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Area of Expertise

CUTS began in 1983 from a rural development communication initiative, a wall-newspaper Gram Gadar (Village Revolution) with a group of concerned citizens to do research and advocacy on basic economic and development issues, including:

• consumer protection
• international trade and development
• competition investment and economic regulation
• good governance with a focus on accountability and access to information
• human development
• consumer safety

Publications

• An Assessment of the Mid-Day Meal Scheme in Chittorgarh District, Rajasthan, India - covers the years 2005-06 using the social accountability tools namely Participatory Expenditure Tracking Survey (PETS) and Citizen's Report Card (CRC).
• Combating corruption in Rajasthan State, India, by Applying RTI Act as a Tool in partnership with the Partnership for Transparency Fund (PTF)

Major Current Activities

• Research on how to influence public expenditure outcomes and enhance transparency and accountability using various social accountability approaches and tools
• Capacity building of civil society organizations

Newsletters And Regular Reports

CUTS releases quarterly newsletters:

• CUTS in Action
• Policy Watch
• ReguLetter
• Gram Gadar (in Hindi).