ShodhPatra: International Journal of Science and Humanities

Good Governance in India – Myth and Reality

In this article an effort has been made to disclose the true nature of Good governance in Indian context by refuting the myths and speculation about it. The main objective is to understand the pro and corn of good governance and its reality in the Indian context. In addition to this a thorough discussion has been made about the changes and challenges that the Good governance is facing in the present time from populist politics and examine to what extent such changes and challenges transform its meaning and dimensions. Content analysis method is used for this purpose. The main findings of this article are- the prospects of Good governance in India remains on the will of political leaders, zeal and enthusiasms of Indian people, scope of democratic governance, range of constitutionality to direct the power of e- governance for establish a just social order, capacity to convert social power to political or vis-à-vis to manage a stable political order, adjustment power between different political roles and their various social goals to manage social responsibility and raise political consciousness. In India, goodness of Good governance highly attributed with the notion of technocratic view. It may exclude the common people from the ambit of administration by facilitating the role of white collar bureaucrats thus potentially undermining the true nature of good governance.