Hindrances to Good Governance Introduction: Countries at the international and national levels have shown much seriousness about good governance. But how is it that they have not been finding it so easy to provide to all their citizens a just, equal and free social order. What are the factors that are blocking the road to good governance? There are a number of factors responsible for the failure to achieve the desired ends, but the following are the major threats to good governance:
(A) Corruption.
(B) Population Growth.
(C) Culture of Violence,
(A) Corruption: Corruption is an illegal use of authority for personal gains. Corruption is a universal disease causing harm to the people and government almost everywhere in the world. However, in the countries like India it has assumed the shape of a cancer.
(B) Population Growth: Good governance is concerned not merely with effective laws, procedures and practices, it is also concerned with mobilisation and utilisation of country's social and economic resources in a manner that benefits all the members of the society. However, one finds that development efforts have failed to eliminate poverty, unemployment and illiteracy and to secure to all citizens equitable access to even primary education and health, food, water and a house. From a population of about 35 crores at the time of India's Independence to more than 100 crores now is a cause of concern.
(C) Culture of Violence:
1. Resorting to illegal force is considered to be a law and order problem.But when one looks at it from the point of view of the principles of good governance,it becomes clear that peace and order is the first step to development.
2. Strikes,riots, terror attacks inerrant of this harmful culture of violence. The government can focus on economic, social and political development if it is free from the concerns of threat to public safety and security in terms of life and property.
3. Moreover,terrorism is also the greatest threat to the rule of law because terror replaces the law or seeks to subvert the law.
4. Terrorism is a hindrance to progress. No industrialist would be willing to invest in an area, which is affected by violence and terrorist activities. This produces an adverse impact on employment, health, education and the provision of other services to the people in the long run.
5. The social life also comes to a halt and people become almost in house prisoners or suffer from mental agonies of different types if they live under the shadow of violence and terrorism.
6. The issue of human rights also comes to the fore. Terrorists seldom respect the human rights of the common man.
