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 that creates frontline and community mobilisation work in nutrition, education and health.
Tag: Social Accountability
Paper Power: The State Rules by Files, Notices, Circulars, Orders
Paper in the form of files, circulars, government orders are at the heart of India’s bureaucratic tradition
14 States Provide Eggs as Part of Mid-Day Meal Scheme: Education Ministry
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.
Samagra Shiksha Programme: Centre Proposes ₹1,181 Crore Allocation for Punjab Next Fiscal
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 programme for school education.
India’s Population, Poverty And Consumption Data Missing As 2022 Comes To A Close
Several important datasets that help in formulating government policies have not been released for over two years
Celebrate Civic Political Action for its Own Sake
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 dominate discussions, the challenge will be to preserve this space.
NREGA, Food Security Act, Once Derided as Freebies, Ensured Indians Didn’t Starve During COVID
Among comparable nations, India spends the least on social protections, yet we’re debating ‘freebies’, says Yamini Aiyar.
सरकार का पैसा आख़िर जाता कहाँ है? Understanding India’s Public Finance
एक आम इंसान के रोज़मर्रा जीवन में कौनसी लेवल की सरकार ज़्यादा माईने रखती है? बजट के ज्ञान से राज्य की सक्षमता कैसे समझ सकते है?
Budget 2022 Shows How Quickly We Forget the Social and Welfare Net That Served Us During COVID
With revenues of the government expanding significantly, this was an opportunity to present a more expansive budget. Unfortunately, the budget made a clear choice.
A Novel Attempt to Break the Language Barrier in Research
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 people? This piece will explore the question through Accountability Initiative’s (AI) attempt to take Social Accountability theory, produced in English to change-makers and development professionals in the Indian grassroots, through its vernacular course.