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Democracy
becomes real when rights are realized just and accountable governance
is is key making democracy development work. This can only happen
when people are empowered to seek accountability and monitor institution
of governance. Right to information, democratization of knowledge
and people’s participation are the enabling conditions for
democratic governance. The citizens report on governance and development
and social watch process emerged out of the felt need by citizens
groups and civil society organizations to get informed analysis
periodic monitoring of the important institution of our democracy
and governance.
National social watch coalition (NSWC) is a broad based network
of citizens groups and civil society organizations which attempts
to monitor institutions of governance and their commitments towards
citizens and principles of democracy ,particularly with reference
to the marginalized section of the society
In
this context of hunger ,poverty and broken people millennium declaration
adopted by the un at the dawn of the new millennium does not make
sense to the millions of poor people in India.
When the right to live with dignity is denied to millions, millennium
development goals are a million miles away from the poorest of poor
.so, are the national development goals ,envisaged by the tenth
five year plan
However
with appropriate policies of taxation recording of expenditure priorities,
there is no reasons by substantial progress cannot be achieved vis-à-vis
a set of basic rights, such as food and nutrition, drinking water,
sanitation, shelter, primary health and basic education. The neglect
of economic social and cultural rights generally leads to increased
resource burden for the state to maintain the civil and political
rights.
The policy making process should move towards a right based approach
to development. All citizens must have a set of core entitlements,
which are justicable, and in whose provisioning the state must be
held primarily accountable obstacles in the way of fulfilling such
entitlements must be confronted and efficient way of meeting the
necessary obligation ought to be explored on an ongoing basis.
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