The desire for the 'good governance' was perhaps the moving spirit behind the
emergence of the state. People struggled relentlessly for the attainment of the
objective all through the tortuous path of the history. Philosophers, historians
and scholars have penned down this saga of the mankind, which is preserved in
the scriptures, epics and immortal writings. In modern India, since independence
umpteen numbers of efforts have been made to attain the elusive goal of good
governance. However, we have seemingly failed in achieving the target
particularly in the context of poor, the deprived and the disadvantaged section
of the society which constitutes about one third of