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The Corruption Survey – a Critical Analysis
Recently, the newspapers extensively covered the survey undertaken by the Centre for Media Studies, New Delhi on the prevalence of corruption in India. The Study, titled Perception and Experience with Public Services (Corruption Study 2017), will set the news media and political parties abuzz. They will be licking their chops at the prospect to taking … Continue reading "The Corruption Survey – a Critical Analysis"
Perceptions and Incidence of Corruption – a Critical Analysis
The Corruption Study 2017 has covered both the perceptions of corruption that citizens have and the incidence of corruption that they face. Simply put, a study on perception – whether of corruption or anything else – is essentially an opinion poll. The base survey question is, ‘Do you think if corruption exists or whether it … Continue reading "Perceptions and Incidence of Corruption – a Critical Analysis"
Water Problems in a South Delhi Slum – Challenges of Access, Usage and Awareness
This is the second part of an eight-part series on the challenges and life hacks in experiencing and accessing government benefits and services. The problem of acute shortage of clean drinking water is old for the streets of Gola Kuan, Okhla Industrial Area. Supriya (name changed) who works as an Asha (Anganwadi) worker in the … Continue reading "Water Problems in a South Delhi Slum – Challenges of Access, Usage and Awareness"
Accountability Initiative 2016: The Year Gone By
Season’s Greetings! 2016 has been a hectic year for Accountability Initiative (AI), as we continued in our effort to deepen understandings of the everyday workings of the local administration and drew on our research to focus attention on the critical question of how to build state capability to bridge the gap between policy and implementation … Continue reading "Accountability Initiative 2016: The Year Gone By"
Collective Responsibility – or Dilution of Accountability?
In my last blog of 2016, I had asked the question whether there could be a middle path between the imperative of maintaining absolute confidentiality and collective decision making. I had used the current hot-potato of demonetisation as the case study for the purpose. As matters have progressed, clearly, it is seen that apart from … Continue reading "Collective Responsibility – or Dilution of Accountability?"