<p class="title">Good governance is the key to all-around development and it is time people shun the attitude of seeking personal gains while drawing up public schemes, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The NDA-led Centre observes the day as 'Good Governance Day' to celebrate the birthday of former premier and BJP veteran Atal Bihari Vajpayee.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Governance cannot happen when the dominant thought process begins at 'mera kya' (how will it benefit me) and ends at 'mujhe kya' (why should I bother). We have changed this mindset. For us, decisions are about national interest and not political gains," Modi said at a public meeting after launching a 12-km stretch of Delhi Metro's Magenta Line here.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He said while India is a prosperous country, people have been deprived of its benefits due to poor governance.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"But I have taken upon myself to change all this. It is a tough decision (for many) when they have to think whether the policy would benefit them politically," he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The prime minister noted that if a policy was in "black and white" and well laid out, it would leave little scope for discretion, thus bringing down corruption.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"When I came to power, newspapers used to report in box items that now officers have started coming to office on time...employees have to be more accountable," he said.</p>
<p class="title">Good governance is the key to all-around development and it is time people shun the attitude of seeking personal gains while drawing up public schemes, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The NDA-led Centre observes the day as 'Good Governance Day' to celebrate the birthday of former premier and BJP veteran Atal Bihari Vajpayee.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Governance cannot happen when the dominant thought process begins at 'mera kya' (how will it benefit me) and ends at 'mujhe kya' (why should I bother). We have changed this mindset. For us, decisions are about national interest and not political gains," Modi said at a public meeting after launching a 12-km stretch of Delhi Metro's Magenta Line here.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He said while India is a prosperous country, people have been deprived of its benefits due to poor governance.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"But I have taken upon myself to change all this. It is a tough decision (for many) when they have to think whether the policy would benefit them politically," he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The prime minister noted that if a policy was in "black and white" and well laid out, it would leave little scope for discretion, thus bringing down corruption.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"When I came to power, newspapers used to report in box items that now officers have started coming to office on time...employees have to be more accountable," he said.</p>