Government Policies are Lacking Because of Proper Implementation

Government Policies are Lacking Because of Proper Implementation

( By Shubhangi Paliwal ) 

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Public policy-making in India has frequently been characterized by a failure to anticipate needs, impacts, or reactions that could have reasonably been predicted. We bothered why India's policymaking structures have so many problems in forming the “right” policy. The question is what can be done to improve the structures and systems required in public policymaking in India. 

Policy implementation is of critical importance to the success of the Government, puts the purposes of policy adopters into action to fulfill the desired results. No policy can succeed if the implementation does not have a relationship with the intentions of policy adopters. Policy implementation is the method of putting policy into effect. Implementation is the state between a decision and operation. It tries to determine whether an organization can carry out and achieve its stated objectives.  


The Policy Process Implementation of social policy in India is a complex process since any policy message travels through a minimum of three different tiers of government: central, state level, and local government at the District level. 

 

The process of policy formulation consists of:- 

1. Understanding and examining the present environment, both 

2. External and internal 

3. Identification of policy choices to achieve the goals in the expected environment 

4. Examination of the choices 

5. Elaboration of the consequences of various alternatives

6. Effect of choices and outcomes on preferred values and norms 

7. Selection of policies. 

 

The government use laws, customs, and institutions to exercise political, executive, the power to manage a state of well-being that benefits all aspects of the community or unit. Government policies contain the reasons things are to be done in a certain way. Government policy describes a course of procedure, creating a starting point for development. They can constrain how much tax the community pays, pensions, parking fines, immigration status, and laws. Policies are urged to be non-discriminatory, they can affect groups of individuals. Policies are not laws, but they can commence to laws. 


The government is constantly looking to develop and implement ways that change the lives of residents and communities for the more desirable. It’s a daunting task, trying to harness ideas and resources that will effectively address society’s problems of which there can be no end. That is why governments are always looking at a series of situations.


Examples of poor law implementation in India: 


  1. Environmental Laws: The Government has passed various laws to reduce the damage being caused to the environment such as the Forest Conservation Act, 1980, Environmental Protection Act, 1986, National Green Tribunal Act, 2010, etc. They are not implemented properly and despite having a specialized court to deal with environmental damage persists. 

 

  1. Gender Laws: Women in India though are progressing and breaking barriers in the form of pro-gender laws. They still lack an effective implementation. According to the UN report on gender equality, India is still behind the rest of the world significantly. 

 

  1. Labour Laws: Child labor persists despite having strict labor laws like the Payment of Wages, The Minimum Wages Act, etc. 

 

  1. Right to information: According to multiple reports on RTI, we have seen political killings of activists, delay in getting information, lackluster approach in information related to VVIPs, the pendency of applications, etc. 



Reasons why the poor implementation of laws in India:

  1. Poor conviction rates: The cases under various laws are increasing but the conviction rate is still very low. 

 

  1. Lack of state cooperation and will: On ground implementation of laws depend on state action when it comes to implementing laws perform poorly due to reasons like lack of resources, due to political rupture and corruption. 

 

  1. Lack of political will: Every few years before the elections Politicians make promises to bring outlaws but after the elections, they are least interested in its implementation. 

 

  1. Lack of rules: A law made by the Parliament can only be applied if the government makes rules along with it as well. Example Benami Transactions Act/Benami properties. 

 

  1. High Population: India has 2nd largest population in the world. Because such high population laws even though enacted are tough to implement. 

 

  1. Lack of review: Public Consultation and feedback can help to identify the flaws in the law. Only some laws in India have been asked for feedback. There is also a lack of a mechanism to get this feedbacks while making rules. 

 

  1. High diversity: Due to high diversity it is difficult to implement laws. Language barriers, local customs are some roadblocks in the proper implementation of laws. 

 

  1. Corruption: Corruption is the biggest problem in India. Criminals who are trapped get their way out by bribing cash. 

 

  1. The habit of breaking laws: People have developed a tendency to break laws. When the law loses its respect, the protection of rights and maintenance of peace is impossible to ensure. 

 

Policies have to be prepared carefully. Government policy will have a dynamic impact, it may seem frustrating, everyone involved wants to be sure these changes will improve and not hinder the community. 


Policies like demonetization and make in India are successful? Make in India launched in 2014 and now it's 2020. The last five years witnessed the slow growth of investment in the economy. We need an acknowledgment that this strategy has failed, and we need to develop a new one unless we are fine with a further decline in manufacturing. 

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Poor implementation will make even the greatest law ineffective

 

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The opinions expressed in this article are the personal opinions of the author. The facts and opinions appearing in the article do not reflect the views of Light de Literacy and LDL does not assume any responsibility or liability for the same.







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