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Groups
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Center for Budget and Policy Studies (CBPS)
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| Contact |
Dr. D.K.
Subramanian, Chairman
of the Board
Dr. Vinod Vyasulu, Director |
| Email |
office@cbpsindia.com;prabha@cbpsindia.com |
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Website |
http://www.cbpsindia.org |
| Phone |
+ 91 80
5690 7402 |
| Fax |
+ 91 80 2667 1230 |
| Address |
Center for Budget and
Policy Studies
SV Complex, 1st floor
55 KR Road
Basavangudi, Bangalore - 560 004
India |
| Areas of Expertise |
Social sector expenditures, women
and children, and local finances. |
| Recent Reports |
- Social Sector Expenditures in Karnataka, by A.
Indira and Vinod Vyasulu;
- Education Finances at the District Level, Karnataka;
- Funds for Education: A Profile of Districts;
- Development at the District Level: Kodagn in the 1990s;
- The Health Budget of Karnataka: A Preliminary Study,
by A. Indira and Vinod Vyasulu;
- The Estimation of District Income and Poverty in the
Indian States, by A. Indira, Meenakshi Rajeev, and Vinod Vyasulu.
- The Budget for Education. A Study at the District Level in Karnataka, by A. Indira and Vinod Vyasulu;
- How do We Implement the Recommendations
of Karnataka's Task Force on Health & Family Welfare?, by M.A. Deepa;
- Estimating District Income in India,
by Rohini Nayyar, Meenakshi Rajeev, Vinod Vyasulu, Macmillan India, 2003;
- City Governments, Budget Analysis and
Public Participation: The Experience of Bangalore, by Seema Dargar, 2003
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Productivity and Food Security- A Marginal
Situation Case Study, by Sharadini
Rath
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| Major Current
Activities |
- Looking at the newly set up system of local
government, using budgets for training, advocacy, etc.
- Training to estimate district level income
for local governments planning.
- Coordinated and led a Budget Exposure
Workshop for South Asia at Katmandu Nepal.
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Developing Initiatives for Social and Human Action (DISHA)
| Contact |
M.D. Mistry,
Managing Trustee |
| Email |
dishaad1@sancharnet.in |
| Phone |
+ 91 79 755 6782 and 755 3071 |
| Website |
www.disha-india.org |
| Fax |
+ 91 79 755 9842 |
| Address |
"PATHEYA" -
Budget Information and Analysis Services (BIAS)
5, Mangaldeep Flats
Near Parikshit Bridge
Gandhi Ashram Post
Ahmedabad - 380 027
India |
| Areas of Expertise |
Budgets of all departments of
State as well as Federal Government of India, especially in terms of provisions and
commitment made towards poor and backward, vis a vis policy priorities of the government. |
| Recent Reports |
- Reports on various budget proposals. Our analyses are more
confrontational in nature to create a demand for explanation from the ruling government
during the budget debate.
- Annual report on Patheya's activities of budget
analysis, advocacy, and capacity building in budget analysis and good governance.
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| Major Current
Activities |
Applied budget analysis for
advocacy and lobbying activities with elected representatives and political parties in
State Assembly and Parliament, to address how poor people are left out from budget
policies and priorities; examine budget spending trends; and the impact of budget policies
on the poor. We emphasize issues affecting dalits (untouchables), tribals, women,
and agricultural labourers. Patheya regularly organizes training programs
at national and regional levels to build NGOs, social activists, and researchers' capacity
in budget analysis and good governance. |
Budget Analysis Rajasthan Centre (BARC)
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| Contact |
Subrata Dutta, Senior Budget Analyst |
| Email |
subratacalcutta@hotmail.com;
info@barcjaipur.org |
| Website |
http://www.barcjaipur.org |
| Phone/Fax |
+ 91 141
238 5254 |
| Address |
P-1 Tilak
Marg, C-Scheme, Jaipur 302 005, India |
| Areas of
Expertise |
Budget of
the government of Rajasthan with special reference to health, education,
agriculture, animal husbandry, irrigation, rural small non-farm sector,
scheduled castes – scheduled tribes – other backward class (Dalit
and Adivasi), rural development, social securities for widows and
disabled people. |
| Recent
Reports |
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Gender
Budget at District Level: How to proceed for advocacy? (in Hindi).
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The Need to Reform the Crop Insurance Scheme in
Rajasthan
(in Hindi)
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Technical Budget Terminologies (in Hindi)
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Knowing Budget for Advocacy: A Manual
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Rajasthan: Budgets and Schemes for Dalits and
Adivasis (in Hindi)
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An Overview of Rajasthan Budget 2006-07
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Widows: What Role is the State Playing?
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Budget Samachar (A quarterly
newsletter)
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| Major
Current Activities |
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Examining discrepancies between estimated budget
and actual expenditure, i.e. identifying the inefficient departments
in spending money for the poor;
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Examining the impact of globalization on public
expenditures;
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Conducting budget trainings for NGOs, legislators,
and the Panchayati Raj Institution (local bodies) members;
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Conducting field-based micro study in order to
assess the impact of government expenditures on the poor;
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Disseminating the findings of the studies through
press conferences and publications;
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Responding to requests for budget information from
different organizations and individuals.
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Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability (CBGA) [A Program of the National
Centre for Accountability Studies (NCAS)
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| Contact |
Yamini Mishra, Executive Director |
| Email |
info@cbgaindia.org |
| Website |
http://www.cbgaindia.org |
| Phone |
+91 11 41741285/6/7 |
| Address |
A-11, Second
Floor, Niti Bagh
Khel Gaon Marg
New Delhi-110049, India |
| Areas of Expertise |
Development Economics. |
| Major Current Activities |
CBGA organizes National Convention on the forthcoming Union Budget
around October every year which brings together policy analysts,
academics, and civil society activists from across the country to
discuss some of the pertinent issues relating to Union Budget from a
pro-poor perspective. This Convention results in framing of the Charter
of Demands on Union Budget, which is, in essence, the alternative voice
– the voice of people’s movements, civil society organizations and some
members of the academia, with concrete calls on the budget. CBGA then
takes this Charter of Demands forward to the Ministry of Finance and
other relevant Ministries of the Union Government, Planning Commission,
Finance Commission, National Advisory Council, Members of Parliament,
civil society organizations, social activists, academicians and the
media so as to put forward a civil society’s demands from the Budget.
On the 1st of March, after the Finance Minister presents the Budget,
CBGA organizes a public event to raise awareness on where the budget
stands vis-ŕ-vis common people. A panel discussion is held on the Union
Budget is organized on the 1st of March 2007 titled, “Budget: As If
People Matter” in New Delhi. Last year, Distinguished panelists
marked the occasion and more than 300 people participated. In addition,
within 24 hours of the presentation of the budget speech, CBGA also
prepares a comprehensive analysis of the Union Budget. This report is
launched at the public event organized by CBGA on the 1st of March. |
| Recent Reports |
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The Rhetoric and Reality of MPLADS.
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Panchayat Finances.
Study of
financial provisions of PRIs, taking Kerala and Rajasthan as case
studies).
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Natural Disasters and Relief Provisions in India: Commitments and
Ground Realities.
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A Study on
Fiscal
Responsibility and Budget Management Bill.
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Primer on Budget.
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Budget as an Instrument to Transparency.
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Transparency and Accountability in Government Budgeting in India.
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Macroeconomic Priorities and People's Perspective: Union Budget
2005-06.
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Response to Union Budget 2005-06:
State Intervention in Favour of the Poor: Decisive or Disappointing?
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Consumer Unity and Trust Society (CUTS)
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Contact |
George Cheriyan |
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Email |
cuts@cuts.org;
cart@cuts.org |
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Website |
http://www.cuts-international.org |
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Phone |
+
91 141 2282 482/513 3259 |
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Fax |
+
91 141 2282 486 |
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Address |
CUTS, D-217, Bhaskar Marg, Banipark, Jaipur-302 016 India |
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Areas of Expertise |
Regulatory reforms, sustainable production and consumption, consumer
protection, women empowerment, natural resource management, utility
sector reforms, investor protection, good governance, road safety,
poverty alleviation, and reproductive & child health. |
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Recent Reports |
CUTS releases five quarterly Newsletters: Policy Watch, 5th
State, Economequity, Reguletter and Utility
Reforms (Aadhar). |
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Major Current Activities |
Budget analysis, power and water sector reforms, mobilizing people's
participation in governance processes, poverty alleviation, environment,
child rights and road safety. |
Public Affairs Centre
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| Contact |
Sita Sekhar,
Chief Research Officer |
| Email |
sitasekhar@hotmail.com;sitasekhar@gmail.com;
and pacindia@vsnl.com |
| Web Site |
http://www.pacindia.org |
| Phone/Fax |
+91 80 255 37260/ 255
20246/ 255 25452/ 255 25453 |
| Address |
Public
Affairs Centre
422, 80 Feet Road, VI Block
Koramangala, Bangalore - 560095
India |
| Areas of
Expertise |
Citizen Report Cards (service delivery feedback surveys among users) and
Municipal Budgets. |
| Recent
Reports |
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Who Benefits from
India’s Public
Services? A People’s Audit of Five Basic Services – Samuel Paul, Suresh Balakrishnan, Gopakumar K.Thampi,
Sita Sekhar, and M. Vivekananda.
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Benchmarking
Bangalore’s Public Services: What the Third Citizen Report Card
Reveals – Sita Sekhar and Manisha Shah.
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Deepening Democracy: A Decade of Electoral Intervention by Civil
Society Groups 1996-2006.
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Holding the State to Account: Lessons of Bangalore’s Citizen Report
Cards,
Samuel Paul.
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Karnataka’s Citizen Charters: A Preliminary Assessment,
Anuradha Rao.
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City Finances in
India -
some disquieting trends
- Sita
Sekhar and Smita Bidarkar.
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Electoral Disclosure in Karnataka:
A Reality Check,
Samuel Paul, Poornima D.G., Anuradha Rao.
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Are they being
Served? Citizen Report Card on Public Services for the Poor in Peri-Urban
Areas of
Bangalore, Sita Sekhar, Meena Nair and Venugopal Reddy.
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Quarterly electronic Newsletter Public Eye.
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E-learning Toolkit
Improving Local
Governance and Service Delivery: Citizen Report Card Learning Toolkit.
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Learning Tool on Citizen Report
Card on Drinking Water and Sanitation Services.
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| Major
Current Activities |
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Citizen report
card on public services.
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A national
review of India's citizen charters.
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A community
participatory appraisal of the national rural roads project.
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Guiding the
incorporation of citizen report cards (CRCs) in the curriculum of
administrative training institutes in Philippines.
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Coalition to
help those affected by corruption in the delivery of public services.
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National Centre for Advocacy Studies
(NCAS)
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| Contact |
Amitabh Behar,
Executive Director |
| Email |
NCAS@vsnl.com |
| Website |
http://www.ncasindia.org |
| Phone |
+ 91 20 2295 2003 |
| Fax |
+ 91 20 2295 2004 |
| Address |
Serenity Complex
Ramnagar Colony
Pashan, Pune - 411 021
India |
| Areas of Expertise |
Advocacy and grassroots capacity-building at
state, national, and international levels through
research and training to support marginalized sectors of society. |
Social Watch Tamilnadu
| Contact |
Manu Alphonse,
Director |
| Email |
manu50@vsnl.com |
| Phone |
+ 91 44 2374 6044 |
| Fax |
+ 91 44 2374 6107 |
| Address |
Social Watch Tamilnadu
202, Chitra Avenue Shopping Inn,
9, Choolaimedu High Road
Chennai - 600094
India |
| Areas of Expertise |
Public policy advocacy in social
development. Social monitoring sectoral budget critiques (mainly gender-budgeting,
dalit budgeting, and child budgeting). Pre-budget lobbying and alternate budget
creation. |
| Recent Reports |
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| Major Current Activities |
- Training legislators in budgets and social
development issues.
- Organizing interactions among grassroots groups, researchers,
and bureaucrats on socio economic rights in Tamilnadu and budgeting.
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Linking our work at the national level as a member of "Centre for
Budget and Governance Accountability", based in New Delhi.
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Social Equity Audits in the context of Tsunami and disasters.
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Samarthan Center for Budget Studies
| Contact |
Priya Khan,
Co-Director |
| Email |
samarthanmumbai@vsnl.net |
| Phone |
091 022 2242 5292/8291 |
| Address |
Centre for Budget Studies 87/3
Mumbadevi Municipal School, Kalbadevi Road, Near Cotton Exchange, Mumbai- 400 002
Maharashtra - India |
| Areas of Expertise |
Maharashtra state budget
analysis.
Analysis of government spending on social sectors.
Analysis of social development programs and tribal sub-plan. |
| Recent Reports |
- Report on state budget analysis report.
- Reports on six departments of state
government.
- Analytical note of supplementary budget demands.
- Apla Arthasankalpa publication
that explains the budget processes and various budget concepts.
- Reference book on tribal sub-plan.
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Major Current
Activities |
- Trend analysis of Maharashtra state budget from 1994 to
2007.
- Analysis of supplementary budget demands.
- Advocacy.
- Dissemination of information and analysis.
- Study of performance of selected schemes at
the district level in Maharashtra.
- Compiling and organizing data of state budget
documents.
- Expenditure tracking of 29 government
departments from 1994-95 and from 2003-04.
- District finance analysis.
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