Aim Of Governance Should Be To Empower People: VP

The key to good governance lies in inclusivity, accountability and maintaining high moral standards, said Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Thursday while addressing the participants of the 48th advanced professional programme in public administration (APPPA).

Naidu said that the ultimate aim of governance should be to empower the people and to move towards the minimum government, which according to him, will happen only when the last mile has been traversed. The people at the bottom of the pyramid have been reached. 

He also said that the success of good governance lies in including and making the toiling masses equal stakeholders in the process of development.

He said that the key to good governance lies in inclusivity, use of technology and maintaining high moral standards. 

“Technology fosters transparency and hence accountability, which is the basic feature of good governance, while moral standards impart legitimacy,” he added. 

He hoped these two together would usher in a new political culture preparing the ground for transformational reforms.

Underlining that people’s participation is very important for inclusive and responsive governance, Naidu said that reforms are only initiated by the government but actually bear fruit only when people proactively work for the future of their country.