NSWC delegation presenting a Citizens' Report on Governance and Development 2003 to former President of India Hon'ble Dr. A.P.J Kalam
A civil society delegation from NSWC with Planning Commission
NSWC team with Hon'ble Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh
Release of Citizens' Report on Governance and Development 2006 by former Prime minister of India Shri. I.K. Gujral
Delegation representing NSWC presenting the Citizens' Report on Governance and Development 2007 to the Hon'ble Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh
Welcome to NSW
National Social Watch is a broad based network of civil society organisations, citizens and communities to build a process of monitoring governance towards professed goals of social development, particularly with respect to the marginalised sections of our country. It monitors the institutions of governance and their commitment towards citizens and principles of democracy.
National Social Watch (NSW) process is the collective response of a number of development organisations, social action groups, and citizens to ensure that there is a critical engagement with the process of governance. This is a part of the initiative to make democracy meaningful and participatory.
The innovative approach of the NSW process is unique in terms of looking at the functioning and efficiency of the key institutions of governance - executive (in terms of policy and practices), the judiciary, the legislative represented by the parliament), and the institution... Read more
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Parliament
- NSW monitors the health of Indian Parliament by examining and establishing some worrying trends in the way in which the Parliament functions and conducts its business. Read more
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Local Governance
- In this section, NSW deals with issues and progress of decentralized governance system. Read more