Best of BS Opinion: Accountability of executive and need for more voices

Here's a collection of Business Standard Opinion pieces for the day

Need for more voices to be heard

Insulating public functionaries from political pressures can improve administration, but can diminish the accountability of the elected representatives to the people. To make them accountable, civil society and advocacy groups need to bring their own influence to bear upon them. The influence can take many forms, such as the demand for reducing policy rates or having more women in leading positions. Uddalok Bhattacharya sums up

People occupying key positions in administration should remember that they are answerable to the people of the country and not to those who got them their jobs. Nitin