There are many well meaning organizations filled with honest individuals who are working on various national issues. Some are working on health and some on education; some are working on water resources and some on forest or land issues. We have to understand that unless we change the political system in which the power to decide is given in the hands of the people, nothing will improve; neither education will improve nor the health services.
There would be no improvement in the other issues like land, water and forest. Even if we use all our resources in changing the laws governing the land, governing the forest or the law governing the water resources, the laws would still be implemented by a Collector of a district. But if he does not impleme nt the laws or disregards the laws then we have no recourse to any action against him.
It has been happening often in our country that there are perfect laws that have been enacted but each one of these laws have been violated. The government officials who are supposed to implement these laws themselves violate the laws then there is no hope for the country.
Therefore, it is necessary that there should be control of gram sabhas over these officials. Unless these officials are answerable to the village gram sabhas which is empowered to punish an erring official for dereliction of his duties no improvement can come about, in the system of education or health or water or land or forest.
We have to catch hold of the proposed weapon “Accountability to people” which will be responsible to bring about change.
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