Details

Area of Expertise

• Analyzing budget making policies and practices in Orissa
• Tracking state budgets in different sectors from the perspective of the poor
• Analyzing macro issues of public finance such as debt, state revenue generations, and fiscal management
• Tracking of flagship federal programs
• Citizen's advocacy with legislatures and media on budget and human rights issues

Publications

Publications are available for order here

Major Current Activities

• Dissemination of authentic, simplified information on the budget process
• Multiplication of cogent discourses on budget issues in civil society in the state, especially through pre and post budget panel discussion and bilateral discussion
• Expenditure tracking of public distribution system
• Analysis of revenue generation in the state
• Submission of memorandum to the government on the neglected clusters of the state budget

Newsletters And Regular Reports

Gram Swaraj - monthly news bulletin on local self-governance