POLICY IMPLEMENTATION: PROCESS AND PROBLEMS             

Ms. Hardeep Kaur

ABSTRACT

Policy implementation is of crucial importance to the success of the government. It is the heart of governance. The policy cannot be successful if the implementation does not bear any relationship to the intentions of policy adopters. Implementation is the process of putting policy into practice. Implementation is the recognition of a policy decision. Implementation is the stage between a decision and operation. The implementation process involves the maintenance of the political process which had actually authored the policy. Policy implementation reveals the strengths and weaknesses of the decision making the process.  Policies cannot be understood in isolation from their agencies of implementation. The framework assumes that the degree of implementation is a function of the interactions between policy content and implementation agencies. Effective implementation requires a series of command and capacity to coordinate and control which is lacking in developing countries like India. This paper attempts to understand the policy implementation process and highlight the role of various agencies involved in the implementation process. It also focuses on various issues such as policy design, coordination, public participation and lack of financial resources etc. that hinders the implementation.

Keywords: Policy implementation, coordination, public design, public participation.