I agree on all the points about the difficulties but trying to point out why most of the statistics are not improving the electoral prospects of BJP, similar to "India Shining".Suraj wrote:Generally, delivering infrastructure is the hardest part of delivering public goods and services. This is especially hard where the infrastructure in question is something that needs maintenance and upkeep several times a day . Or, something that requires regular replenishment (LPG cylinders). In comparison, roads and electricity infrastructure is easier to deliver. DBT and banking for all, similarly doable . But infrastructure with high basic maintenance requirement ? That takes ownership by the users to successfully deliver . Govt can not deploy a civil services cadre tasked with cleaning toilets or making people stick to LPG instead of firewood .
Both these fundamentally reflect people’s behavior - care for public good and public services remains weak . Looking for a workable implementation within one 5 year cycle is premature IMHO . Public education takes time and people generally do not like being told what they should do, especially when it’s a chore .
BJP, IMO, should have taken alternate creative measurements to improve the usability - similar to "anganwadi" for mid day meal or last mile health care or "green police" for forest protection etc. They could have used the huge RSS cadre base to seed these initiatives and also created "job" , even if low paying but not transient like 100 days work which does not create loyalty.
That is where BJP failed, they could not get out of the govt machinery framework and remained constrained by its limitations.
This is one of the reason of success for Mamata in WB and Left in WB/Kerala; to realize the limitation and find a solution outside the govt channel which makes it a political strength instead of weakness.
