The budget is a vital tool to support the government in executing various programs and schemes in a methodical and strategic manner. Most importantly, it is the document that informs citizens of how t.....
Read More >>During Financial Year (FY) 2022-23, against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Accountability Initiative (AI) at the Centre for Policy Research (CPR) undertook a rapid assessment.....
Read More >>During Financial Year (FY) 2022-23, against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Accountability Initiative (AI) at the Centre for Policy Research (CPR) undertook a rapid assessment.....
Read More >>Mission Vatsalya is a Centrally-Sponsored Scheme (CSS), which aims to achieve child protection and welfare, aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It lay.....
Read More >>The bureaucracy is considered to be the steel framework that makes the country’s development aspirations a reality, but little is understood in the public about the people behind the scenes. S.....
Read More >>Keep up-to-date with all that is happening in welfare policy with this curated selection of news – Policy Buzz – published every fortnight. .....
Read More >>The Accountability Initiative was founded in 2008 as a research group which would unpack tough questions on the welfare system in India by way of rigorous evidence-building. Over the years, we.....
Read More >>यह दस्तावेज़ अकॉउंटबिलिटी इनिशिएटिव (सेंटर फॉर पॉलिसी रिसर्च) द्वारा प्रक�.....
Read More >>Keep up-to-date with all that is happening in welfare policy with this curated selection of news – Policy Buzz – published every fortnight. .....
Read More >>Meghalaya has been a poor performer across critical health indicators such as maternal mortality, infant mortality, and several aspects of nutrition in the National Family Health Survey - V. The state.....
Read More >>यह दस्तावेज़ अकॉउंटबिलिटी इनिशिएटिव (सेंटर फॉर पॉलिसी रिसर्च) द्वारा प्रक�.....
Read More >>Social audits are a citizen-driven form of social accountability. In a social audit, state documents are made available for public scrutiny and public hearings are held with t.....
Read More >>Keep up-to-date with all that is happening in welfare policy with this curated selection of news – Policy Buzz – published every fortnight. Policy News .....
Read More >>This is the second of a two-part blog series on the promises and challenges of the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission. The Ayushman Bharat Digi.....
Read More >>The State is, and will, remain for the conceivable future, given the trajectory of our economy, the primary vehicle of empowerment, of dignity and status .....
Read More >>Dual control of the IAS is at the heart of the federal structure. The Delhi ordinance challenges it. It can create fissures between Centre, states .....
Read More >>विभिन्न कल्याणकारी योजनाओं में क्या घटित हो रहा है, यह पॉलिसी बज़्ज़ आपको ह�.....
Read More >>हे पॉलिसी बझ तुम्हाला विविध कल्याणकारी योजनांमध्ये काय चालले आहे याविषयी द.....
Read More >>Keep up-to-date with all that is happening in welfare policy with this curated selection of news - Policy Buzz - published every fortnight. Policy.....
Read More >>The Himachal Pradesh government presented the Himachal Pradesh Budget 2023-24 in the state assembly on 17 March 2023. Read the curated welfare-related highlights from the budget document with our prim.....
Read More >>While there are 733 One Stop Centres operational in the country, the scheme faces several challenges in providing effective assistance and support to women who are survivors o.....
Read More >>विभिन्न कल्याणकारी योजनाओं में क्या घटित हो रहा है, यह पॉलिसी बज़्ज़ आपको ह�.....
Read More >>Here is the irony: Despite this plethora of political announcements, India has not witnessed a significant expansion in its welfare spending .....
Read More >>हे पॉलिसी बझ तुम्हाला विविध कल्याणकारी योजनांमध्ये काय चालले आहे याविषयी द.....
Read More >>Keep up-to-date with all that is happening in welfare policy with this curated selection of news - Policy Buzz - published every fortnight. Policy.....
Read More >>India’s experiment with grassroots democracy, 30 years after the creation of local government institutions, highlights the dangers of overcentralisation. .....
Read More >>The Maharashtra government presented the Maharashtra Budget 2023-24 in the state assembly on 9 March 2023. Read the curated welfare-related highlights from the budget document with our primer. Also.....
Read More >>हे पॉलिसी बझ तुम्हाला विविध कल्याणकारी योजनांमध्ये काय चालले आहे याविषयी द.....
Read More >>Keep up-to-date with all that is happening in welfare policy with this curated selection of news - Policy Buzz - published every fortnight. Policy.....
Read More >>Using government data about the state of Maharashtra, this brief highlights: Trends in finances, including Grants-in-Aid and Madhya Pradesh's own sources of revenue, and Trend.....
Read More >>In the first part of our blog series on municipal financing,.....
Read More >>विभिन्न कल्याणकारी योजनाओं में क्या घटित हो रहा है, यह पॉलिसी बज़्ज़ आपको ह�.....
Read More >>हे पॉलिसी बझ तुम्हाला विविध कल्याणकारी योजनांमध्ये काय चालले आहे याविषयी द.....
Read More >>Keep up-to-date with all that is happening in welfare policy with this curated selection of news - Policy Buzz - published every fortnight. Policy.....
Read More >>The Budget Session of Parliament commenced on 31st January and is scheduled to conclude on 6th April. The session adjourned on 14th February for a month-long recess till 13th March. Below are curated.....
Read More >>New models piloted by Andhra Pradesh and Brazil show a path beyond political posturing, and ensuring fiscal sustainability, certainty of benefits and innovation. .....
Read More >>Too often, debates on State capacity veer in the direction of setting up a false dichotomy between democracy and efficiency. .....
Read More >>विभिन्न कल्याणकारी योजनाओं में क्या घटित हो रहा है, यह पॉलिसी बज़्ज़ आपको ह�.....
Read More >>हे पॉलिसी बझ तुम्हाला विविध कल्याणकारी योजनांमध्ये काय चालले आहे याविषयी द.....
Read More >>Keep up-to-date with all that is happening in welfare policy with this curated selection of news - Policy Buzz - published every fortnight. Policy.....
Read More >>This is the first of a two part blog series on the promises and challenges of the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission. Imagine you are at a health faci.....
Read More >>Using government data about the state of Madhya Pradesh, this brief highlights: Trends in finances, including Grants-in-Aid and Madhya Pradesh's own sources of revenue, and Tr.....
Read More >>The Madhya Pradesh government presented the Madhya Pradesh Budget 2023-24 in the state assembly on 1 March 2023. Read the curated welfare-related highlights from the budget document with our primer......
Read More >>The PM POSHAN scheme covers 12 crore children in India and is touted to be one of the world's largest school meal programmes. The allocation, though, in this year's budget has.....
Read More >>Using government data about the state of Bihar, this brief highlights: Trends in finances, including Grants-in-Aid and Bihar's own sources of revenue, and Trends in s.....
Read More >>The Bihar government presented the Bihar Budget 2023-24 in the state assembly on 28 February 2023. Read the curated welfare-related highlights from the budget document with our primer. Also Read: .....
Read More >>हे पॉलिसी बझ तुम्हाला विविध कल्याणकारी योजनांमध्ये काय चालले आहे याविषयी द.....
Read More >>In November last year, I blogged about the travails of a few determined people.....
Read More >>Keep up-to-date with all that is happening in welfare policy with this curated selection of news - Policy Buzz - published every fortnight. Policy.....
Read More >>विभिन्न कल्याणकारी योजनाओं में क्या घटित हो रहा है, यह पॉलिसी बज़्ज़ आपको ह�.....
Read More >>Data from the 2023 Economic Survey illustrates an enduring tension in the dynamics of Centre-state relations that constrains policy reforms. .....
Read More >>मैं अकाउंटबिलिटी इनिशिएटिव समूह के साथ 2014 से जुड़कर काम कर रहा हूँ। इस दौ�.....
Read More >>CPR is an important social science research institute which has studied issues related to India’s polity and society and has contributed to a better understanding of issues.....
Read More >>हे पॉलिसी बझ तुम्हाला विविध कल्याणकारी योजनांमध्ये काय चालले आहे याविषयी द.....
Read More >>Create more formal sector jobs in labour-intensive industries, improve skills for women with secondary and primary school level education, and bolster social sector spending t.....
Read More >>Despite several efforts, a survey in 2018 ranked India as the most dangerous country for women. The Government of India’s Ministry of Women and Child Development (MWCD) has several schemes, policies.....
Read More >>Ahead of International Women’s Day, the article categorises and analyses scheme allocations through the Union Budget’s Gender Budget Statement (GBS), by looking at what sc.....
Read More >>Paper in the form of files, circulars, government orders are at the heart of India’s bureaucratic tradition .....
Read More >>First published on Seminar (web-edition), available here. Despite the promulgation of the 73rd Amendment to the Constitution wherein states wer.....
Read More >>First published on Centre for Policy Research's website here......
Read More >>This interview series is produced by the Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy, under the Kotak-Karma Vidhi Inclusive Education programme. This interview series is based and born from.....
Read More >>The Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana’s five additional kilograms of foodgrains per person kept hunger at bay for 80 crore people during the pandemic. Economic conditi.....
Read More >>In a pre-election year, the government’s decision to steer clear of populist promises, cut down on social sector allocations and place big bets on infrastructure signals a m.....
Read More >>Keep up-to-date with all that is happening in welfare policy with this curated selection of news - Policy Buzz - published every fortnight. Policy.....
Read More >>Over the last few years, India has been implementing several nutrition interventions as part of its national strategy to address malnutrition and associated risks. These include nutrition-specific int.....
Read More >>विभिन्न कल्याणकारी योजनाओं में क्या घटित हो रहा है, यह पॉलिसी बज़्ज़ आपको ह�.....
Read More >>हे पॉलिसी बझ तुम्हाला विविध कल्याणकारी योजनांमध्ये काय चालले आहे याविषयी द.....
Read More >>Using government data about the state of Rajasthan, this brief highlights: Trends in finances, including Grants-in-Aid and Rajasthan's own sources of revenue, and Tre.....
Read More >>The Budget Session of Parliament commenced on 31st January and is scheduled to conclude on 6th April. The session adjourned on 14th February for a month-long recess till 13th March. Below are curated.....
Read More >>The Rajasthan government presented the Rajasthan Budget 2023-24 in the state assembly on 10 February 2023. Read the curated welfare-related highlights from the budget document with our primer. Also.....
Read More >>Keep up-to-date with all that is happening in welfare policy with this curated selection of news - Policy Buzz - published every fortnight. Policy.....
Read More >>Nearly three-fourths of the houses sanctioned under PMAY-Gramin and half the houses targeted under PMAY-Urban have been completed. .....
Read More >>दक्षिण एशिया में शिक्षा प्रणालियों के हर पहलू में गैर-सरकारी संस्थाएं महत्�.....
Read More >>In the pandemic years, the government made a concerted effort to clean up its act and restore the credibility of its fiscal math .....
Read More >>As India emerges from the Covid-19 pandemic, economists will have to rethink how they understand the Indian economy in context of global volatilities. In this panel, moderated.....
Read More >>School Education Budget: Over the same 3 years, enrolment in public schools that Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan supports rose 7%. .....
Read More >>In April 2017, Meghalaya enacted the Meghalaya Community Participation and Public Services Social Audit Act, 2017. The Meghalaya Society for Social Audit and Transparency (MSSAT) is responsible for im.....
Read More >>The blog was initially published on 23 December 2021 and has been updated with Budget 2023 data. In 2005,.....
Read More >>The introduction of eggs in mid-day meal schemes has been opposed by religious and caste groups that push for vegetarian meals in several states. .....
Read More >>For Financial Year 2023-24, the centre has allocated ₹1,97,350 crore for food subsidy, a 31.28 per cent decrease compared to the previous year’s Revised Estimates (REs) of.....
Read More >>The Union ministry of education has proposed an allocation of ₹1,181.30 crore for Punjab in the financial year 2023-24 under the centrally sponsored Samagra Shiksha programm.....
Read More >>During the pandemic, allocations for school education were reduced. The increase in funding in this budget had to be of an order that would mitigate the damage done. .....
Read More >>While the capital expenditure of the government doubled, this is the first time, since 2009, that social sector spending is less than 20% of total government expenditure......
Read More >>Social sector initiatives which contribute to improving lives, improving human development outcomes, and economic revival have received inadequate allocations. .....
Read More >>New Delhi,1 Feb 2023: The Union Budget 2023 has placed special emphasis on inclusive development and reaching the last mile. But our analysis of 12 major Government of India (GoI) schemes has shown a.....
Read More >>A lookback on welfare spending and outcomes is an essential first step to understanding future priorities and pathways to development. .....
Read More >>For the 28 months that PM Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana was implemented, a total outlay of approximately ₹3.91 lakh crore was sanctioned for 1,118 lakh tons of allocated foodgrai.....
Read More >>As Modi Govt 2.0's last full budget ahead of General Elections in 2024, the Budget is likely to be an exercise in managing several objectives - from fiscal prudence, to boosti.....
Read More >>विभिन्न कल्याणकारी योजनाओं में क्या घटित हो रहा है, यह पॉलिसी बज़्ज़ आपको ह�.....
Read More >>This is the first time, based on data from 2014-15 to 2022-23, that the budget allocation has been lower than the previous year. .....
Read More >>Accountability Initiative’s analysis shows that releases have been slow. SSA accounted for 36% of funds for education ministry in 2022-23. .....
Read More >>हे पॉलिसी बझ तुम्हाला विविध कल्याणकारी योजनांमध्ये काय चालले आहे याविषयी द.....
Read More >>Keep up-to-date with all that is happening in welfare policy with this curated selection of news - Policy Buzz - published every fortnight. Policy.....
Read More >>In the 15 years that have gone by, India has seen a significant transition in the social sector, and lived through a pandemic. At the Accountability Initiative, Centre for Policy Research, we have tra.....
Read More >>Smart Cities Mission (SCM) is Government of India’s (GoI’s) urban rejuvenation mission launched on 25 June 2015. The Mission was initiated with the objective of providing core infrastructure, and.....
Read More >>The National Programme of PM POSHAN, previously known as the National Scheme for Mid-Day Meals in schools (MDM), is a scheme to provide one hot cooked meal in government and government-aided schools,.....
Read More >>Ayushman Bharat, under the aegis of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), was launched by Government of India (GoI) on 23 September 2018. This brief uses government data to analyse the.....
Read More >>This brief reports on two maternity benefit schemes of the Government of India (GoI): a) Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY) provides partial wage compensation to improve health-seeking beh.....
Read More >>National Health Mission (NHM) is Government of India's (GoI’s) largest public health programme, which aims to achieve universal access to quality healthcare. It consists of two sub-missions: ■ Na.....
Read More >>Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) is Government of India’s (GoI’s) flagship scheme to provide at least 100 days of guaranteed wage employment in a financial year.....
Read More >>Every argument around MGNREGS boils down to the allocation of funds for the programme. With just one week away from the Budget 2022-23 announcement, a closer look at the schem.....
Read More >>In the Indian context, social policy, which includes social protection, is critical. How have some of the government schemes and interventions fared in this regard? .....
Read More >>Through this blog, we give you a basic overview of India's major welfare programmes. Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) Mission .....
Read More >>According to Census population projections (2020),.....
Read More >>विभिन्न कल्याणकारी योजनाओं में क्या घटित हो रहा है, यह पॉलिसी बज़्ज़ आपको ह�.....
Read More >>Samagra Shiksha is Government of India’s (GoI’s) school education programme covering preprimary to higher-secondary levels. Launched in April 2018, the scheme is the primary vehicle to implement t.....
Read More >>In Financial Year (FY) 2021-22, the Government of India (GoI) restructured the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS), POSHAN (Prime Minister's Overarching Scheme for Holistic Nourishment) Abhiy.....
Read More >>Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) is Government of India’s (GoI’s) rural drinking water programme to provide functional tap connections to every household for drinking, cooking, and other domestic needs on.....
Read More >>Food Subsidy is provided by the Government of India (GoI) for the supply and distribution of foodgrains and other essential commodities. With the passing of the National Food Security Act (NFSA) in.....
Read More >>Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana - Gramin (PMAY-G) is Government of India’s (GoI's) flagship ‘Housing for All’ scheme. The scheme aims to provide monetary assistance for the construction of a puc.....
Read More >>While experts believe that provision for various social schemes may go up, the sector is unlikely to see any major announcements .....
Read More >>The Winter Session 2022 of Parliament commenced on 9 December 2022 and was scheduled to conclude on 29 December 2022. The session, however, adjourned sine die six days.....
Read More >>हे पॉलिसी बझ तुम्हाला विविध कल्याणकारी योजनांमध्ये काय चालले आहे याविषयी द.....
Read More >>Keep up-to-date with all that is happening in welfare policy with this curated selection of news - Policy Buzz - published every fortnight. Policy.....
Read More >>विभिन्न कल्याणकारी योजनाओं में क्या घटित हो रहा है, यह पॉलिसी बज़्ज़ आपको ह�.....
Read More >>If public spending in India is to improve, the burden lies on us to remind ourselves of the 'people’s reality' every budget season. .....
Read More >>In the Global Hunger Index (GHI) released.....
Read More >>हे पॉलिसी बझ तुम्हाला विविध कल्याणकारी योजनांमध्ये काय चालले आहे याविषयी द.....
Read More >>Keep up-to-date with all that is happening in welfare policy with this curated selection of news - Policy Buzz - published every fortnight. Policy.....
Read More >>Given the centrality of welfare in the BJP’s electoral discourse, it is important to ask if there is a distinct BJP welfare model. If so, how do the two different narratives.....
Read More >>Several important datasets that help in formulating government policies have not been released for over two years .....
Read More >>India and the world have committed to Universal Health C.....
Read More >>The battleground for substantive democracy in India has largely been outside the electoral arena in the form of citizen-led mobilisations. In 2023, when state polls will domin.....
Read More >>The evolution of India’s welfare state tells the story of the power and possibility of democratic participation—one that has shaped national and global discourse. .....
Read More >>As India emerged from the long shadow cast by the pandemic, one thing was reconfirmed for us — knowledge and accurate information are key to finding solutions to the country�.....
Read More >>With rising demand for education during the last few decades from all sections of the society, there has been an inc.....
Read More >>Keep up-to-date with all that is happening in welfare policy with this curated selection of news - Policy Buzz - published every fortnight. Policy.....
Read More >>By serving as convening hubs for diverse stakeholders to come together and discuss pressing policy concerns, Indian think tanks help U.S. policymakers understand local viewpoi.....
Read More >>Education is both a public and a private good. Governments take on the high cost of delivering education because of its public-good qualities – in other words, the wider benefits to societies and ec.....
Read More >>The 'consultant' performing functions outsourced to them by government is a global phenomenon. .....
Read More >>The Government of India has reiterated that the goal for India’s healthcare system is to progressively achieve Universal Health Coverage (UHC). This is the prominent.....
Read More >>During the National Vigilance Week, a couple of weeks back, I was called to give a presentation at a prominent Bengaluru-based Public Sector Organisation. This happe.....
Read More >>There is a broad agreement that India’s North-Eastern Region (NER) is relatively better off in gender-based development parameters. That being so, one should expect advantageous labour market outcom.....
Read More >>Keep up-to-date with all that is happening in welfare policy with this curated selection of news - Policy Buzz - published every fortnight. Policy.....
Read More >>The budgetary allocation for MGNREGS has already been exhausted, if pending liabilities for the financial year are included .....
Read More >>राष्ट्रीय शिक्षा नीति 2020 को लागू हुए दो साल पूरे हो चुके �.....
Read More >>Why has the government put the census on hold and how has it impacted us? .....
Read More >>भारत की नवीनतम राष्ट्रीय शिक्षा नीति .....
Read More >>Keep up-to-date with all that is happening in welfare policy with this curated selection of news - Policy Buzz - published every fortnight. Policy.....
Read More >>The conventional wisdom behind e-Governance, repeated so often that we ignore its true implications, states that e-Governance improves transparency. This leads to the question; what exactly is.....
Read More >>India’s latest National Education Policy has envisaged universal access to education by 2030. However, while enrolment is high in elementary schools, access to and uptake of.....
Read More >>Rather than relying on new infrastructure projects, which are both capital-intensive and slow to start, the focus must be on the maintenance of existing infrastructure, writes.....
Read More >>First published as background paper prepared for the Global Education Monitoring Report on Non-state actors in Education –South A.....
Read More >>Welfare schemes in India are 'targeted' based on eligibility criteria laid down by the State. .....
Read More >>The bureaucracy is considered to be the steel framework that makes the country’s development aspirations a reality, but little is understood in the public about the people behind the scenes. S.....
Read More >>हे पॉलिसी बझ तुम्हाला विविध कल्याणकारी योजनांमध्ये काय चालले आहे याविषयी द.....
Read More >>The previous blog.....
Read More >>Keep up-to-date with all that is happening in welfare policy with this curated selection of news - Policy Buzz - published every fortnight. Policy.....
Read More >>While government departments work in silos, there is potential to synergise effort, finances, and technical expertise to plan and implement programmes and achieve holistic objectives. This can benefit.....
Read More >>The economist Jack Waldon made an astute, if somewhat cynical observation, in the context of democratic decentralisation through multi-level governments. He said tha.....
Read More >>It has been three years since the Rajasthan Public.....
Read More >>हे पॉलिसी बझ तुम्हाला विविध कल्याणकारी योजनांमध्ये काय चालले आहे याविषयी द.....
Read More >>The pandemic induced slowdown gripped the country and many states faced an unprecedented migrant crisis. Inevitably, the unemployment rate shot up in almost all the Ind.....
Read More >>Keep up-to-date with all that is happening in welfare policy with this curated selection of news - Policy Buzz - published every fortnight. Policy.....
Read More >>Last month, on the 75th anniversary of Independence Day, several convicts serving a life sentence were released from jail in an act of clemency. They were convicted.....
Read More >>विभिन्न कल्याणकारी योजनाओं में क्या घटित हो रहा है, यह पॉलिसी बज़्ज़ आपको ह�.....
Read More >>हे पॉलिसी बझ तुम्हाला विविध कल्याणकारी योजनांमध्ये काय चालले आहे याविषयी द.....
Read More >>Keep up-to-date with all that is happening in welfare policy with this curated selection of news - Policy Buzz - published every fortnight. Policy.....
Read More >>Among comparable nations, India spends the least on social protections, yet we’re debating ‘freebies’, says Yamini Aiyar. .....
Read More >>Menstrual health is defined as the state of “complete physical, mental, and social wellbeing” duri.....
Read More >>The complexities involved in governing India are widely acknowledged. In countless conversations, the government is spoken to be akin to a machine with its cogs (people) and wheels (processes, rules a.....
Read More >>First published in DCPCR's Children First: Journal on Children's Live; available here. Union budget 2022-23, announced the renami.....
Read More >>As the pandemic induced unemployment skyrocketed, the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) became a social security net to fall back on f.....
Read More >>Citizens in this formulation are enablers of government working toward fulfilling its goals, rather than active, rights-bearing stakeholders. .....
Read More >>Over the decades, an elite obsession with getting the state out of the way has left a majority of Indians without the power to claim any real economic freedom. .....
Read More >>Every year, I get a chance to interact with officer trainees who have joined the higher bureaucracy and are under training in the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academ.....
Read More >>हे पॉलिसी बझ तुम्हाला विविध कल्याणकारी योजनांमध्ये काय चालले आहे याविषयी द.....
Read More >>विभिन्न कल्याणकारी योजनाओं में क्या घटित हो रहा है, यह पॉलिसी बज़्ज़ आपको ह�.....
Read More >>Keep up-to-date with all that is happening in welfare policy with this curated selection of news - Policy Buzz - published every fortnight. Policy.....
Read More >>Avani Kapur is a Fellow at the Centre for Policy Research (CPR) and leads the Accountability Initiative (AI). Her own interest has been in building evidence for policy advocacy to strength.....
Read More >>The Monsoon Session 2022 of Parliament commenced on 18 July 2022 and was adjourned sine die on 8 August 2022. Below are curated highlights from the Question Hour and Ze.....
Read More >>The bureaucracy is considered to be the steel framework that makes the country’s development aspirations a reality, but little is understood in the public about the people behind the scenes. S.....
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Read More >>The National Education Policy 2020, completes two years this year. Among its areas of focus has been the introduction of pre-primary education, also referred to.....
Read More >>हे पॉलिसी बझ तुम्हाला विविध कल्याणकारी योजनांमध्ये काय चालले आहे याविषयी द.....
Read More >>Keep up-to-date with all that is happening in welfare policy with this curated selection of news - Policy Buzz - published every fortnight. Policy.....
Read More >>The bureaucracy is considered to be the steel framework that makes the country’s development aspirations a reality, but little is understood in the public about the people behind the sce.....
Read More >>यह पाया गया है की एक स्वस्थ शासन के लिए नागरिकों की भागीदारी काफ�.....
Read More >>A lot has happened in Karnataka regarding the situation of corruption since I wrote my .....
Read More >>The PAISA for Panchayats research project extends Accountability Initiative’s PAISA methodology to track fund flows and implementations processes at the Panchayat level. This study attempts to bridg.....
Read More >>The newly-released Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS), 2020-21 documents an important employment trend. During the one-year period between July 2020 (3 months after th.....
Read More >>The ‘Inside Districts’ series launched in April 2020 is a one-of-its-kind attempt to capture the experiences of di.....
Read More >>The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), India's flagship programme on rural livelihoods, witnessed neither a mention in the .....
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Read More >>Social Protection includes policies and programmes implemented to prevent, manage and overcome adverse conditions and challenges that lead to vulnerability or loss of well-being. Different social p.....
Read More >>हे पॉलिसी बझ तुम्हाला विविध कल्याणकारी योजनांमध्ये काय चालले आहे याविषयी द.....
Read More >>Keep up-to-date with all that is happening in welfare policy with this curated selection of news - Policy Buzz - published every fortnight. Policy.....
Read More >>The bureaucracy is considered to be the steel framework that makes the country’s development aspirations a reality, but little is understood in the public about the people behind the scenes. .....
Read More >>I concluded my last blog by asserting that greater outreach is p.....
Read More >>अधिकतर नागरिक ये समझते हैं कि गैर �.....
Read More >>The release of the National Achievement Survey (NAS) 2021 results is an opportune moment for evaluating the status of education systems in the country. With over 1.18 lakh schools and 34 lakh students.....
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Read More >>हे पॉलिसी बझ तुम्हाला विविध कल्याणकारी योजनांमध्ये काय चालले आहे याविषयी द.....
Read More >>Keep up-to-date with all that is happening in welfare policy with this curated selection of news - Policy Buzz - published every fortnight. Policy.....
Read More >>यह दस्तावेज़ अकॉउंटबिलिटी इनिशिएटिव (सेंटर फॉर पॉलिसी रिसर्च) द्वारा प्रका.....
Read More >>यह दस्तावेज़ अकॉउंटबिलिटी इनिशिएटिव (सेंटर फॉर पॉलिसी रिसर्च) द्वारा प्रका.....
Read More >>यह दस्तावेज़ अकॉउंटबिलिटी इनिशिएटिव (सेंटर फॉर पॉलिसी रिसर्च) द्वारा प्रक�.....
Read More >>यह दस्तावेज़ अकॉउंटबिलिटी इनिशिएटिव (सेंटर फॉर पॉलिसी रिसर्च) द्वारा प्रक�.....
Read More >>Latest government data show an increase of almost four million in government school enrollment and a decrease of three million in private school enrolment between 2019-20 and.....
Read More >>I had ended last week’s blog by saying that in India, we nee.....
Read More >>The ‘Inside Districts’ series launched in April 2020 is a one-of-its-kind attempt to capture the experiences of di.....
Read More >>विभिन्न कल्याणकारी योजनाओं में क्या घटित हो रहा है, यह पॉलिसी बज़्ज़ आपको ह�.....
Read More >>हे पॉलिसी बझ तुम्हाला विविध कल्याणकारी योजनांमध्ये काय चालले आहे याविषयी द.....
Read More >>Keep up-to-date with all that is happening in welfare policy with this curated selection of news - Policy Buzz - published every fortnight. Policy.....
Read More >>The use of mobile devices to deliver public health interventions is rapidly increasing, particularly in low resource settings. Despite their proliferation, several mHealth interventions in developing.....
Read More >>A few weeks back, a contentious issue hit the headlines in Bengaluru. The state government withdrew nearly all its police officers, of the rank of Superintendents an.....
Read More >>हे पॉलिसी बझ तुम्हाला विविध कल्याणकारी योजनांमध्ये काय चालले आहे याविषयी द.....
Read More >>विभिन्न कल्याणकारी योजनाओं में क्या घटित हो रहा है, यह पॉलिसी बज़्ज़ आपको ह�.....
Read More >>Keep up-to-date with all that is happening in welfare policy with this curated selection of news - Policy Buzz - published every fortnight. Policy.....
Read More >>The 15th Finance Commission maintained states' higher share of central taxes while recommending an overall increase in government health spending to prepare better for the nex.....
Read More >>The ‘Inside Districts’ series launched in April 2020 is a one-of-its-kind attempt to capture the experiences of di.....
Read More >>Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) is a flagship scheme of the Government of India (GoI) which aims to provide at least 100 days of guaranteed wage employment in a fin.....
Read More >>Launched in August 2019, Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) aims to provide functional household tap connections (FHTCs) to every rural household in India by 2024. At the start o.....
Read More >>The previous blog.....
Read More >>विभिन्न कल्याणकारी योजनाओं में क्या घटित हो रहा है, यह पॉलिसी बज़्ज़ आपको ह�.....
Read More >>हे पॉलिसी बझ तुम्हाला विविध कल्याणकारी योजनांमध्ये काय चालले आहे याविषयी द.....
Read More >>Keep up-to-date with all that is happening in welfare policy with this curated selection of news - Policy Buzz - published every fortnight. Policy.....
Read More >>The National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, India’s guiding policy document on achieving equitable and quality education for all, has reiterated the need for increasing.....
Read More >>The second part of the Budget Session 2022 commenced on 14th March and concluded on 8th April. Below are curated highlights from the Question Hour and Zero Hour during.....
Read More >>The Cutting Edge is an exclusive series by the Accountability Initiative featuring insights from world-renowned scholars, and ideas that can spur innovation. .....
Read More >>विभिन्न कल्याणकारी योजनाओं में क्या घटित हो रहा है, यह पॉलिसी बज़्ज़ आपको ह�.....
Read More >>हे पॉलिसी बझ तुम्हाला विविध कल्याणकारी योजनांमध्ये काय चालले आहे याविषयी द.....
Read More >>The bureaucracy is considered to be the steel framework that makes the country’s development aspirations a reality, but little is understood in the public about the people behind the scenes. .....
Read More >>Keep up-to-date with all that is happening in welfare policy with this curated selection of news, published every fortnight. Policy News.....
Read More >>Over the past few years, attempts have been made previously to develop a public finance management system that tracks funds through the budget cycle. One such example is the Union government’s Publi.....
Read More >>Millions of Indian citizens depend on the government for basic services like education, health, nutrition, and others. For these services to reach citizens, a gigantic.....
Read More >>The bureaucracy is considered to be the steel framework that makes the country’s development aspirations a reality, but little is understood in the public about the people behind the scenes. .....
Read More >>हे पॉलिसी बझ तुम्हाला विविध कल्याणकारी योजनांमध्ये काय चालले आहे याविषयी द.....
Read More >>Keep up-to-date with all that is happening in welfare policy with this curated selection of news, published every fortnight. Policy News.....
Read More >>A dawning realisation from my recent and continuing engagement with the recasting of the National.....
Read More >>Each time cases surged, schools were the first to close and only restarted in person months after every other economic activity had resumed. .....
Read More >>We’ve made it easier for you to access state budgets by compiling budget documents below. Click on any state to see more. .....
Read More >>In this podcast, Yamini Aiyar speaks with journalist Rhoda Metcalfe about how the digital divide has pushed poor kids into an educational deficit that could reverberate for ye.....
Read More >>विभिन्न कल्याणकारी योजनाओं में क्या घटित हो रहा है, यह पॉलिसी बज़्ज़ आपको ह�.....
Read More >>हे पॉलिसी बझ तुम्हाला विविध कल्याणकारी योजनांमध्ये काय चालले आहे याविषयी द.....
Read More >>Yamini Aiyar speaks about her new book which documents the introduction of a new package of education reforms in Delhi public schools. .....
Read More >>Keep up-to-date with all that is happening in welfare policy with this curated selection of news, published every fortnight. Policy News.....
Read More >>विभिन्न कल्याणकारी योजनाओं में क्या घटित हो रहा है, यह पॉलिसी बज़्ज़ आपको ह�.....
Read More >>हे पॉलिसी बझ तुम्हाला विविध कल्याणकारी योजनांमध्ये काय चालले आहे याविषयी द.....
Read More >>The Budget Session 2022 of Parliament commenced on 31 January 2022 and is scheduled to conclude on 8 April 2022. Below are curated highlights from the Question Hour and.....
Read More >>Over a decade back, when making my first forays into international consultancy, I was lucky to listen to a remarkable idea which was then in its infancy and had just been rolled out. Two motivated ind.....
Read More >>Have capacity development programmes for local government elected representatives and officials improved over the years? Before answering that question, three preliminary questions need to be answe.....
Read More >>Last week, I tuned into a meeting convened to discuss the preparation of a new National Capability Building Framework (NCBF) for Panchayats. It was a good opportunit.....
Read More >>Keep up-to-date with all that is happening in welfare policy with this curated selection of news, published every fortnight. Policy News .....
Read More >>Of late, there is a forward popular on WhatsApp groups. It is the story of a Panchayat where everything is run, on the face of it, ideally. Not only are roads well buil.....
Read More >>एक आम इंसान के रोज़मर्रा जीवन में कौनसी लेवल की सरकार ज़्यादा माईन�.....
Read More >>एक आम इंसान के रोज़मर्रा जीवन में कौनसी लेवल की सरकार ज़्यादा माईन�.....
Read More >>In 2021, the National Commission for Women (NCW) registered a .....
Read More >>विभिन्न कल्याणकारी योजनाओं में क्या घटित हो रहा है, यह पॉलिसी बज़्ज़ आपको ह�.....
Read More >>In India, 15 nutrition interventions are deliv.....
Read More >>हे पॉलिसी बझ तुम्हाला विविध कल्याणकारी योजनांमध्ये काय चालले आहे याविषयी द.....
Read More >>What do such Centre-state entanglements say about India's federalism? And what should we be batting for - a more federalised structure or a stronger Centre? .....
Read More >>Keep up-to-date with all that is happening in welfare policy with this curated selection of news, published every fortnight. Policy News .....
Read More >>Even on the verge of elections in five states, Union Budget 2022 was surprising for its restraint in not resorting to populist measures. Yet, while much of the debate focused.....
Read More >>With women being hit the hardest by the pandemic, panelists at the inaugural edition of The Indian Express Thinc Series on Gender discussed ways to get them back into the work.....
Read More >>हे पॉलिसी बझ तुम्हाला विविध कल्याणकारी योजनांमध्ये काय चालले आहे याविषयी द.....
Read More >>The ‘Inside Districts’ series launched in April 2020 is a one-of-its-kind attempt to capture the experiences of di.....
Read More >>The articles in this series seek to make sense of the many manifestations of political and economic centralization in India today, with a particular focus on the historica.....
Read More >>Applying a political economy lens to the recently announced Budget 2022-23, Yamini Aiyar contends that the emphasis on capital expenditure over welfare in the two Budgets.....
Read More >>The future of Indian federalism rests on how contradictions created by new distributive pressures and political delimitation are negotiated. .....
Read More >>विभिन्न कल्याणकारी योजनाओं में क्या घटित हो रहा है, यह पॉलिसी बज़्ज़ आपको ह�.....
Read More >>In my previous blog, I recounted how the Karnataka government had begun the process of.....
Read More >>FM had allocated ₹73,000 crore towards MGNREGA in last year's Budget, which has been revised to ₹98,000 crore on account of higher demand for the work .....
Read More >>Keep up-to-date with all that is happening in welfare policy with this curated selection of news, published every fortnight. Policy News .....
Read More >>In this episode of The Suno India Show, our lead Avani Kapur spoke to reporter Suryatapa Mukherjee, explaining how the budget has accommodated social welfare in terms of.....
Read More >>The National Health Mission needs more money, as does primary healthcare and India's health workforce, Yamini Aiyar, president and chief executive of the Centre for Policy Res.....
Read More >>Budget 2022: The roll-out of an open platform for the National Digital Health Ecosystem and the launch of the National Tele-Mental Health Programme got special attention .....
Read More >>PMMVY scheme is estimated to cover 51.70 lakh beneficiaries annually, says Smriti Irani. .....
Read More >>Gleaning through the recent privately published and government data makes one thing evident – the issue of maternal health and nutrition requires urgent attention. .....
Read More >>Our lead, Avani Kapur spoke to The Hindu on the affordability of healthcare and the other factors crucial to improving health indicators .....
Read More >>The budget for Samagra Shiksha has grown by 20% but is still lower than projected budgets of the education ministry .....
Read More >>With revenues of the government expanding significantly, this was an opportunity to present a more expansive budget. Unfortunately, the budget made a clear choice. .....
Read More >>Experts wonder if the budget focused too much on online education .....
Read More >>However, an expert pointed out that not only had the ministry’s flagship Saksham Anganwadi and Poshan 2.0 programme not seen an increase in its budgetary allocation but the.....
Read More >>Will Budget 2022 Boost Health And Education Amid A Pandemic? Is The Budget People Friendly Or Conservative? .....
Read More >>The programme has perennially been short of funds, with expenditure overwhelming the funds available. The pending liabilities in terms of overdue wages have been rising in the.....
Read More >>The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on hunger and malnutrition is still unfolding. Here’s what experts are demanding from this year’s budget to improve nutritional outcome.....
Read More >>The GST system of indirect taxation completes five years in 2022, and it already seems to have caused cracks in the idea of fiscal federalism. States feel shortchanged at losi.....
Read More >>Continuing from my previous blog on how governments might actually foster fisc.....
Read More >>The guidelines of the restructured scheme, Saksham Anganwadi and POSHAN 2.0, are still being worked out and POSHAN 2.0 has not yet been approved, an RTI response revealed.....
Read More >>India's education sector, the hardest-hit by pandemic, is in desperate need of funds .....
Read More >>New Delhi, 29 Jan 2022: Funding of four major Union government schemes has decreased in 2021 over the previous year, the 14th volume of our flagship publication - the Budget Briefs - at the Accountabi.....
Read More >>Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) is Government of India’s (GoI’s) flagship scheme to provide at least 100 days of guaranteed wage employment in a Financial Year.....
Read More >>Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana - Gramin (PMAY-G) is Government of India’s (GoI) flagship ‘Housing for All’ scheme. The scheme was launched in November 2016 and aims to provide monetary assistance f.....
Read More >>National Health Mission (NHM) is Government of India's (GoI’s) largest public health programme. It consists of two sub-missions: ■ National Rural Health Mission (NRHM), and ■ National Urban He.....
Read More >>Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) is Government of India’s (GoI’s) income support scheme, under which all landholding farmers receive up to ₹6,000 per year to supplement their financi.....
Read More >>Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) is Government of India’s (GoI’s) rural drinking water programme to provide functional tap connections to every household for drinking, cooking, and other domestic needs on.....
Read More >>Food Subsidy is provided by the Government of India (GoI) for the supply and distribution of foodgrains and other essential commodities. With the passing of the National Food Security Act (NFSA) in.....
Read More >>The National Programme of PM POSHAN, previously known as the National Scheme for Mid-Day Meals in schools (MDM), is a scheme to provide one hot cooked meal in government and government-aided schools......
Read More >>In Financial Year (FY) 2021-22, Government of India (GoI) restructured the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS), POSHAN (Prime Minister's Overarching Scheme for Holistic Nourishment) Abhiyaan,.....
Read More >>Samagra Shiksha is Government of India’s (GoI’s) school education programme extending from the pre-primary to higher-secondary level. The scheme was launched in April 2018 to ensure equitable and.....
Read More >>विभिन्न कल्याणकारी योजनाओं में क्या घटित हो रहा है, यह पॉलिसी बज़्ज़ आपको ह�.....
Read More >>कल्याणकारी धोरणात जे घडत आहे त्या प्रत्येक पंधरवड्यात प्रकाशित झालेल्या ब�.....
Read More >>In my previous blog, I had rued that even when the government makes changes.....
Read More >>Having been an intrinsic part of collective efforts to conceive, build and monitor information portals in Rajasthan and Karnataka, not responding to T.R. Raghunandan’.....
Read More >>Keep up-to-date with all that is happening in welfare policy with this curated selection of news, published every fortnight. Education .....
Read More >>As the disruption brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic deepened in 2021, we doubled down on our efforts towards Responsive Governan.....
Read More >>कल्याणकारी धोरणात जे घडत आहे त्या प्रत्येक पंधरवड्यात प्रकाशि�.....
Read More >>विभिन्न कल्याणकारी योजनाओं में क्या घटित हो रहा है, यह पॉलिसी बज़्ज़ आपको ह�.....
Read More >>Keep up-to-date with all that is happening in welfare policy with this curated selection of news, published every fortnight. Policy News .....
Read More >>This study explores the Union government’s role in influencing and incentivising better Water Resources Management outcomes in the states through the policy, legal, financial, and institutional inst.....
Read More >>Intergenerational mobility in India is low. Those born poor are likely to stay poor, as inequities are entrenched. Now consider what two years of school closure will have done.....
Read More >>Every now and then, across India’s currently dormant urban civil society, there is a buzz that something good is about to happen soon. I was part of one such awakenin.....
Read More >>कल्याणकारी धोरणात जे घडत आहे त्या प्रत्येक पंधरवड्यात प्रकाशित झालेल्य.....
Read More >>विभिन्न कल्याणकारी योजनाओं में क्या घटित हो रहा है, यह पॉलिसी बज़्ज़ आपको ह�.....
Read More >>Keep up-to-date with all that is happening in welfare policy with this curated selection of news, published every fortnight. Policy News .....
Read More >>Keep up-to-date with all that is happening in welfare policy with this curated selection of news, published every fortnight. Policy News The Union Cabine.....
Read More >>There is grim news on education. But the silver lining is that the pandemic forced innovation. Build on it .....
Read More >>विभिन्न कल्याणकारी योजनाओं में क्या घटित हो रहा है, इसको लेकर आपको हर 15 दिन �.....
Read More >>During some of its training programmes, the Accountability Initiative team begins classes by explaining the structure of India’s governments – the executive facet of it – as distinguished from t.....
Read More >>कल्याणकारी धोरणात जे घडत आहे त्या प्रत्येक पंधरवड्यात प्रकाशित झालेल्य.....
Read More >>यह दस्तावेज़ अकॉउंटबिलिटी इनिशिएटिव (सेंटर फॉर पॉलिसी रिसर्च) द्वारा प्रका.....
Read More >>Keep up-to-date with all that is happening in welfare policy with this curated selection of news, published every fortnight. Policy News The Pradhan.....
Read More >>I like teaching, though I am not trained for it. Over the years, I’ve enjoyed teaching in diverse classrooms, ranging from bureaucrats, to interns working in the government, and even other teache.....
Read More >>यह दस्तावेज़ अकॉउंटबिलिटी इनिशिएटिव (सेंटर फॉर पॉलिसी रिसर्च) द्वारा प्रका.....
Read More >>Food insecurity remains an alarming issue due to entitlement failures. .....
Read More >>Keep up-to-date with all that is happening in welfare policy with this curated selection of news, published every fortnight. Policy News Accord.....
Read More >>यह दस्तावेज़ अकॉउंटबिलिटी इनिशिएटिव (सेंटर फॉर पॉलिसी रिसर्च) द्वारा प्रका.....
Read More >>सामाजिक जवाबदेही शासन में लोगों की भागीदारी बढ़ाने का एक तरीका है | इसके लिए अ�.....
Read More >>भारत में सरकार एवं नागरिकों के मध्य जवाबदेही और पारदर्शिता सुनिश्चित करने �.....
Read More >>‘Why don’t you come over to Kerala House for dinner, Raghunandan?’ I recognised that gravelly voice instantly. Of my many mentors, I fondly remember Mr. V. Ramachandran, the former Chief S.....
Read More >>Keep up-to-date with all that is happening in welfare policy with this curated selection of news, published every fortnight. Policy News The Un.....
Read More >>The Rashtriya POSHAN Maah is a month-long outreach and behaviour change campaign for awareness-raising on nutrition-related issues and causes and consequences of malnut.....
Read More >>साफ-सफाई का मूल सिद्धांत है कि अगर 'एक भी गाँव छूटेगा, तो सुरक्षा चक्र टूटे�.....
Read More >>कल्याणकारी धोरणात जे घडत आहे त्या प्रत्येक पंधरवड्यात प्रकाशित झालेल्य.....
Read More >>विभिन्न कल्याणकारी योजनाओं में क्या घटित हो रहा है, इसको लेकर आपको हर 15 दिन �.....
Read More >>Several questions related to nutrition services for women and children were answered by the Government of India (GoI) during the Monsoon Session of the 17th Lok Sabha (held between July and August 202.....
Read More >>Transparency & Accountability Initiative spoke with Avani Kapur (Director of AI) and Avantika Shrivastava (Assistant Director Communications at AI) to explain how AI is dr.....
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Read More >>What are some of the challenges in delivering language of research to the language of people, especially when knowledge is produced in a language different from that of the pe.....
Read More >>Keep up-to-date with all that is happening in welfare policy with this curated selection of news, published every fortnight. Policy News The Un.....
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Read More >>The Janani Suraksha Yojana is a conditional cash transfer scheme for reducing maternal and neo-natal mortality by promoting institutional delivery among poor pregnant women. The scheme falls under the.....
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Read More >>Keep up-to-date with all that is happening in welfare policy with this curated selection of news, published every fortnight. Policy News The Un.....
Read More >>The Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY) is a maternity benefit scheme providing conditional cash transfers to pregnant women and lactating mothers for their first live birth. The scheme delive.....
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Read More >>This blog delves into the importance of the Public Distribution System (PDS) during the COVID-19 pandemic, and its functioning. .....
Read More >>Keep up-to-date with all that is happening in welfare policy with this curated selection of news, published every fortnight. Policy News To add.....
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Read More >>विभिन्न कल्याणकारी योजनाओं में क्या घटित हो रहा है, इसको लेकर आपको हर 15 दिन �.....
Read More >>Avani Kapur participates in The Urban Debate on the recent scholarship scam in Jharkhand that has been unearthed by The Indian Express. .....
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Read More >>Even as large parts of government budgets and efforts are directed towards fighting the pandemic, it is important to ensure that children are not overlooked. Critical during this time is going to be e.....
Read More >>Avani Kapur discusses Budget 2021 the expenditure on health in a pandemic year. .....
Read More >>In this live discussion with Jhatkaa, Ritwik Shukla, our Senior Research Associate spoke about the challenges of ASHA workers in terms of remuneration, health hazards, and rep.....
Read More >>The voices of rural residents and front-line officials in India’s villages and small towns are often absent in accounts of the pandemic, which have focused on the crises unfolding in major cities. Y.....
Read More >>Keep up-to-date with all that is happening in welfare policy with this curated selection of news, published every fortnight. Policy News The Un.....
Read More >>सेंटर फॉर पॉलिसी रिसर्च ने प्रदेश के सबसे बड़े काँगड़ा जिला के साथ सो.....
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Read More >>The government plays a major role in Bihar’s school education system, with 78 per cent of the state’s total school-going children enrolled in government or governme.....
Read More >>यह दस्तावेज़ अकॉउंटबिलिटी इनिशिएटिव (सेंटर फॉर पॉलिसी रिसर्च) द्वारा प्रका.....
Read More >>Involve parents; decentralise decision-making; and give schools greater autonomy for expenditure. Local innovation is the path forward. .....
Read More >>Keep up-to-date with all that is happening in welfare policy with this curated selection of news, published every fortnight. Policy News The go.....
Read More >>The ‘Inside Districts’ series launched in April 2020 is a one-of-its-kind attempt to capture the experiences of di.....
Read More >>Sanitation data vary due to the type of questions asked in surveys. Accurate data on sanitation behaviour and toilet use can be captured if surveys ask questions on sanitation.....
Read More >>On 31 May 2021, the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) released provisional estimates on the performance of the economy in the fourth quarter (Q4) of the.....
Read More >>This blog is part of a series unpacking the 'PAISA for Municipalities' research which analysed urban local bo.....
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Read More >>विभिन्न कल्याणकारी योजनाओं में क्या घटित हो रहा है, इसको लेकर आपको हर 15 दिन �.....
Read More >>This blog is part of a series unpacking the 'PAISA for Municipalities' research which analysed urban local bo.....
Read More >>The ‘Inside Districts’ series launched in April 2020 is a one-of-its-kind attempt to capture the experiences of di.....
Read More >>Existing research illustrates that frontline workers faced a high burden of responsibilities even prior to the pandemic, and encountered numerous challenges in areas such as r.....
Read More >>Keep up-to-date with all that is happening in welfare policy with this curated selection of news, published every fortnight. Policy News The Su.....
Read More >>Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSSs) are a critical component of public policy leveraged by the Union government to ensure a minimum welfare standard for all citizens. Th.....
Read More >>कल्याणकारी धोरणात जे घडत आहे त्या प्रत्येक पंधरवड्यात प्रकाशित झालेल्य.....
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Read More >>The ‘Inside Districts’ series launched in April 2020 is a one-of-its-kind attempt to capture the experiences of di.....
Read More >>Keep up-to-date with all that is happening in welfare policy with this curated selection of news, published every fortnight. Coronavirus-focus News .....
Read More >>महाराष्ट्र में कोरोना की दूसरी लहर के दौरान ग्रामीण इलाकों में संक्रमण काफ�.....
Read More >>The ‘Inside Districts’ series launched in April 2020 is a one-of-its-kind attempt to capture the experiences of di.....
Read More >>कल्याणकारी धोरणात जे घडत आहे त्या प्रत्येक पंधरवड्यात प्रकाशित झालेल्य.....
Read More >>विभिन्न कल्याणकारी योजनाओं में क्या घटित हो रहा है, इसको लेकर आपको हर 15 दिन �.....
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Read More >>The COVID-19 pandemic has left an indelible mark across the world. A global economic crisis now compounds human tragedies. The world is witnessing recessions, increased debt,.....
Read More >>The ‘Inside Districts’ series launched in April 2020 is a one-of-its-kind attempt to capture the experiences of di.....
Read More >>In spite of some initial wins, India has seen a massive increase in the number of COVID-19 infections. Media focus is on the country's metropolitans, but it is more than likely that the pandemic will.....
Read More >>Keep up-to-date with all that is happening in welfare policy with this curated selection of news, published every fortnight. Coronavirus-focus News .....
Read More >>विभिन्न कल्याणकारी योजनाओं में क्या घटित हो रहा है, इसको लेकर आपको हर 15 दिन �.....
Read More >>This blog is part of a series unpacking the ‘PAISA for Municipalities‘ research which analysed urban local.....
Read More >>The ‘Inside Districts’ series launched in April 2020 is a one-of-its-kind attempt to capture the experiences of di.....
Read More >>It’s been five years since the SDG targets were set. But a closer look reveals India is still far away from meeting goals like zero hunger & gender equality by 2030......
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Read More >>India's grand bargain, once heralded as a new era in cooperative federalism, the Goods and Services tax regime, less than fours years since its adoption, is today the new batt.....
Read More >>The majority of India’s labour force operates in the informal sector, with the share of informal employment estimated at about 90 per cent in 2018-19, and the share o.....
Read More >>Where are nutrition programmes failing and why? To accurately understand this and for ideas on how to efficiently target the crisis of malnutrition among Indian children, it i.....
Read More >>The ‘Inside Districts’ series launched in April 2020 is a one-of-its-kind attempt to capture the experiences of di.....
Read More >>Keep up-to-date with all that is happening in welfare policy with this curated selection of news, published every fortnight. Policy News .....
Read More >>The ‘Inside Districts’ series launched in April 2020 is a one-of-its-kind attempt to capture the experiences of di.....
Read More >>The second wave will deepen inequality. Expand support to states, universalise PDS, and ramp up MGNREGS now. .....
Read More >>The ‘Inside Districts’ series launched in April 2020 is a one-of-its-kind attempt to capture the experiences of di.....
Read More >>This blog is part of a series unpacking the 'PAISA for Municipalities' research which analysed urban local bod.....
Read More >>कल्याणकारी धोरणात जे घडत आहे त्या प्रत्येक पंधरवड्यात प्रकाशित झालेल्य.....
Read More >>विभिन्न कल्याणकारी योजनाओं में क्या घटित हो रहा है, इसको लेकर आपको हर 15 दिन �.....
Read More >>The ‘Inside Districts’ series launched in April 2020 is a one-of-its-kind attempt to capture the experiences of di.....
Read More >>The ‘Inside Districts’ series launched in April 2020 is a one-of-its-kind attempt to capture the experiences of di.....
Read More >>Keep up-to-date with all that is happening in welfare policy with this curated selection of news, published every fortnight. Policy News .....
Read More >>भारत एक विशाल देश है और सभी लोगों तक मूलभूत सेवाएं पहुँचाने के लिए केंद्र एव�.....
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Read More >>The Centre and states are at war, but India urgently needs a coordinated response. It’s not too late. But soon it will be .....
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Read More >>Other countries are donating oxygen to India after hospitals ran out. How quickly can supply chains be fixed, to rush this aid to COVID-19 patients in need? .....
Read More >>यह साक्षात्कार कोविड-19 रिसर्च फ़ंडिंग प्रोग्राम 2020 के तहत अज़ीम प्रेमजी वि.....
Read More >>This interview was conducted as a part of a research study funded by the Azim Premji University under the COVID-19 Research Funding Programme 2020. The .....
Read More >>विभिन्न कल्याणकारी योजनाओं में क्या घटित हो रहा है, इसको लेकर आपको हर 15 दिन �.....
Read More >>Keep up-to-date with all that is happening in welfare policy with this curated selection of news, published every fortnight. Policy News The Un.....
Read More >>This primer provides a summary of findings and recommendations from a research study carried out in Himachal Pradesh and Rajasthan with ASHAs, Auxiliary Nurse Midwives, and Anganwadi Workers. .....
Read More >>This blog is part of a series unpacking the ‘PAISA for Municipalities‘ research which analysed urban local.....
Read More >>On 1 February 2020, the 15th Finance Commission (FC) of India tabled its interim report. B.....
Read More >>For Frontline Workers (Anganwadi Workers, ASHAs, and Auxiliary Nurse Midwives), .....
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Read More >>For investments to translate into improved public service delivery, having a strong public finance management (PFM) system that lays out the rules, institutions and processes by which public funds are.....
Read More >>स्कूल शिक्षा के लिए राज्य सरकारों के बजट के साथ भारत सरकार भी शिक्षा योजना क�.....
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Read More >>Keep up-to-date with all that is happening in welfare policy with this curated selection of news, published every fortnight. Policy News The im.....
Read More >>The ‘Inside Districts’ series launched in April 2020 is a one-of-its-kind attempt to capture the experiences of di.....
Read More >>This blog is part of a series unpacking the 'PAISA for Municipalities' research which analysed urban local bod.....
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Read More >>During the COVID-19 pandemic, key nutrition and health Frontline Workers (Anganwadi Workers, ASHAs, and Auxiliary Nurse Midwives) found themselves with new roles and re.....
Read More >>The ‘Inside Districts’ series launched in April 2020 is a one-of-its-kind attempt to capture the experiences of di.....
Read More >>India is fast urbanising; there is no need to use statistics to prove that, they are plentiful and available in granular detail. A Census is due this year, and when the statistics are available, we wi.....
Read More >>Keep up-to-date with all that is happening in welfare policy with this curated selection of news, published every fortnight. Policy News Under.....
Read More >>Why are many countries unable to accelerate their growth and development? This longstanding question, pivotal to the field of economics, continues to defy consensus. A.....
Read More >>The Rashtriya Kishore Swasthya Karyakram (RKSK) is an adolescent health programme within the ambit of the National Health Mission (NHM). This study focusses on the expenditures and fund flows of RK.....
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Read More >>The report examines interventions addressing violence against women (VAW) and violence against children (VAC) in Maharashtra. It also provides a brief insight into budgetary provisions existing in.....
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Read More >>Over the last year, Frontline Workers (FLWs) such as Anganwadi Workers (AWWs), Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs), and Auxiliary Nurse Midwives (ANMs) have foun.....
Read More >>This explainer provides an update on the changes in policy and budgets for Swachh Bharat Mission - Gramin, the implementation of the scheme during COVID-19, the status of toilet access and usage, and.....
Read More >>We’ve made it easier for you to access state budgets by compiling the budget documents below. Click on any of the states to see more: Arunachal.....
Read More >>Keep up-to-date with all that is happening in welfare policy with this curated selection of news, published every fortnight. Policy News The Me.....
Read More >>This interview was conducted as a part of a research study funded by the Azim Premji University under the COVID-19 Research Funding Programme 2020. The .....
Read More >>Ideation is a knowledge resource that seeks to offer today's decision-takers and policy shapers, distilled insights from both our work as well as interactions in the public policy and development spac.....
Read More >>कोरोना महामारी ने सरकार के साथ-साथ हम नागरिकों को भी सोचने पर विवश कर दिया है.....
Read More >>In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Government of India (GoI) announced a nationwide lockdown from the end of March 2020 till June 2020. Access to public healthca.....
Read More >>This study examines the evolving role and experiences of Frontline Workers (FLWs) during and after the nation-wide lockdown in 2020. The findings provide insights into how FLWs shouldered additiona.....
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Read More >>विभिन्न कल्याणकारी योजनाओं में क्या घटित हो रहा है, इसको लेकर आपको हर 15 दिन �.....
Read More >>भारत के ग्रामीण क्षेत्र में रोज़गार के अवसर बढ़ाने के लिए 2006 में MGNREGS (महात्मा ग�.....
Read More >>Delhi government’s budget outlay of Rs. 69,000 crore for the year 2021-22, extensively focuses on health including the fight against COVID-19 and air pol.....
Read More >>Delhi’s per capita income, which has been the second highest in India after Goa’s for several years now, dropped from Rs.3,76,211 in 2019-20 to Rs.3,54,004 in 2020-21.....
Read More >>The Delhi High Court has pulled up the Centre for having delayed implementation of its 2019 order directing the latter to ensure the ‘economically weaker section (.....
Read More >>Keep up-to-date with all that is happening in welfare policy with this curated selection of news, published every fortnight. Policy News The Jh.....
Read More >>The ‘Inside Districts’ series launched in April 2020 is a one-of-its-kind attempt to capture the experiences of di.....
Read More >>कोरोना महामारी ने हर किसी के जीवन को प्रभावित किया है, हालांकि मानव जीवन ने आ�.....
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Read More >>विभिन्न कल्याणकारी योजनाओं में क्या घटित हो रहा है, इसको लेकर आपको हर 15 दिन �.....
Read More >>Keep up-to-date with all that is happening in welfare policy with this curated selection of news, published every fortnight. Policy News .....
Read More >>Like the rest of the world, the Learning and Development team at the Accountability Initiative also had to qui.....
Read More >>Data from the Mid-Day meal scheme for the last few years indicates that while the enrolment of children under the scheme increased till 2017-18, it has decreased in the last t.....
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Read More >>The panel offered insights on: How the government perceives citizen engagement; The need to listen to diverse perspectives; The use of social media to disseminate.....
Read More >>कोविड-19 महामारी ने कठिन नीतिगत चुनौतियों को जन्म दिया । इसने भारत की सामाजिक.....
Read More >>Per government estimates, over 1.6 crore panchayat functionaries, community workers and other volunteers have been involved in various pandemic-related duties .....
Read More >>India allocates more funds for water than most South Asian countries, but with its water resources under stress, it needs to spend more on sustainable practices, and do it wit.....
Read More >>Apart from allocation of funds, their release, approval and reporting also need to be streamlined. .....
Read More >>With the nation’s coronavirus rush, and arrival of protesting farmers in Delhi, this Financial Year’s Union Budget was presented in the Lok Sabha on Monday under circumsta.....
Read More >>Keep up-to-date with all that is happening in welfare policy with this curated selection of news, published every fortnight. Policy News Union Budget 202.....
Read More >>Once again, more than a fortnight passes; an aeon in the unfolding scenario on how we look at the freedom of expression. I ended .....
Read More >>Experts discuss Union Budget 2021-22 and its impact on the economy. .....
Read More >>With livelihoods, poverty and social safety nets still in a precarious position, the neglect of the social sector will hamper India’s attempt to build a dynamic, resilient a.....
Read More >>Direct spending via Health Ministry continues to be low. After a 24 per cent increase during the current fiscal, allocations for FY22 fall by 11 per cent. .....
Read More >>Minimal budget increases for the social sector but a focus on infrastructure and capital expenditure seem to be the general theme in Budget 2021. .....
Read More >>इस कार्यशाला का मुख्य उद्देश्य बजट के विभिन्न भागों और प्रक्रियाओ.....
Read More >>Water and sanitation outlays included in the health budget; nutrition outlay actually down. .....
Read More >>कार्यशाला का मुख्य उद्देश्य बजट के विभिन्न भागों और प्रक्रियाओं को बारीकी �.....
Read More >>2020 saw unprecedented disruptions in India's public system. As you will see from the new volume of our flagship 'Budget Briefs' series, welf.....
Read More >>कल्याणकारी धोरणात जे घडत आहे त्या प्रत्येक पंधरवड्यात प्रकाशित झालेल्य.....
Read More >>Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) is Government of India’s (GoI’s) flagship scheme to provide at least 100 days of guaranteed wage employment in a Financial Year.....
Read More >>Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) is Government of India’s (GoI’s) rural drinking water programme to provide functional tap connections to every household for drinking, cooking, and other domestic needs on.....
Read More >>Food Subsidy is provided by the Government of India (GoI) for the supply and distribution of foodgrains and other essential commodities. The National Food Security Act (NFSA) 2013, ensured nutritio.....
Read More >>National Health Mission (NHM) is Government of India's (GoI’s) largest public health programme. It consists of two sub-missions: National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) and National Urban Health Missio.....
Read More >>विभिन्न कल्याणकारी योजनाओं में क्या घटित हो रहा है, इसको लेकर आपको हर 15 दिन �.....
Read More >>Ahead of Union Budget 2021, CRY and CBGA held a national webinar to discuss the challenges in improving the nutrition and health of children and women during and beyond the pa.....
Read More >>This explainer on public health financing in India ahead of Budget2021 delineates the key areas of central and state funding, and explains why this year's budget is especially.....
Read More >>To discuss the critical issues and practical challenges related to spheres of child nutrition and health of children and pregnant and lactating women, during and beyond the CO.....
Read More >>In 2019-20, India spent Rs 6.43 lakh crore ($88 billion) of public funds on education. How was this money spent? We explain how the government finances public school education.....
Read More >>Samagra Shiksha is an integrated centrally sponsored scheme (CSS) focused on pre-school to senior secondary level. Release of funds for the scheme has been slow in 2020. .....
Read More >>At the end of a traumatic year, largely caused by a pandemic, it is indeed to be expected that health expenditure would be a central aspect of the budget to be presented in Fe.....
Read More >>While India's gender budgets have succeeded in drawing attention to gender issues, experts say ministries and departments consider them as an aggregation exercise only, and al.....
Read More >>In 2020, health and wellness centres (HWCs) saw an unprecedented turnout — over three times that in 2018-2019. In some states such as Rajasthan and Maharashtra, footfall wen.....
Read More >>The central government's COVID-19 response has seen more funds flow towards some of its flagship welfare programmes but less to others. .....
Read More >>Keep up-to-date with all that is happening in welfare policy with this curated selection of news, published every fortnight. Policy News Under the Pradha.....
Read More >>POSHAN Abhiyaan is Government of India’s (GoI’s) flagship scheme that aims to holistically address the prevalence of malnutrition in India through the use of technology, convergence, behavioural c.....
Read More >>Samagra Shiksha - an integrated scheme for school education, is Government of India’s (GoI’s) school education programme extending from pre-school to senior secondary stages. The scheme was launch.....
Read More >>Integrated Child Development Services is Government of India’s (GoI's) flagship programme aimed at providing basic education, health, and nutrition services for early childhood development. It has n.....
Read More >>Ayushman Bharat, under the aegis of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), was launched by Government of India (GoI) on 23 September 2018. The programme consists of two initiatives: (1) Th.....
Read More >>The National Programme of Mid-Day Meals (MDM) in School scheme is Government of India’s (GoI’s) flagship school-based feeding programme aimed at improving the nutritional status of students and pr.....
Read More >>Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) is Government of India’s (GoI’s) income support scheme, under which all landholding farmers get up to Rs. 6,000 per year to supplement their financial.....
Read More >>This report presents the findings of a small sample study of 30 Gram Panchayats across eight states namely, Assam, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, and Rajastha.....
Read More >>The research focusses on answering the following questions: a) What were the conditions imposed by the Centre in the release and utilisation of the 14th FC grants? b) To what extent have these condi.....
Read More >>Partial results from the National Family Health Survey Round 5 (NFHS-5) released last week draw attention to the crisis of malnutrition in the country. There is an improvement.....
Read More >>This study aims to understand the nature and compute the size of the local public sector in the Smart City of Tumakuru, in Karnataka State. It makes use of our flagship methodology Planning, Allocatio.....
Read More >>Every year we, at Accountability Initiative, publish evidence-based research on government schemes, budgets, and matters related to public administration. We also leverage this research to promote pub.....
Read More >>कल्याणकारी धोरणात जे घडत आहे त्या प्रत्येक पंधरवड्यात प्रकाशित झालेल्य.....
Read More >>I ended my last blog five weeks back with asking whether, sho.....
Read More >>विभिन्न कल्याणकारी योजनाओं में क्या घटित हो रहा है, इसको लेकर आपको हर 15 दिन �.....
Read More >>The ‘Inside Districts’ series launched in April is a one-of-its-kind attempt to capture the experiences of distric.....
Read More >>This brief presents some of the key effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on India’s public school education, focusing specifically on children. It begins with a discussion of the pre-pandemic status of.....
Read More >>Keep up-to-date with all that is happening in welfare policy with this curated selection of news, published every fortnight. Policy News Central Drugs an.....
Read More >>पंचायती राज व्यवस्था तथा उसका महत्त्व भारतीय संविधान के 73वें एवं 74वें संशोध�.....
Read More >>Last month, the Accountability Initiative hosted a panel discussion on ‘Capacity Building for Better Coordination with the Local Government’, as part of the .....
Read More >>In 2020, we rapidly responded to a changed situation due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We did this to build evidence, deepen public debate, and catalyse reforms. With each attempt, we scaled new challenge.....
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Read More >>विभिन्न कल्याणकारी योजनाओं में क्या घटित हो रहा है, इसको लेकर आपको हर 15 दिन �.....
Read More >>The brief unbundles the global standard definition of informality with respect to the labour market, a concept often considered inexplicit and broad-based. It presents the parameters used to meas.....
Read More >>Keep up-to-date with all that is happening in welfare policy with this curated selection of news, published every fortnight. Policy News The 5th National.....
Read More >>23 December 2020, नई दिल्ली: 'हम और हमारी सरकार' जो अनुसंधान समूह अकउंटबिलिटी इनिशिएटिव.....
Read More >>सरकारी कार्यकर्ता एवं कर्मचारी महामारी से लड़ने �.....
Read More >>The ‘Inside Districts’ series launched in April is a one-of-its-kind attempt to capture the experiences of distric.....
Read More >>Typically, when a crisis hits, the expectation is that the Centre — which has more revenue-raising abilities than states — will take the lead in preparing a fiscal road ma.....
Read More >>कल्याणकारी धोरणात जे घडत आहे त्या प्रत्येक पंधरवड्यात प्रकाशित झालेल्य.....
Read More >>विभिन्न कल्याणकारी योजनाओं में क्या घटित हो रहा है, इसको लेकर आपको हर 15 दिन �.....
Read More >>It can be tempting to blame every crisis on the Covid-19 pandemic. But quite often, facts get in the way. Many things were bad enough even prior to the onset of the pandemic,.....
Read More >>This brief provides an overview of the nutrition sector prior to the pandemic, the changes and impact due to the pandemic, and briefly discusses what can be done to get nutrition interventions back on.....
Read More >>कोरोना महामारी के दौरान राशन कार्ड का महत्व अत्या�.....
Read More >>For decades, women’s heart attacks have been rampant.....
Read More >>Keep up-to-date with all that is happening in welfare policy with this curated selection of news, published every fortnight. Policy News According to the.....
Read More >>While low revenues due to the pandemic may mean substantial funds for nutrition may not be possible, there are still ways to ensure more nutrition for the money. Here’s how......
Read More >>For decades, women's heart attacks.....
Read More >>The ‘Inside Districts’ series launched in April is a one-of-its-kind attempt to capture the experiences of distric.....
Read More >>कल्याणकारी धोरणात जे घडत आहे त्या प्रत्येक पंधरवड्यात प्रकाशित झालेल्य.....
Read More >>The question of controlling fake news and hate speech without disrupting freedom of expression bears repetition, but that does not get us any closer to the answers......
Read More >>विभिन्न कल्याणकारी योजनाओं में क्या घटित हो रहा है, इसको लेकर आपको हर 15 दिन �.....
Read More >>As we go to press, the Kerala Governor, on the advice of the state government has signed an ordinance withdrawing the controversial amendment of the Kerala Police Act by the introduction of a new sect.....
Read More >>While the pandemic has thrown up some unprecedented policy challenges, it has also exposed the gaps in India’s social security policies, especially towards the inform.....
Read More >>कोरोना के इस मुश्किल समय में पंचायत की जिम्मेदारियाँ काफी बढ़ गई हैं | बहुत से.....
Read More >>Rajasthan’s Churu district, which often records the hottest summer at over 50 degrees Celsius and reels under a severe cold wave during winters, may soon see its anganwadi c.....
Read More >>Keep up-to-date with all that is happening in welfare policy with this curated selection of news, published every fortnight. Policy News The Ministry of.....
Read More >>In my last blog, I had observed that while the structures for participation in public.....
Read More >>This panel, a part of the Future of Governance virtual forum, was an insightful discussion among Dr. Rukmini Banerji from Pratham, Ashif Shaikh from Jan Sahas, Biraj Patnaik from the National Foundati.....
Read More >>In the Future of Governance virtual forum, Yamini Aiyar, Centre for Policy Research and Anurag Behar, Azim Premji Foundation explored how the core pillars of society view the state. They also reflec.....
Read More >>संकट की घड़ी में नौकरशाही क्या हासिल कर सकती है, और नौकरशाही के काम ना करन�.....
Read More >>While economic activities remain muted in the country as a result of the pandemic, livelihood generation and unemployment have become major issues of concern. This is p.....
Read More >>कल्याणकारी धोरणात जे घडत आहे त्या प्रत्येक पंधरवड्यात प्रकाशित झालेल्य.....
Read More >>The brief explores India’s labour market policies on provisioning of social security to informal workers in the unorganised sector......
Read More >>विभिन्न कल्याणकारी योजनाओं में क्या घटित हो रहा है, इसको लेकर आपको हर 15 दिन �.....
Read More >>While States were quick to adapt by providing grains or food security allowance (FSA) directly to families, recent studies have shown that the actual provision of nutrition th.....
Read More >>कोरोना के इस मुश्किल समय में पंचायत की जिम्मेदारियाँ काफी बढ़ गई हैं | बहुत से.....
Read More >>Keep up-to-date with all that is happening in welfare policy with this curated selection of news, published every fortnight. Policy News As part of the .....
Read More >>स्कूली शिक्षा में लैंगिक अंतर को दूर करने के लिए भारत ने एक लम्बा सफर तय किया.....
Read More >>The ‘Inside Districts’ series launched in April is a one-of-its-kind attempt to capture the experiences of distric.....
Read More >>कल्याणकारी धोरणात जे घडत आहे त्या प्रत्येक पंधरवड्यात प्रकाशित झालेल्य.....
Read More >>विभिन्न कल्याणकारी योजनाओं में क्या घटित हो रहा है, इसको लेकर आपको हर 15 दिन �.....
Read More >>The first panel in the Future of Governance virtual forum featured Luis Miranda from the Indian School of Public Policy (ISPP), Nikhil Dey from Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan and Poornima Dore .....
Read More >>In the Future of Governance virtual forum, we were joined by Sandhya Venkateswaran from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Bharath Visweswariah from the Omidyar Network, and Zulfiquar Haider.....
Read More >>From 31st July to 19th August, we hosted the ‘India’s Pandemic Response’ virtual event to unpack the policy response of the Union and state governments. The aim was to provide a c.....
Read More >>Keep up-to-date with all that is happening in welfare policy with this curated selection of news, published every fortnight. Policy News The National Ski.....
Read More >>हाल ही में 28 सितम्बर 2020 को हमने एक वेबिनार आयोजित किया जिसमे कोविड के दौरान.....
Read More >>In the Future of Governance virtual forum, Chakshu Roy, PRS Legislative Research, Anuradha Joshi, Social Scientist, and Srikanth Viswanathan, Janaagraha Centre for Citizenship and Democracy deliberate.....
Read More >>कल्याणकारी धोरणात जे घडत आहे त्या प्रत्येक पंधरवड्यात प्रकाशित झालेल्य.....
Read More >>विभिन्न कल्याणकारी योजनाओं में क्या घटित हो रहा है, इसको लेकर आपको हर 15 दिन �.....
Read More >>The pandemic-induced lockdown exposed the extreme vulnerability of casual-wage earners and especially, migrant labourers. Unable to sustain in the cities, many returned.....
Read More >>The president and chief executive of Centre for Policy Research on the differences between accounting and accountability in the Indian state. .....
Read More >>Keep up-to-date with all that is happening in welfare policy with this curated selection of news, published every fortnight. Policy News In Delhi NCR, .....
Read More >>Across the country, a curious pattern emerges when one looks at how legal and process reforms have progressed, with respect to institutionalising the participation of urban citizens in governance. The.....
Read More >>The ‘Inside Districts’ series launched in April was a one-of-its-kind attempt to capture the experiences of distri.....
Read More >>राजस्थान पंचायती राज चुनाव में ध्यान रखने वाली कुछ महत्त्वपूर्ण बातें ।.....
Read More >>कोरोना महामारी के दौरान स्वास्थ्य कर्मियों, सफाई कर्मियों, प्रशासन ने आम ना�.....
Read More >>विभिन्न कल्याणकारी योजनाओं में क्या घटित हो रहा है, इसको लेकर आपको हर 15 दिन �.....
Read More >>कल्याणकारी धोरणात जे घडत आहे त्या प्रत्येक पंधरवड्यात प्रकाशित झालेल्य.....
Read More >>In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, numerous children from poor migrant families across the country were forced to drop out of school and move back with their parents.....
Read More >>This blog is part of a series that explores the idea of citizen's participation in urban governance through the Cubbon Park Case Study. Part .....
Read More >>The Future of Governance virtual forum is an attempt to spark dialogue on the challenges and prospects of civil society-government collaboration in India. Curated by us and co-hosted with Arth.....
Read More >>Keep up-to-date with all that is happening in welfare policy with this curated selection of news, published every fortnight. The current edition focusses on the Coronavirus pandemic in India, and t.....
Read More >>‘India lives in its villages,’ said Gandhi. And from that observation, as well as many others where he envisioned a futu.....
Read More >>The ‘Inside Districts’ series launched in April was a one-of-its-kind attempt to capture the experiences of distri.....
Read More >>New Delhi, 1 Oct 2020: The Future of Governance virtual conference curated by us and co-hosted with Arthan, will spark dialogue on collaboration among the Government, Non-Governme.....
Read More >>विभिन्न कल्याणकारी योजनाओं में क्या घटित हो रहा है, इसको लेकर आपको हर 15 दिन �.....
Read More >>This blog is part of a series that explores the conceptual underpinnings of decentralisation, and citizen participation. The first part can be found .....
Read More >>कल्याणकारी धोरणात जे घडत आहे त्या प्रत्येक पंधरवड्यात प्रकाशित झालेल्य.....
Read More >>The article looks at the National Education Policy 2020 with a critical perspective and raises some important questions around the promises it makes and the issues it leaves u.....
Read More >>In bridging the GST gap, the Centre ought to help States through the Consolidated Fund of India .....
Read More >>India is a cautionary tale of what bureaucracy can achieve in times of crisis, and how much is at stake for a country when it doesn’t work. .....
Read More >>भारत, कोविड-19 कोरोना जैसी वैश्विक महामारी से पिछले कई महीनों से ज.....
Read More >>Keep up-to-date with all that is happening in welfare policy with this curated selection of news, published every fortnight. The current edition focusses on the Monsoon session of the Indian Parlia.....
Read More >>This blog is part of a series that explores the conceptual underpinnings of decentralisation. The first part can be found .....
Read More >>विभिन्न कल्याणकारी योजनाओं में क्या घटित हो रहा है, इसको लेकर आपको हर 15 दिन �.....
Read More >>India has come a long way in bridging the gender gap in school education. Both boys and girls now attend schools more than before (the share of children attending eleme.....
Read More >>The ‘Inside Districts’ series launched in April was a one-of-its-kind attempt to capture the experiences of distri.....
Read More >>कल्याणकारी धोरणात जे घडत आहे त्या प्रत्येक पंधरवड्यात प्रकाशित झालेल्य.....
Read More >>Keep up-to-date with all that is happening in welfare policy with this curated selection of news, published every fortnight. The current edition focusses on the Coronavirus pandemic in India, and t.....
Read More >>The ‘Inside Districts’ series launched in April was a one-of-its-kind attempt to capture the experiences of distri.....
Read More >>Children residing in Child Care Institutions (CCIs, commonly known as orphanages) in India have often found themselves to be the forgotten lot, when it comes to support and de.....
Read More >>विभिन्न कल्याणकारी योजनाओं में क्या घटित हो रहा है, इसको लेकर आपको हर 15 दिन �.....
Read More >>कल्याणकारी धोरणात जे घडत आहे त्या प्रत्येक पंधरवड्यात प्रकाशित झालेल्य.....
Read More >>कोरोना के इस मुश्किल समय में पंचायत की जिम्मेदारियाँ काफी बढ़ गई हैं | बहुत से.....
Read More >>The ‘Inside Districts’ series launched in April was a one-of-its-kind attempt to capture the experiences of distri.....
Read More >>Artificial Intelligence (AI) has received significant interest from the private and public sector in the past few years. NITI Aayog published a .....
Read More >>यह फैक्टशीट महाराष्ट्र में स्कूल शिक्षा पर किए गए व्यय को सारगर्भित तरीके स�.....
Read More >>Keep up-to-date with all that is happening in welfare policy with this curated selection of news, published every fortnight. The current edition focusses on the Coronavirus pandemic in India, and t.....
Read More >>यह फैक्टशीट हिमाचल प्रदेश में स्कूल शिक्षा पर किए गए व्यय को सारगर्भित तरीक�.....
Read More >>विभिन्न कल्याणकारी योजनाओं में क्या घटित हो रहा है, इसको लेकर आपको हर 15 दिन �.....
Read More >>यह फैक्टशीट राजस्थान में स्कूल शिक्षा पर किए गए व्यय को सारगर्भित तरीके से प.....
Read More >>कल्याणकारी धोरणात जे घडत आहे त्या प्रत्येक पंधरवड्यात प्रकाशित झालेल्य.....
Read More >>यह फैक्टशीट मध्य प्रदेश में स्कूल शिक्षा पर किए गए व्यय को सारगर्भित तरीके स.....
Read More >>India has 189 million rural households, according to the official data. Till August 16, cumulatively over a four-year period, 51 million households, or 27% of the total, were.....
Read More >>In June 2020, Accountability Initiative published a study that provided an in-depth understanding of government school education financing in India. It analysed expenditures acros.....
Read More >>यह फैक्टशीट बिहार में स्कूल शिक्षा पर किए गए व्यय को सारगर्भित तरीके से प्रस.....
Read More >>The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) is a flagship scheme of the Government of India (GoI) which aims to provide at least 100 days of guaranteed wage employment in a.....
Read More >>This blog is part of a series that explores the conceptual underpinnings of decentralisation. The fir.....
Read More >>The Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Ann Yojana (PM-GKAY) is a food security welfare scheme announced by the Government of.....
Read More >>Dr Jeffrey Hammer has extensively worked on the economics of providing public health services in India. As part of the Ac.....
Read More >>The Inside Districts series was started by the Accountability Initiative at the Centre for Policy Research to document the oft-overlooked stories of government.....
Read More >>In May 2020, the Government of India announced the ₹20 lakh crore Atmanirbhar Bharat econ.....
Read More >>महामारी और लॉकडाउन के दौरान स्वास्थ्य कर्मी, पुलिस प्रशासन, सफाई कर्मचार.....
Read More >>Keep up-to-date with all that is happening in welfare policy with this curated selection of news, published every fortnight. The current edition focusses on the Coronavirus pandemic in India, and t.....
Read More >>कल्याणकारी धोरणात जे घडत आहे त्या प्रत्येक पंधरवड्यात प्रकाशित झालेल्य.....
Read More >>विभिन्न कल्याणकारी योजनाओं में क्या घटित हो रहा है, इसको लेकर आपको हर 15 दिन �.....
Read More >>On 1st August 2019, we launched our monthly newsletter - The Edit - to bring you rich insights on India's public welfare system. Each month since then, we've handpicked our best analyses and o.....
Read More >>In all eight states analysed, teacher salaries made up the largest share of school expenditure but spending on teacher training, which is important to improve learning outc.....
Read More >>In response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the ensuing lockdown, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman .....
Read More >>Keep up-to-date with all that is happening in welfare policy with this curated selection of news, published every fortnight. The current edition focusses on the Coronavirus pandemic in India, and t.....
Read More >>New Delhi, 25 June 2020: The governments have put in place various broadcast and e-learning programmes since the countrywide lockdown. Special emphasis is being given to the continuat.....
Read More >>The article highlights how meeting daily food requirements has become a challenge for a lot of people amid the pandemic. .....
Read More >>The Union government recently announced a special economic stimulus package of Rs. 20 lakh crore under the Atmanirbar Bharat Abhiyan in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] While, among the proposed.....
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Read More >>The Covid-19 pandemic has now made the learning challenge more complicated. To ensure that students regain the lost ground, teachers will be critical; investing in their devel.....
Read More >>विभिन्न कल्याणकारी योजनाओं में क्या घटित हो रहा है, इसको लेकर आपको हर 15 दिन �.....
Read More >>This blog is part of a series that explores the conceptual underpinnings of decentralisation. The first part can be found .....
Read More >>The ‘Inside Districts’ series launched in April was a one-of-its-kind attempt to capture the experiences of distri.....
Read More >>The article highlights how meeting daily food requirements has become a challenge for a lot of people amid the pandemic. .....
Read More >>India’s public school education system is currently confronting multiple challenges. First, the urgency to adapt to ICT-enabled modes of education delivery during the.....
Read More >>पोषण पर कोविड-19 महामारी का प्रभाव आने वाले कई सालों तक महसूस होने वा.....
Read More >>Since the COVID-19 pandemic began in March and the subsequent lockdowns, millions of lives have been thrown out of gear. At this time, larger civil society organisation.....
Read More >>The COVID-19 pandemic has hugely affected the Indian government's nutrition programmes making groups like pregnant women and infants suffer the most. In this article the assoc.....
Read More >>At the elementary level, poor quality of learning in government schools, teacher vacancies and absenteeism, quality of infrastructure facilities, and low transition rates to s.....
Read More >>Keep up-to-date with all that is happening in welfare policy with this curated selection of news, published every fortnight. The current edition focusses on the Coronavirus pandemic in India, and t.....
Read More >>The ‘Inside Districts’ series launched in April was a one-of-its-kind attempt to capture the experiences of district and Block-level officials, panchayat functionaries and frontline workers, on.....
Read More >>This study examined interventions addressing violence against women (VAW) and violence against children (VAC) in Maharashtra. The study, conducted between August 2018 and October 2019, analyses budget.....
Read More >>In all eight states analysed, teacher salaries made up the largest share of school expenditure but spending on teacher training, which is important to improve learning outco.....
Read More >>कोरोना महामारी की वजह से आये दिन हमें नयी चुनौतियों का सामना करना पड़ रहा ह.....
Read More >>A strategic decision on investing in a vision (what I call an ‘.....
Read More >>विभिन्न कल्याणकारी योजनाओं में क्या घटित हो रहा है, इसको लेकर आपको हर 15 दिन �.....
Read More >>The ‘Inside Districts’ series launched in April was a one-of-its-kind attempt to capture the experiences of district and Block-level officials, panchayat functionaries and frontline workers, on.....
Read More >>कल्याणकारी धोरणात जे घडत आहे त्या प्रत्येक पंधरवड्यात प्रकाशित झालेल्य.....
Read More >>Researchers at the Accountability Initiative, Centre for Policy Research and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) have published a .....
Read More >>India should have spent at least ₹38,571 crore in 2019-20, across Union government ministries and State government departments to fully finance a set of core direct nutrition interventions (DNIs), a.....
Read More >>States are desperately attempting never-tried-before measures to stay afloat .....
Read More >>Keep up-to-date with all that is happening in welfare policy with this curated selection of news, published every fortnight. The current edition focusses on the Coronavirus pandemic in India, and t.....
Read More >>Public school education in India is funded through both Union government as well as the states’ own budgetary resources. The erstwhile Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) had.....
Read More >>The ‘Inside Districts’ series launched in April was a one-of-its-kind attempt to capture the experiences of district and Block-level officials, panchayat functionaries and frontline workers, on.....
Read More >>कल्याणकारी धोरणात जे घडत आहे त्या प्रत्येक पंधरवड्यात प्रकाशित झालेल्य.....
Read More >>आज-कल बुरी खबर तो बहुत पढ़ने को मिलती हैं, लेकिन इस वक़्त में भी लोगों की सहनश.....
Read More >>विभिन्न कल्याणकारी योजनाओं में क्या घटित हो रहा है, इसको लेकर आपको हर 15 दिन �.....
Read More >>In a powerful and elegant paper written in the mid-nineties, titled, bluntly, ‘The Dangers of Decentralisation’, Remy Prud’homme made a strong case to be conserva.....
Read More >>This study is an attempt to provide an in-depth understanding of school education financing in India through an analysis of expenditures incurred across eight states from FY 2014-15 to FY 2017-18......
Read More >>जैसे-जैसे कोविड-19 देश में अपने पैर पसार रहा है, इस महामारी से लड़ने क�.....
Read More >>Keep up-to-date with all that is happening in welfare policy with this curated selection of news, published every fortnight. The current edition focusses on the Coronavirus pandemic in India, and t.....
Read More >>The four phases of the COVID-19-induced lockdown abruptly closed schools to curb the pandemic. Consequently, given the prospect that children will not return to schools.....
Read More >>The ‘Inside Districts’ series launched in April was a one-of-its-kind attempt to capture the experiences of district and Block-level officials, panchayat functionaries and frontline workers, on.....
Read More >>On 21 May 2020, Prime Minister Narendra Modi celebrated the ten.....
Read More >>The 10-minute video is part of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation's 'Coronavignette' series, and was first published .....
Read More >>Sometimes, the struggle to argue against something that one has stood by for a long time, is a painful one. And so has it been for me, ever since a colleague asked me t.....
Read More >>The ‘Inside Districts’ series launched in April was a one-of-its-kind attempt to capture the experiences of district and Block-level officials, panchayat functionaries and frontline workers, on.....
Read More >>On 30th April and 1st May, we conducted a 2-day workshop with the National Academy of Audit and Accounts (NAAA). This was a first for us, in the sense that we adapted to the COVID-19 pandemic by imple.....
Read More >>The ‘Inside Districts’ series launched in April was a one-of-its-kind attempt to capture the experiences of district and Block-level officials, panchayat functionaries and frontline workers, on.....
Read More >>कल्याणकारी धोरणात जे घडत आहे त्या प्रत्येक पंधरवड्यात प्रकाशित झालेल्य.....
Read More >>Keep up-to-date with all that is happening in welfare policy with this curated selection of news, published every fortnight. The current edition focusses on the Coronavirus pandemic in India, and t.....
Read More >>The ‘Inside Districts’ series launched in April was a one-of-its-kind attempt to capture the experiences of district and Block-level officials, panchayat functionaries and frontline workers, on.....
Read More >>Eastern Uttar Pradesh and Bihar are home to some of India’s poorest people. The crisis has hit them hard. .....
Read More >>I had written a few weeks back that the lockdowns ordered.....
Read More >>In recent years, we have seen positive developments in policy, funding and outcomes on child nutrition in India. Now, when the Covid-19 pandemic has placed a significant strain on our already vulnerab.....
Read More >>The ‘Inside Districts’ series launched in April was a one-of-its-kind attempt to capture the experiences of district and Block-level officials, panchayat functionaries and frontline workers, on.....
Read More >>Breaking the silence on specific measures to increase health expenditure and infrastructure on 17th May, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman made health one of the key.....
Read More >>The ‘Inside Districts’ series launched in April was a one-of-its-kind attempt to capture the experiences of district and Block-level officials, panchayat functionaries and frontline workers, on.....
Read More >>Since October 2014, the.....
Read More >>The nutrition financing community in India is engaged in efforts to strengthen actions for adequate financing for nutrition. On 2.....
Read More >>विभिन्न कल्याणकारी योजनाओं में क्या घटित हो रहा है, इसको लेकर आपको हर 15 दि�.....
Read More >>The ‘Inside Districts’ series launched in April was a one-of-its-kind attempt to capture the experiences of district and Block-level officials, panchayat functionaries and frontline workers, on.....
Read More >>कल्याणकारी धोरणात जे घडत आहे त्या प्रत्येक पंधरवड्यात प्रकाशित झालेल्य.....
Read More >>The ‘Inside Districts’ series launched in April was a one-of-its-kind attempt to capture the experiences of district and Block-level officials, panchayat functionaries and frontline workers, on.....
Read More >>State finances were under stress even prior to the COVID-19 crisis and the pandemic has resulted in a further hit to their revenue earnings. .....
Read More >>Changes of the past six years had put their finances in a precarious position. The current measures aren’t enough. .....
Read More >>Recent changes in India’s fiscal architecture — “including the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime, and increase in state shares for the Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSS.....
Read More >>Keep up-to-date with all that is happening in welfare policy with this curated selection of news, published every fortnight. The current edition focusses on the Coronavirus pandemic in India, and t.....
Read More >>The Accountability Initiative working paper says state finances were already under pressure before the Covid-19 pandemic struck due to lower tax devolution and GST compensatio.....
Read More >>Kerala and Karnataka have shown how democratic decentralisation has worked in their favour. .....
Read More >>The 'Study of State Finances 2020-21' Working Paper delves into the revenue and expenditure performance of 17 States. As the COVID-19 pandemic tightens its grip, this timely analysis offers a unique w.....
Read More >>The year 2020 has been declared to be the International Year of Nurses and Midwives by the World Health Organisation (WHO). Today.....
Read More >>As the Coronavirus pandemic sweeps through India, districts are being tapped by the government for timely detection and reporting of cases, and prevention. Our ‘Inside Districts’ series will fe.....
Read More >>As the Coronavirus pandemic sweeps through India, districts are being tapped by the government for timely detection and reporting of cases, and prevention. Our ‘Inside Districts’ series will fe.....
Read More >>पिछले चार महीनों से COVID-19 का प्रकोप इस तरह से फैल रहा है कि लगभग पूर�.....
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Read More >>My previous blog discussed the economics of the fiscal aspect of.....
Read More >>As the Coronavirus pandemic sweeps through India, districts are being tapped by the government for timely detection and reporting of cases, and prevention. Our ‘Inside Districts’ series will fe.....
Read More >>पत्रकारों के लिए ट्विटर टूलकिट.....
Read More >>As the Coronavirus pandemic sweeps through India, districts are being tapped by the government for timely detection and reporting of cases, and prevention. Our ‘Inside Districts’ series will fe.....
Read More >>Keep up-to-date with all that is happening in welfare policy with this curated selection of news, published every fortnight. The current edition focusses on the Coronavirus pandemic in India, and t.....
Read More >>This toolkit is for journalists looking to explore the potential of Twitter in their work......
Read More >>As the Coronavirus pandemic sweeps through India, districts are being tapped by the government for timely detection and reporting of cases, and prevention. Our ‘Inside Districts’ series will fe.....
Read More >>This two-part blog series explains the monetary options available with policymakers to provide stimulus at the time of a pandemic. Even as the Finan.....
Read More >>As the Coronavirus pandemic sweeps through India, districts are being tapped by the government for timely detection and reporting of cases, and prevention. Our ‘Inside Districts’ series will fe.....
Read More >>This factsheet contains an overview of the different functions that the District Collector role is carrying out in India's Coronavirus pandemic response......
Read More >>As the Coronavirus pandemic sweeps through India, districts are being tapped by the government for timely detection and reporting of cases, and prevention. Our ‘Inside Districts’ series will fe.....
Read More >>It might be too early to treat direct benefit transfers as a one-size-fits-all policy solution given the difficulties some Indians have in accessing cash. .....
Read More >>Developing a decentralised, community-led and inclusive response will be crucial. .....
Read More >>As the Coronavirus pandemic sweeps through India, districts are being tapped by the government for timely detection and reporting of cases, and prevention. Our ‘Inside Districts’ series will fe.....
Read More >>Today, April 24, is celebrated in India as Panchayati Raj Day. It was on this day in 1993 that the 73rd and 74th Constitutional Amendments, which mandated rural and urban local governments, came into.....
Read More >>Field workers are playing a critical role in helping communities access government schemes and services, and we need to invest more in this cadre. .....
Read More >>Many states have made panchayats the nodal agency for COVID-19 coordination, but sometimes there may be gaps between the torrent of duties being delegated to them and the rea.....
Read More >>विभिन्न कल्याणकारी योजनाओं में क्या घटित हो रहा है, इसको लेकर आपको हर 15 दि�.....
Read More >>As the Coronavirus pandemic sweeps through India, districts are being tapped by the government for timely detection and reporting of cases, and prevention. Our ‘Inside Districts’ series will fe.....
Read More >>The coronavirus crisis necessitates making health and social protection a priority. But we must not lose momentum on the strides made in tackling air pollution. .....
Read More >>The Government of India last month promised a Rs 1.7 lakh crore relief package to weaken the blow from COVID-19. Direct Benefit Transfers (DBT) will be the mainstay mec.....
Read More >>कल्याणकारी धोरणात जे घडत आहे त्या प्रत्येक पंधरवड्यात प्रकाशित झालेल्य.....
Read More >>As the Coronavirus pandemic sweeps through India, districts are being tapped by the government for timely detection and reporting of cases, and prevention. Our ‘Inside Districts’ series will fe.....
Read More >>As the Coronavirus pandemic sweeps through India, districts are being tapped by the government for timely detection and reporting of cases, and prevention. Our ‘Inside Districts’ series will fe.....
Read More >>Keep up-to-date with all that is happening in welfare policy with this curated selection of news, published every fortnight. The current edition focusses on the Coronavirus pandemic in India, and t.....
Read More >>As the Coronavirus pandemic sweeps through India, districts are being tapped by the government for timely detection and reporting of cases, and prevention. Our ‘Inside Districts’ series will fe.....
Read More >>Years back, while fighting skeptics in the government (both my former colleagues and ministers) on my agenda of devolution of powers and responsibilities to local governments, I once asked my Minister.....
Read More >>As the Coronavirus pandemic sweeps through India, districts are being tapped by the government for timely detection and reporting of cases, and prevention. Our ‘Inside Districts’ series will fe.....
Read More >>यह ब्लॉग हम और हमारी सरकार पर पहले प्रकाशित किया गया था (fun.....
Read More >>On 24th March, the Government of India (GoI) directed all states and Union Territories (UTs) to make use of the unutilised cess funds collected by Labour Welfare Boards to support unorganised construc.....
Read More >>As the Coronavirus pandemic sweeps through India, districts are being tapped by the government for timely detection and reporting of cases, and prevention. Our 'Inside Districts' series will featur.....
Read More >>कल्याणकारी धोरणात जे घडत आहे त्या प्रत्येक पंधरवड्यात प्रकाशित झालेल्य.....
Read More >>यह ब्लॉग .....
Read More >>The Government of N.C.T of Delhi announced lockdown in the national capital on 23 March 2020, a day before the countrywide declaration by the Government of India. Below you will find a curated list of.....
Read More >>This Government Engagement Diagnostic Tool is to gauge how much your grassroots field workers understand the workings of government functioning......
Read More >>Keep up-to-date with all that is happening in welfare policy with this curated selection of news, published every fortnight. The current edition focusses on the Coronavirus pandemic in India, and t.....
Read More >>Construction workers have been out of employment due to the countrywide lockdown to combat the Coronavirus pandemic. On 24th March, the Government of India .....
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