As CM Omar Abdullah, once again, puts emphasis on people centric governance, one might pause here and deconstruct what it means: what does it actually mean when we say we should have a people centric governance. In the kind of cynical atmosphere that has developed here for many years now, most people, most likely, would dismiss it as a customary and perfunctory remark. Politicians resort to such comments, so do higher officials. Media makes a news out of it. Finally, everything stays the ways it was.

A simple way to understand the statement is that governance should be responsive........

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