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Topic: Law and Order: A Precondition for Good Governance O.P. Tandon
MAINTENANCE OF LAW AND ORDER AND GOOD GOVERNANCE
Maintenance of order implies a certain measure of peace and avoidance of violence of any kind. If public order is deemed to have been upset, a variety of factors are responsible for it. To mention a few, dire poverty with economic explosion and unequal distribution of wealth; increasing unemployment; mounting inflation and spiraling prices with diminishing purchasing power; population exodus from rural to urban areas resulting in rapid urban growth rate with a concentration of organised protest groups in urban areas like employees, industrial workers, political groups, students, etc., increased inter-group conflicts on account of religion, language, caste, etc.; religious fundamentalism with recrudescence of sectarian/communal riots, divisive and fissiparous tendencies; etc. Act of terrorism, insurgency and growth of unfriendly border countries has added new dimension to the law support of unfriendly border countries has added new dimension to the law and order problems of the country. In the last few years, instability of governments in the states and the Centre have contributed to serious ramifications. For India, problems of governance are likely to be more complex in times to come. Effects of globalisation, economic development and socio-economic factors are likely to create problems in its own way, resulting in no respite for the law enforcement agencies. Insurgent and ethic violence will have to be assigned priority on the agenda of the law enforcers. More so, the nuclear explosions conducted by India and Pakistan recently resulting in imposition of economic sanctions by the United States, etc., has further created imbalance in the regional geographical system and may contribute to creating some ugly situations on the borders, unless the vigilance on various fronts is strengthened.