Understand UPSC CONQUER MAINS 2026 | GS Paper 2 Governance | UPSC Mains Printed Notes (E)

Understand UPSC CONQUER MAINS 2026 | GS Paper 2 Governance | UPSC Mains Printed Notes (E)

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Index

• • Role of Governance in development
  • How can Governance be measured
  • Role of Non-State actors in Governance
  • Disconnect between Policies and Ground Realities

• • Good Governance is Subjective
  • Barriers to Good Governance
  • Digital Inequality as a major barrier to Good Governance
  • Effectiveness of Government and People’s Participation: An Interdependent Relationship

• • AI, LLM and Blockchain in Governance
  • e-Governance’s Bias Towards Technology over User-Centric Design

• • Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) 2025: Key findings

• • Ethical Governance & Rebuilding Public Trust
  • Anti-Defection Law & Parliamentary Accountability

• • Social Audit Is of No Use if there is no follow up on findings
  • Social Audit in Electoral Roll Revision (SIR 2.0)

• • Does the Citizen Charter need to be legalised?
  • Sevottam Model

• • Mission Karmayogi (National Programme for Civil Services Capacity Building)

• • Policy Contradiction
  • Policy in Times of LPG
  • Terminologies

• • Major Development Approaches
  • Inadequate Attention to Human Resource Development
  • Contemporary Development Models (Centralised)
  • From Growth to Human Development: The Governance Challenge
  • Cooperation, Partnership & Team Spirit in India’s Development Process
  • Institutional Quality: The Missing Link in India’s Development

• • Contribution Of Civil Society Groups For Women’s Representation In State Legislatures
  • Accountability Concerns in Civil Societies
  • CSOs as “Anti-State” vs “Non-State” Actors
  • Shrinking Civic Space in India