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Nisar Dishant AmrutlalAIR 19· 2929

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भारत नागरिक चार्टर को किस प्रकार शासन में सुधार करने और नागरिकों को सशक्त बनाने का एक शक्तिशाली उपकरण बना सकता है? (उत्तर 150 शब्दों में दीजिए) How can India make Citizens' Charter a powerful tool for improving governance and empowering citizens? (Answer in 150 words)

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Main Body

Citizens charter is a tool that represent the deliverable by a public authority to ex the stakeholder

[Citizens Charter]

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Information Mandate Service Grievance delivery Redressal mechanism

How to make it a tool for improving governance?

i) make it legally enforceable [to Right of people to service delivery Act 2013 can be invoked]

ii) Adopt a proper model [to Sevottam model of 2nd ARC]

iii) Create it in vernacular

iv) It will ensure transparency and accountability in governance by ensuring standards are met.

Empowering citizens

i) Integrated with social audit, it can lead to people's demand being fulfilled.

ii) make government institution more responsive.

iii) Allow information flow from top to bottom and feedback loop from bottom to top.

Thus citizens charter is a tool that ensures citizens are at the heart of service delivery. It is the mean to end of good governance.

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Conclusion

Thus citizens charter is a tool that ensures citizens are at the heart of service delivery. It is the mean to end of good governance.

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Diagram

Citizens Charter showing four components: Information, Mandate, Service delivery, Grievance Redressal mechanism

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1.2/10

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Topper

Nisar Dishant Amrutlal

AIR 192929

Subject & Paper

GS2GS2

Topic

Governance, Transparency, Accountability and E-governance

Citizens Charters

Citizens Charter as tool for governance improvement

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173

Total words

13

Paragraphs

analytical

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