No short-cut politics, citizen at the centre for sustainable development: Ashwini Vaishnaw | India News,The Indian Express

Double engine actually gives you the advantage to always become more synchronised. The political philosophy of long-term development, sustainable development is always there, says Ashwini Vaishnaw.

How does the ‘good governance’ model go beyond the IT infrastructure backbone the government has created over the years?

There is a difference in the political philosophy that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and our party BJP believe in. It’s a philosophy to make sure that our country moves on a sustainable development platform – which requires a lot of sacrifices, a political task on good governance vis-a-vis the shortcut politics of how to win the next election, irrespective of whether it’s good for the society or bad for the society.

Multiple dimensions of good governance have been created to build faith and trust of the common citizen in the system. The first dimension is the transparency that digital technology has brought in, and the creation of a proper digital technology framework: 45 crore Jan Dhan accounts, 35 crore digital identity Aadhaar, 4.5 lakh digital seva Common Service Centres. Creating this eco-system to deliver people’s benefits directly into their accounts in a transparent manner – by now Rs 26 lakh crore worth benefits have been directly transferred. Remember then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi’s remark about the beneficiaries getting just 15 paise of the one rupee spent by the government. Compared to that, the entire one rupee goes to the account without any corruption. Using the digital framework (CoWin), our country has been able to deliver 219 crore vaccinations in a short period of one year and 10 months. This is the model of governance we are talking about. Around Rs 3.5 lakh crore goods have been procured in a very transparent manner and there are stories of small SHGs in Jharkhand and other places managing to get a contract in Delhi.

You don’t have to worry about your refunds any longer. There is transparency in utilization of natural resources. Because of this, the government could mobilize Rs 4.64 lakh crores through spectrum auction. States like Odisha have Rs 50,000 crore revenue today which was Rs 5,000 crore or so a few years back. Because of that, people have money in their hands. That’s the model of governance we are talking about. The PM knew it was difficult, it would take some sacrifices, it takes time but this is the only way to sustainably develop. There is no shortcut to become developed.

The government had the JAM (Jan Dhan, Aadhaar, Mobile) infrastructure in place even before Covid-19 struck. Why couldn’t it be used when migrants were walking back to their villages? 

https://indianexpress.com/article/india/no-short-cut-politics-citizen-at-the-centre-for-sustainable-development-ashwini-vaishaw-8321009/


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