1. ACCOUNTABILITY

• Governance lays emphasis on making all the organs of government accountable for the performance of functions.
• In present times, we find instances of police being held accountable in cases where they fail in discharging their duty of nabbing the culprits.
• People question, and through demonstrations, and mass protests demand justice. Also during elections, the electorates if they are not satisfied with the performance of elected representatives in their constituencies, vote them out of power.

2. PEOPLES PARTICIPATION

• Governance aims at seeking the participation of people in various developmental activities.
• The Panchayati Raj Institutions (PHs) and the municipal bodies in India are locally elected representative bodies looking after the management of local affairs.
• The 73rd and 74th Constitutional Amendments have provided for 'ward' committees in every municipality, and 'gram sabha in every panchayat.

3. RULE OF LAW

• Governance requires a well-drafted and fair legal framework that protects the interests of people and provides them justice.

4. TRANSPARENCY

• Administration in the traditional sense functioned on the principle of secrecy and it was quite secretive in letting out information to the people whom they serve.
• For example, if a farmer in the village would like to know about the amount being spent by the local administration on a development scheme, it has to be furnished.
• This is true not only with public or government organisations, but also with private sector organisations.
• They are supposed to provide the necessary information solicited by the person who is securing the services from it.