The Interlink Between Good Governance and Public Policies with Special Reference to Hyderabad District TS

Abstract

The future beckons to us. Whither do we go and what shall be our endeavor? To bring freedom and opportunity to the common man, to the peasants and workers of India; to fight and end poverty and ignorance and disease; to build up a prosperous, democratic and progressive nation, and to create social, economic and political institutions which will ensure justice and fullness of life toeveryman and woman. - Tryst with Destiny Speech by Jawaharlal Nehru newlineThe above lines by J. Nehru in 1947 act as the beacon of light for India. When he said these lines he surely must have been indicating towards Good Governance and Public Policy . newlineINTRODUCTION: newlineGovernance and policies are as old as the human civilization. The journey of Good Governance and Public Policies has gone through many phases since the very thought. Public Administration is being defined more in terms of Good Governance and Public Policy; they have become the fashionable buzzwords in this age where the states and their institutions are continuously striving and aiming for the restoration of the human rights, providing Public Service Delivery and conducting public affairs in a transparent, responsible, accountable, responsive, equitable and in an inclusive way. The quest for Good Governance and Right Public Policies has been since time immemorial. Epistemological questions regarding Good Governance, Good Government, Good State , Good Public Policy, Right Public Policy, Public Good have always mired the thinkers, rulers, administrators and academia. newlineGood Governance is the way an organization functions, while the Public Policy is the path chosen to deliver the objectives of the organization i.e. the interests and needs of the society. And the need of the Good Governance in the effective implementation and formulation of public policies is note worthy. Good Governance is required to ensure that the public policies have the required effect. newlineSTATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM: newline2 newlineThe rise of the phenomena of Crisis of Governance and Policy Paralysis has been