Recently demand has been rising in a state regarding the enactment of Social Accountability Law. How such a law can lead to good governance and boost citizens' participation in decision-making. Comment.

Enactment of Social Accountability Law will make the government officials answerable for the decisions they take. Such a law will ensure: • Quality in public service delivery like health, education, • Proper grievance redressal, e.g. Jannakalami • Monitoring and evaluation of government schemes, • Enhanced transparency, • More responsiveness of civil servants, • Participatory decision-making, • Better use of technology to track and address complaints.

Thus, it will lead to good governance and boost citizen' participation in decision-making. However, there may be a few challenges: • It may prevent civil servants from making honafide decisions. • It may create excessive meddling of citizens into administration. • It might become difficult to accommodate all interests of all. Thus, a mechanism needs to be devised so that decisions are taken through majority without stifling the interest of minority.

— RUHANI · AIR 5