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  • Essay / The Politics of Policy Implementation in India - 815

    The majority of policy studies assume that once a policy has been formulated, it will be implemented. It's not unreasonable, after all. Researchers who analyze policies and build models of policy processes base their work on the assumption that the policy will be implemented as it is. Furthermore, this assumption extends to another: that the desired outcomes of the policy will be close, at least, to those expected by policy makers. It should be noted that this assumption is shared by many ordinary citizens. As Thomas R. Dye said in 1972: "We assume that when Congress adopts a policy and appropriates funds for it, and when the executive branch organizes a program, hires personnel, spends money, and carries out activities designed to implement the policy, the effects of the policy will be felt by society and the effects will be those expected by the policy. ยป This assumption, like many others, serves to simplify our models. However, it has been observed over the years that it is not valid for many types of policies, including those formulated in many third world countries. Third world governments often formulate broad and sweeping policies, while the bureaucracy, charged with implementing them, lacks the capacity to do so effectively. Meanwhile, the opposition and concerned individuals and groups attempt to influence not the formulation of a vaguely worded policy, but its implementation. Even though India, a relatively recently industrialized country, can no longer be called a third world country (at least not without encountering vehement opposition), the presence of "big politics" has been strongly felt in our five-year plans, particularly in our five-year plans. at least in the past. The point is this: the models ignore one as...... middle of paper...... the custodian and custodian of the country's natural resources, went on to say that there is clearly a risk of poor practice in the implementation of the policy. This seems to imply that political corruption is inevitable in policy implementation. The official position on the subject appears to be that each interested party will do everything possible to prevent such interference, even if such efforts are doomed to failure. Either that or each party, despite its attempts at restraint, simply cannot resist a piece of the political pie. After all, if every interested party, political or otherwise, exercises such diligence, who is responsible for corruption? What is happening in our country, between the best-laid plans and their deviation? After all, the road to hell is paved with good intentions. It is certain that each step of the way has been taken in the same way. We will never know.