FODDER RECOMMENDATIONS

UTKARSH UJJWAL
AIR 68
UPSC CSE 2022
FODDER RECOMMENDATIONS/ ‘WAY FORWARD’ POINTS

● Foster cooperative federalism

● Formulate credible plans at the village level and aggregate these progressively at higher levels
● Ensure that interests of national security are incorporated in economic strategy and policy
● Formulate strategic and long-term policy→ monitor their progress → mid-course corrections if
reqd
● Encourage partnerships between key stakeholders
● Create a knowledge, innovation and entrepreneurial support system
● Offer a platform for resolution of inter-sectoral and inter-departmental issues
● Focus on technology upgradation and capacity building
● Incorporate evidence-based policymaking in overall governance structure
● Put in place proper frameworks with measurable parameters to help strengthen effective
management of limited public resources
● Drive accountability in governance through proper monitoring and evaluation
● Focus on effective management and better outcomes backed by data analysis
● Strengthen outcome-based monitoring
● Undertake a rigorous process to improve the output–outcome framework
● Juxtapose the financial outlay with a quantitative measurement of scheme performance,
● Facilitate convergence by tracking indicators and action points that are cross-ministerial in nature
● We need
○ an objective assessment of the longer-term impacts of the development programmes,
○ identification of the areas and reasons for the successes and failures at different stages of
programme execution;
○ suggesting mid-course corrections and disseminating lessons for the future
● Evaluate the performance through the parameters of relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, equity
and sustainability of service delivery, outcomes and impacts.
● SDG India index is a tool for focused policy dialogue, formulation and implementation, and
moving towards development action pegged to globally recognizable metrics
● Foster the spirit of competitive and cooperative federalism,
● Reboot infrastructure project delivery models through PPP, so that a sustainable infrastructure
creation cycle is established.
● Adopt Frontier technologies like AI, IoT
● We need to combine economic potential of AI with social development and inclusive growth, and
position India as the ‘AI garage of the world’ [NITI]
● Formalize institutional mechanism and funding framework
● Leverage the power of digital technologies to make India’s [health/ agri/ educatn] system more
robust
● Adopt the principle of ‘think big, start small, scale fast’ [for startups/ entrepre.....]
● Healthcare should ensure citizen-centricity, quality care, better access, universal health coverage
and inclusiveness
● Give impetus to outbound and inbound investments.
● Promote a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship
● Establish sustainable systems to monitor, analyze and reform policies to make them more
effective, efficient and inclusive.
● Ensure targeted policy reforms, which will result in a more conducive environment for investment
and productivity growth
● Provide logistical, technical and equipment support
● Identify and resolve issues related to data gaps, frequency and source of data collection, and
their updation on a real-time basis to make it available to public, private think-tanks and others for
policy research.
● Introduce interventions keeping in mind India’s future goals of accessibility, sustainability and
security in energy sector
● Evolve a shared vision of national development priorities and strategies with active involvement of
states
● Encourage partnerships between key stakeholders
● Transition from presumptive to conclusive land titling
● Wealth from waste is the key to maximize the resources available for industrial and thereto the
economic growth.
● Collaborative and participatory approach
● Create a culture of data-based decision-making