ii. Regulation to be effective:

♤ One of the consequences of a large number of regulations has been the poor standards of their enforcement. Social legislations are a classic example of this.

♤ Slack enforcement leads to corrupt and unethical practices and the objectives of the legislations are also not met.

♤ Another reason for the poor enforcement of some regulations is the lack of attention to building capacity in the agencies entrusted with enforcement of such regulations. For example, the capacity and expertise of the Motor Vehicles Department has not kept pace with the explosive growth of vehicles on the road.

♤ The Commission recommended that in order to ensure that the regulatory measures do not degenerate into corrupt practices it is necessary to have an effective supervision of the agencies, which carry out these regulatory functions. This supervision should primarily be carried out internally by the supervisory officers and should be supplemented by a periodic assessment by an independent agency.