AOnce Mahatma Gandhi had said, true democracy does not depend on the person sitting at the center and running the state, rather it runs with the cooperation of every person. Understanding this sentiment, the country was divided into many units. State, district, block etc. This administrative arrangement was made to deliver development to the last person. But in the quest for development, this process became so complicated that in the end it became just a political convenience, and a common man could never overcome this complexity. But how did the whole process become so complicated? To understand this, let us take the example of a city. There is a city, there are many neighborhoods in the city, the neighborhoods are divided into wards. Each ward has a representative elected by the people there who is called a councillor. The job of the councilor is to carry out small development works related to education, health or infrastructure related to the ward. For this, councilor funds are provided to him through Nagar Panchayat, Municipal Council, Municipal Corporation or Municipal Corporation according to the population of the city. That means some fixed amount of money which he can use to solve the problems of the ward.
The mayor of the city is above the councillor. Even this is a matter of a limited area. Now if we increase this limited area a little in terms of population, then regional MLAs come in, who work directly for the state government. Like councilors, their job is also to carry out development works within their area of work. For this, legislative funds are provided by the state government and guidelines are given to carry out development work in various areas. Their head is the Chief Minister of the state.
Now here there is a need to understand that the area of work of the MLA or the area designated for using the MLA fund also includes the locality where the councilor has been provided councilor fund for development. Now if this circle is expanded a little more in terms of area and population, a parliamentary constituency is formed. Every parliamentary constituency has an MP, whose job, like the councilor and MLA, is to bring the development works of his parliamentary constituency to fruition. Their head is the Prime Minister, hence for this, MP funds are provided to him by the Central Government. That is, he can use this amount of money for his constituency which also includes the mohalla for which the councilor and the MLA receive separate funds.
This can be understood with the example of a water tanker. You too must have noticed many times in your locality that there is often a need for water tankers during the summer days, to ensure the supply of which councillor, MLA and MP all three are involved, and tankers with their names roam around in the area. Are visible. Now the question is, whose actual responsibility was for this supply? Does a small water tanker require representatives from regional to parliamentary level?
After all, why does this process appear so complicated for a common man? In this entire administrative structure, a glimpse of India divided into sections before independence can be seen. A work of development, for which the country's taxpayers' hardearned money is divided among three representatives, yet many times the work remains pending. Therefore, we need to simplify this entire process, and the only solution is to distribute everyone's work. The common man should be aware of how much money is being given to a councilor and for what purpose.
Similarly, the work and funds of MLAs and MPs should also be divided. Digital mediums can also be used to ensure that the funds received are properly utilized for which development work in which area. Representatives can disseminate information about expenses and development works to the public through social media platforms. When the responsibilities of the public representatives are divided and are known to the general public, then this broken system can be brought back on the path of integrity.
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