Abstract
The degree of infection and consequent deaths have differed vastly, but Covid-19 pandemic has spared no country. The focus of this article is not to analyse India’s success in responding to this global pandemic but rather to draw lessons from this experience for effective public management in other fields of development. There seems to be an emerging consensus that civil liberties and public management matters. In a public health emergency, the primary responsibility of the government is to balance the foundation which paves way for equity, public welfare, individual and group rights, and a smooth functioning of democratic processes. Specific to the global crisis, the article focuses on how crucial it is to have a broad and free dialogue about civil liberties. Several countries are imposing some or the other form of problematic restrictions on civil liberties of an individual during the Covid-19 pandemic, leading to changing societal scenarios in a negative manner. Therefore, the article highlights the expertise of new public management and deployment of enhanced role of society stakeholders defence of civil liberties, especially in the area of social justice and misinformation.
Highlights
The coronavirus disease in December 2020 caught most of the nations in a grappling situation
Whenever societies have faced any crises upon them there has been an imbalance in the trade-offs between civil liberties and the well-being of individuals in the society
Given the scale of the effects of pandemic on countries and the actions adopted by governments to curb it, the Covid-19 crisis has provided a unique opportunity to comprehend as to how individuals perceive the trade-offs between civil liberties in times of crises and expect an improved public health condition
Summary
The coronavirus disease in December 2020 caught most of the nations in a grappling situation. Keywords New public management, civil liberties, India, Covid-19, coronavirus pandemic, government performance management The uneven effects of the pandemic on such individuals, or sections of people have doubled for numerous reasons, considering the already prevailing health, social, economic and environmental inequities.
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