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Social watch process would be the key agenda setter for the government. It will redefine the politics of knowledge, and usher in a new dynamics in the process and quality of governance. It will reclaim the process of governance to the people at various levels -national, state, and panchayat.
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ISBN: 81-7758-610-6
Copyright: 2006
Pages: 160
Binding: Paperback
List Price: INR 400 |
…the initiative by the National Social Watch Coalition will further be deepened and
there will be such efforts in all the states in India right from the panchayat level to
the Parliament level. I hope…reports such as this do not just lie on the mantle shelves
but are used by all concerned stakeholders, feel empowered and enabled to ask
meaningful questions and demand people-centric governance.
– I K Gujral, Former Prime Minister
The Citizens Report on Governance and Development makes worrying reading. It
claims that over 30 per cent of young MPs face criminal cases and 20 per cent of
them face major charges.
- Karan Thapar on CNBC TV18
Parliament is wasting time on political controversies, reveals the Citizens Report on
Governance and Development 2006.
– Asian Age
After assessing governance and development in India, an independent group reports
that there is hardly any good news. It says, India is whining and not shining.
– Hindustan Times
Young lawmakers are more prone to breaking laws… a report by Social Watch India
says.
- DNA |
People’s participation in the process of development is indispensable for creating
a vibrant and meaningful democracy. Democracy becomes meaningful only when
it enables people to demand and enjoy their rights—a phenomenon that gets
manifested in peoples’ active participation in the delivery of public services,
democratic processes and decision making. In this regard, the commitments made
by the governing bodies at all the levels of governance have to be reiterated and
re-examined, so that democracy becomes a reality rather than a mere rhetoric .
In contemporary India, the process of governance is at the crossroads and roles
and responsibilities of public institutions are being redefined. In this light, an
independent evaluation of these institutions by the civil society will go a long
way in enabling Indian citizens to transform themselves from being mere ‘passive’
voters to ‘proactive’ civicus. This provides a backdrop for the Social Watch Report
2006, which attempts to evaluate the four key institutions of governance in India:
the parliament, the judiciary, the executive and the institutions of local selfgovernment.
The working of Parliament has been evaluated in terms of the issues of representation
and accountability. The dynamics of democratization forms the backdrop of the
evaluation. The review of the executive seeks to examine the role and consequences
of the Union’s public policy in view of the ongoing reorientation and its effects
on the lives of the people. The section on Indian judiciary makes a qualitative
and quantitative analysis of the issues—confrontation with the executive, pendency
of cases, probity of judges and persisting vacancies at all levels—confronting the
higher judiciary, the Supreme Court of India and the high courts. The performance
of the judiciary as revealed through some of its most significant verdicts has also
been examined. The section on local self-government institutions reviews the
progress made by these institutions in rural and urban areas and looks into the
key challenges faced by these institutions. The issues of Panchayat elections and
urban renewal are brought to the forefront.
It is hoped that the Report will generate a healthy and constructive debate on the
issues of participatory development, democratic imperatives and the whole process
of governance in India. |
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