{"id":62626,"date":"2025-12-26T18:37:54","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T13:07:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/?p=62626"},"modified":"2025-12-26T18:38:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T13:08:09","slug":"day-of-good-governance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/26-12-2025\/day-of-good-governance","title":{"rendered":"Good Governance Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Syllabus: GS2\/ Governance<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Context<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Good Governance Day is observed on <strong>25th December<\/strong> every year to commemorate the birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>About Good Governance Day<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>According to the United Nations,<\/strong> Good governance is participatory, consensus oriented, accountable, transparent, responsive, effective and efficient, equitable and inclusive, and follows the rule of law.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>In 2014<\/strong>, the government announced that December 25 would be celebrated as Good Governance Day.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Good Governance Index<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Good Governance Index (GGI) is a <strong>diagnostic tool <\/strong>introduced by the <strong>Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG), <\/strong>on <strong>December 25, 2019 <\/strong>to evaluate governance performance across states and union territories and encourage improvements.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Index identifies <strong>10 key sectors<\/strong> and assesses governance performance through <strong>58 citizen-centric indicators.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-dominant-color=\"afcee8\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #afcee8;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"364\" height=\"364\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-images.nextias.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto\/ca\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-136.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"not-transparent wp-image-62627\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-images.nextias.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto\/ca\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-136.png 364w, https:\/\/wp-images.nextias.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto\/ca\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-136-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/wp-images.nextias.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto\/ca\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-136-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 364px) 100vw, 364px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Government initiatives for Good Governance<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Government e Marketplace (GeM):<\/strong> Facilitates online procurement of common use Goods &amp; Services required by various Government Departments\/ Organizations\/ PSUs. GeM aims to enhance transparency, efficiency and speed in public procurement.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>UMANG App: <\/strong>Developed by the <strong>Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology<\/strong> and National eGovernance Division, the UMANG App serves as a single platform to access PAN India services of the Government.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It brings together major government services on a single mobile app so as to enable the accessibility of government services on mobile phones of citizens.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Centralized Public Grievance Redress and Monitoring System (CPGRAMS): <\/strong>A 24\u00d77 online platform for time-bound redressal and monitoring of public grievances through dashboards, enhancing transparency and accountability in service delivery.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>e-HRMS 2.0 Mobile Application:<\/strong> The e-HRMS 2.0 app, available on Android and iOS, was launched to provide government employees seamless access to human resource services.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Challenges to Good Governance<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Ineffective implementation of laws:<\/strong> Hasty and ineffective implementation of laws and policies has led to hardship for the common man and even led to a lack of trust in the government in being responsible.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Corruption: <\/strong>It persists due to opaque administrative structures, weak legal frameworks, limited access to information and poor understanding of individual rights.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Criminalisation of Politics: <\/strong>When individuals with criminal backgrounds become lawmakers, they prioritize personal interests over public welfare, leading to inefficient administration, and breakdown of public trust.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Low Awareness of Rights and Duties:<\/strong> Limited civic awareness prevents citizens from asserting their rights and fulfilling their duties, leading to misuse of freedoms, weak participation and ineffective governance.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Way Ahead<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Governance reforms must focus on making grievance redressal and service delivery systems more responsive by fully <strong>leveraging digital platforms, real-time monitoring and data-based decision-making <\/strong>across all levels of administration.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Parallel efforts are required to strengthen institutional capacity, <strong>promote citizen awareness and scale up proven best practices<\/strong> so that improvements in governance translate into consistent, on-ground outcomes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fff2cc\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>About Atal Bihari Vajpayee<\/strong><br>&#8211; He was born on <strong>December 25, 1924<\/strong>, in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh.\u00a0<br>&#8211; <strong>Early involvement in politics:<\/strong> Joined the <strong>Quit India Movement <\/strong>in 1942 during his student days.<br>&#8211; <strong>Prime Ministerial terms: <\/strong>Served three times as India\u2019s Prime Minister \u2014 briefly in 1996, for 13 months in 1998-1999, and full-time from 1999 to 2004.<br>1. He became the first non-Congress leader to complete a full term as Prime Minister.<br>&#8211; <strong>Nuclear achievement:<\/strong> Oversaw India\u2019s declaration as a full-fledged nuclear state.<br>&#8211; First Indian leader to address the UN General Assembly in Hindi.<br>&#8211; <strong>Awards: <\/strong>He received the <strong>Padma Vibhushan in 1992<\/strong> for his selfless dedication to the nation and was conferred with <strong>Bharat Ratna<\/strong> in <strong>2015.<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pib.gov.in\/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2208145&amp;reg=3&amp;lang=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>PIB<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Context<\/strong><\/p>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">Good Governance Day is observed on 25th December every year to commemorate the birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>About Good Governance Day<\/strong><\/p>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">According to the United Nations, Good governance is participatory, consensus oriented, accountable, transparent, responsive, effective and efficient, equitable and inclusive, and follows the rule of law.<\/li>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">In 2014, the government announced that December 25 would be celebrated as Good Governance Day.<\/li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/26-12-2025\/day-of-good-governance\" class=\"btn btn-primary btn-sm float-end\">Read\u00a0More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-affairs"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62626","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62626"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62626\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62646,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62626\/revisions\/62646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}