Under the Accountability Initiative’s flagship project, PAISA, a pilot survey tracking expenditures at the school level is being launched from 4^th – 17^th December 2010. The survey will cover one block in 10 districts across 7 focus states namely, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and West Bengal. The survey will collect school level data on grants received under the Government of India’s flagship education programme, the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA).

The first phase of the survey was flagged of on 2 December 2010 in Hyderabad. Over the next two weeks, PAISA Associates and volunteers across 7 states will be working to collect school level data on grants and expenditure under SSA. During this time we will be bringing you short notes from the field sharing our experiences and findings. So watch “PAISA Track” for more!