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Do regular citizen-led efforts to demand accountability from government result in systemic changes in service delivery?
Do repeated, regular social audits make a difference? Put a different way, do regular citizen-led efforts to demand accountability from government result in systemic changes in service delivery? Three Accountability Initiative researchers, landed in Hyderabad last night in pursuit of answers to this fundamental, yet complex research question. We hope to find our answers through … Continue reading "Do regular citizen-led efforts to demand accountability from government result in systemic changes in service delivery?"
From a Right to Schooling to a Right to Learning: Rethinking education finance
India’s elementary education system is at a crossroads. In 2009, the Indian Parliament passed the Right to Education (RTE) Act guaranteeing the provision of free and compulsory education to all children between the ages of 6 to 14 years. At the heart of the law is a guarantee to ensure ‘age-appropriate mainstreaming’ for all children. … Continue reading "From a Right to Schooling to a Right to Learning: Rethinking education finance"
Field notes: Education priorities in Nalanda [Dec 2011]
In December, Bihar is cold and Nalanda even colder. The fog doesn’t lift till 10.30am and the sun’s warming rays disappear at 5.30pm, heralding the start of a bitter, 3-6 degree chill that lasts for the next fifteen hours or so. Along the roads, cows are blanketed with roughly sewn together vegetable sacks while horses … Continue reading "Field notes: Education priorities in Nalanda [Dec 2011]"
Right to Time-Bound Delivery Service
In 2010, the Government of Madhya Pradesh passed the Public Service Guarantee Act or Lok Sewaon Ke Pradan Ki Guarantee Adhiniyam. In 2011,eight more States enacted similar legislation guaranteeing citizens the right to public services within a stipulated time frame.Similar legislation is on the anvil in at least eight other states. At the national level, … Continue reading "Right to Time-Bound Delivery Service"
Right to Public Service Acts in India
Ten States of India have passed Right to Public Services Act in the previous two years with a view to improve functioning and increase accountability of these services . This policy brief examines the implementation of the Act in two States, Madhya Pradesh and Bihar and gauges its impact.