The Panchayati Raj Campaign, initiated by The Hunger Project, is a comprehensive programme to empower women leaders in panchayat to strengthen their participation in decision-making process. The presence of women representatives in grassroots democracy has increased over the years because of affirmative action policies implemented by the government. However, representation is not synonymous with Read More …
The People’s Plan Campaign in Kerala is the largest decentralisation programme in India where participatory approach was followed successfully to devolve financial powers upto the panchayat level. Despite the widespread popularity of the idea of decentralisation in the country, not many Indian states have given adequate attention to decentralised governance. In 1996, Kerala has Read More …
The mGovernance project of Rajkot Municipal Corporation leverages the simple, ubiquitous, affordable mobile technology to catalyse organisational efficiency and improve public service delivery. In 2009, to take an optimum leap in its performance by increasing operational efficiency and transparency, improving government citizen partnership and providing cost-effective services, Rajkot Municipal Corporation (RMC) introduced mGovernance initiative. Read More …
