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Pratham Launches its Annual Status of Education Report 2009
Pratham’s Annual State of Education Report (ASER) 2009 was launched last week. ASER is a path breaking effort at monitoring outcomes and pushing for accountability from government for monies spent. The report is based on a study of 575 rural districts in India and covered 16,291 villages, 338,027 households and 6,91,734 children. The annual survey … Continue reading "Pratham Launches its Annual Status of Education Report 2009"
Right to Information: Need for an Enforcement Strategy
The right to information is only meaningful if the law is properly enforced. We know this from common sense. Government officials who dislike the law will be tempted to ignore it if they believe that there will not be any consequences. Citizens will not make requests if they do not believe there is a quick … Continue reading "Right to Information: Need for an Enforcement Strategy"
Watching the Red Tape
In June 2010, Political and Economic Risk Consultancy, a Hong Kong based group announced the result of a survey of 1,300 business executives undertaken in 12 Asian countries. The result of the survey – amongst the countries polled, India has the greatest amount of red tape. In fact, a BBC report goes so far as … Continue reading "Watching the Red Tape"
India’s Whistleblower Bill: A Comparison with International Best Practice Standards
The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative has produced a study comparing India’s Whistleblower Bill (Public Interest Disclosure and Protection to Persons Making the Disclosures Bill, 2010) with international best practice standards. This comparison is useful to identify potential improvements that can be made to the Bill. The comparison is across similar laws operational in countries both … Continue reading "India’s Whistleblower Bill: A Comparison with International Best Practice Standards"
There’s no such thing as a local Plan
Recently, in a move that has been rightly acknowledged as the first tangible step toward radically overhauling the Five-Year Plan process, the Planning Commission unveiled a new approach to the Twelfth Plan, aimed at making it an inclusive and participative process. To start, the commission has put together a strategy matrix for the approach paper … Continue reading "There’s no such thing as a local Plan"