Accountability and Control-Interest Groups [IAS (Admin.) Mains Public Administration]: Questions 1 - 6 of 20

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Question 1

Appeared in Year: 2019

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“The RTI has started its journey, but is far from its destination.” In the view of the statement, examine the present՚s status of the RTI movement. (10 Marks)

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RTI Movement

  • According to the 2nd ARC, the Right to Information Act is a path-breaking legislation which signals the march from darkness of secrecy to dawn of transparency.
  • It is a path breaking legislation empowering people and promoting transparency.
  • Right to information has been seen as the key to strengthening participatory democracy and ushering …

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Question 2

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Civil Society supplements and complements the State. However, its capacity and role depend upon the will of the State. Comment (15 Marks)

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Civil Society

  • Civil society is a non-governmental, voluntary groups of citizens that organize themselves on behalf of advancing some public interest. Civil society works in partnership with the state to complement where state is not present and to supplement to aid its capacity for responsible and transparent governance.
  • Role that can be played by Ci…

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Question 3

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Can We say that statutory audit and social audit are two sides of the same coin? Or, are they separate coins with varying values? (15 Marks)

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Auditing

  • Auditing means evaluation of performance of an org in terms of its objectives.
  • Statutory audit is done to see whether the person spending the money has the legal authority to spend it or not whereas social audit is performed by the beneficiaries of govts welfare & developmental schemes themselves to see whether they have received the benefit…

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Question 4

Appeared in Year: 2016

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“Civil society performs a key role in defending people against the State and market and in asserting the democratic will to influence the State.” Analyze the statement with suitable examples.

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Two important institutions started influencing lives of people since the beginning of industrial revolution: State & Market. But over a period, both the institutions started working for self-interest. State became dictatorial because of huge amount of powers it enjoyed whereas functioning of markets resulted in creation of monopolies & oligopolies.…

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Question 5

Appeared in Year: 2014

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Civil society is being forced to grapple with both external and internal challenges, from those who are seeking to make civil society stronger as well as those who question its right to play certain roles. Critically analyze.

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Strong democracy needs a strong civil society, for its the best means to make sure the accountability of the Government to its citizens. Civil Society acts as a medium between citizens and the government.

In recent years, there have been tremendous spurt in growth and activeness of Civil Society Organization (CSO) . However, there are certain challe…

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Question 6

Appeared in Year: 2014

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Analyze the importance of social audit and suggest measures to make it more effective in the process of implementing governmental schemes.

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“The process of reviewing of the official records and also determining whether the state reported expenditures reflects the actual monies spent on ground which is referred to as a social audit.” This process uses the ‘Right to Information’ and ‘Public Hearing’ as tools to review the government records by the general public. Reducing corruption and …

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