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New! The People’s Verdict, 4th Civil Society Review of the NCMP and Review of the Three Flagship Schemes of the UPA
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| Last Updated : 1st September 2008 |
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Strategy Meeting on the Right to Education Bill
A joint strategy meeting on the Right to Education Bill was organized People's Campaign for a Common School System, National Campaign for Education, India Alliance
for Child Rights, Bharat Gyan Vigyan Samiti, and Wada Na Todo Abhiyan. |
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More than 20 civil society groups and experts met to review the content of the Draft Bill and develop a collective advocacy and lobbying strategy to ensure that the Bill is adopted in its intended form without undue dilution or delay.
>> Read More |
>> View Photos | >> Download the Draft RTE Bill |
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Responses to the 4th Civil Society Review Report on the NCMP
The 4th Civil Society Review Report on the NCMP which was shared with policy makers, elicited responses from Dr. Montek Singh Ahluwalia (Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission) and Mr. Arvind Virmani (Chief Economic Adviser, Ministry of Finance). While appreciating the seriousness with which the government has received the Report, civil society experts have shared their thoughts to the queries raised by the Planning Commission and Finance Ministry. |
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The letter by Dr. Montek Singh Ahluwalia has raised queries on Agriculture while the letter from, the Ministry of Finance has responded to issues on finance.
>> View the Responses to the NCMP Review Report |
>> Download the NCMP Review Report |
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State Report Cards on the NCMP Flagship Programs
In continuation of the process to review and monitor the implementation of the government programs on Health, Education and Livelihood, grassroots organizations across the country will review the three flagship schemes of the government - the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM), |
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National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) and the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) – through direct feedback collected from villages across 10 states. The first ‘State Report Card’ will be launched in Andhra Pradesh in September and subsequently released in Gujarat, Himachal, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Orissa, Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu. Responses collected across states will form the basis for a ‘National Report Card’.
>> Contribute to the State Report Cards on the NCMP |
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Towards An ‘All India People’s Manifesto’
The All India People’s Manifesto is an ambitious plan for an extensive, decentralized and cumulative process to develop local demands for governance and development across the parliamentary constituencies of the country. It is an opportunity for a wide spectrum of civil society groups across |
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local, state and national levels to come together and create a platform for collective negotiation with political parties on the ‘people’s priorities’ for the upcoming national elections in 2009. The first constituency hearings towards the People’s Manifesto are to be launched in Uttar Pradesh in September 2008, with parallel processes being undertaken to develop Dalit, Adivasi, Women, Youth and Children’s Manifestos.
>>Contribute to the All India People’s Manifesto |
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50 Days of Action to End Poverty & Achieve the MDGs
In anticipation of the global attention on the MDGs this year, civil society networks across the world have come together to call for ‘50 Days of Action to End Poverty & Achieve the MDGs’. As a result, between 1 September and 20 October 2008, networks in over 110+ countries affiliated to |
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the Global Call to Action Against Poverty (GCAP) and the United Nations Millennium Campaign (UNMC) will call on policy makers, public personalities, community leaders and other decision makers to ‘Stand Up and Take Action’ for the Millennium Development Goals.
>> Download the Action Plan for India
>>Download the India Country Report on the MDGs |
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