CAPF: Arguments For and Against: Democracy slows down the pace of development.

Democracy Slows Down the Pace of Development.

Argument For:

A democratic govt has the responsibility to realize aspiration of people into reality. But, democratic govt often fall into inefficiencies due to favoritism and nepotism thus corrupts the system as a whole.
In a democratic society, people becomes the part of govt, and govt actions are scrutinized by civil society, opposition parties, labor unions, environmental activists, international organizations etc, and govt moves forward with consultation, negotiation and compromises, which leads to delay in implementation of policies and projects.
In a democracy like India, where, parties in opposition act as checks and balances towards govt action, sometimes, goes against the spirit of welfare of people. For e.g. opposition to AADHAR by NDA in UPA-II tenure and then bringing up AADHAR bill in 2016. Another example is the opposition of all political parties against the CIC’s order to declare their funds in public through RTI.

Argument Against:

Democratic form of govt. bats for inclusive development for all. It takes care of every section of society and works for development of all. India is the largest working democracy in the world which has maintained high growth rate since LPG reforms of 1990’s. On the other hand, Pakistan, always had unstable democracy, therefore pace of development suffered greatly.
With the concept of welfare state and citizen focused approaches, Democratic govt has become the most accepted from of govt in the world. In such a system people enjoys rights and liberty.  People push for development agenda with the help of local unions, civil society, international obligations etc. For example the movement by Anna Hazare for Lokpal Bill, and as a part of international obligation, the countries have started working on Sustainable Development Goals.  For development with pace in democracy, the govt. have to be responsive and should realize the aspiration of people.