An analytical study of India’s efforts to ensure good governance

The relationship quality between the citizens and government defines the whole concept of good governance. In contemporary times citizen’s satisfaction is of more importance so citizen centric administration has gained focus to ensure good governance and it has become necessary for vibrant democracy. Lack of good governance can lead to corruption, nepotism and undermining the rights of weaker sections and minorities. A series of initiatives have been taken by Government of India to achieve the goal of good governance. This article compiles such initiatives and tries to analyse it. These initiatives have been taken from various secondary sources (books, journals, government websites, reports, articles). The article is divided into three parts. First gives the introduction, second analyses the various good governance initiatives, resulting in citizen centric administration which allows the citizens to move closer to the administration and the last part gives the conclusion.