Unplanned Development

Managing Urban Growth

Utilisation of Public Expenditure

  Governance & Corruption

Decentralisation

 

1.Managing Urban Growth: Development efforts have largely been concentrated in urban areas, and the state has witnessed a high rate of migration from the villages to the towns.

2.Utilisation of public Expenditure: The experience of Sikkim shows that benefits intended to be reaped through public expenditure appear to be unutilised or underutilised by the community either because of inertia or other reasons.

3.Governance and Corruption: In Sikkim many of the elements that contribute to good governance have been eroded over the years. In particular, the large-scale recruitment of under-qualified persons to government posts has had an adverse impact on many areas of the economy and particularly on governance standards in the state.

4.Decentralisation: People’s participation in the development process and their influence on decision-making in the government are important if the delivery of goods and services is to improve.