Governance is the process of taking decision and implementing them for the betterment of the masses and hence the nation as a whole.
Good governance ensures that the entire process of through which citizens receive their services must be of impeccable integrity, fully accountable and hundred percent transparent.
Vigilance is the most important way to ensure good governance as it involves keeping a watchful eye on personnel and promoting integrity and honesty in them.
Government employee and bureaucrats besides all other class of citizens, require vigilance because:
a) Decision making process in public department is slow
b) There is scope for jumping queues.
c) Possibilities of negotiations emits
d) Delay in providing services is detrimental to client as they are very crucial

Hence vigilance can easily deal with corrupt and dishonest personnel so that common man can get speedy delivery of services
Vigilance in itself is not a process but rather a philosophy that provides:
a) Accountability and transparency to all works
b) Reforms decision making process to make it simple
c) Ensure transparency and open information system (on lines of RTI act )
d) Punitive action to dishonest officials
e) Promote and encourage honest personnel.
f) Create an atmosphere of trust between organization and client which promotes good will.

Vigilance can be a more set of words hung upon the wall.it should be embodied in both play and practice. Vigilance must involve
a) Preventive Vigilance:
I. Reforming system to ensure faster delivery.
II. Regular disclosure of all assets and sources of income.
III. Publication of minutes of all meeting that are directly responsible for any wrong doing.
b) Reactive vigilance :
I. Punishing corrupt individuals who have abused their authority and through undue influence earned gratification and benefit and hence provide a loss to the exchequer.
II. Starting and following criminal proceeding against such dishonest individuals under prevention of corruption act and GPC.
c) Suggestive Vigilance:
I. Making surprise inspection in departments and checking relevant documents to ascertain no wrong doing
II. Creating a network of whistle blower that have highest state protection, to impose any intra-departmental misconduct.
Good governance is an utopian concept that is difficult to achieve in reality and practice. But then also it should not dissuade us from striving for a finding the loopholes in our system and plugging them to prevent any kind of misconduct.
We must remember that vigilance is the only price that freedom asks. When a single person refuses to give or take bribe,
It must be taken as example .These small gestures are the only means by which the poorest of the poor can get rid of the pitiful state they live in and banish the anguish and poignancy that they deal in demanding their basic rights.

Mr. Vijendra Singh Aswal
IIIT Allahabad