Make provisions for
Accountability
 Invite public Participation in
governance
 Have a Long term vision
 Bring Execution excellence in
the system

11. Please refer

12. Brazil
 2009 – 70% of global companies
responding said they viewed corruption
as a major constraint to doing business
in Brazil
 As per a survey by federation of the
industries found in 2008 alone
corruption cost the country some $ 40
billion (2.3% of GDP) – equivalent to half
its education budget.

13. The response
 Brazil’s office of
comptroller General
created an open access
web portal with data on
federal expenditures.
 Initially it documented only
federal money transfers to
state or municipalities.

14. Now
 It have details of
 Elected officials charges on govt. issued credit
cards
 Federal agency expenditure on travel
 Staff salaries, office supplies, equipment, and
contractor services
 Tax revenues
 Grants to non governmental organizations
 Social welfare payments
 List of companies and individuals blacklisted for
committing fraud through public controls

15. Recently
 They have added
 How states are
using money
allocated to them
for 2014 world
cup, and 2016
Olympic games.
 The amount of
govt. money
tracked on portal is
now almost $ 4.8
trillion.

16. Provisions
 No exceptions to any ministry
 Data updated daily/monthly
 32000 visits/month – 1st year
 3,45,000 visits – 2012
 Campaign “Right to know” on media
 Public spending observatory (Created in
2008) looks for suspicious patterns.
 A govt. minister had to refund $30,000 for
inappropriate charging personal expenses
including vacation travel.

17. How it compares to RTI act
 Proactive Vs. reactive
 Limited coverage Vs. Comprehensive
coverage
 Incremental Vs. Radical

18. Estonia –
E-Governance

19. About
 Estonia is a small country
 75% people on internet
 90% of people have e-ID cards
 One can apply for unemployment
benefits
 File for leave
 Pay taxes (94% tax collection online)
 Register new companies
 Vote online (2011 – 25% votes online)

20. E-ID Vs. UID
 Population base is an issue.
 UID to be made more powerful
 It can be made e-UID
 56 Crore enrolled in UID is an
achievement.

21. Indonesia – LAPOR (Public
Participation Information
System)

22. How it works
 Any body can send problems to the
portal.
 These problems are tracked and solved
 AAP party started the similar initiative in
N.Delhi.
 Brings accountability in the system

23. Georgia – One stop shop

24. How it works
 All problems solved at one place
 250 different govt. services under one
roof
 Passport in 10 days ($ 59)
 Passport in one hour ($ 120)
 Earlier, the broker used to charge $150
for 3 day delivery of passport.

25. achievement
 Georgia now ranks 8th out of 183
countries in ease of starting a business
and second in registering property.
 Take 3 days to start a business
 2006 – 52 days & 15 documents to
import a container.
 Today – 10 days and 4 documents

26. Yes, we can do it
Create More
Jobs
Create better
infrastructure
Be
entrepreneurs
friendly
Make
education
more
meaningful
Better governance
= Growth &
Prosperity