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| A Delegation to the Prime Minister, 4th July 2007 |
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| The year 2007 is the mid-point in the period agreed by the UN member states for the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals. In more than 87 countries across the world, social action groups are marking July 7, 2007 (7/7/7) as a day for coordinated global action to remind their governments to keep their promise to End Poverty & create a safer, greener and more equitable world. Partners across the Abhiyan are undertaking a range of initiatives to enable the Mid-Point Review of the MDGs in India. These include: |
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A Delegation to the
Prime Minister (July 4, 2007) |
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| Wada-Na-Todo-Abhiyan had an opportunity to meet the PM on July 4, 2007 as part of the delegation led by its partner alliance, Social Watch India in relation to the release of the 'Citizen's Report on Governance & Development 2007'. |
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| The Report is an annual monitor on the performance of the Parliament, Judiciary and Local Self Governments. It also reviews the key policy developments made each year. Over the last five years, the Citizen's Report has been recognized as a unique commentary on the governance institutions of India from the perspective of the marginalized. |
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| As part of this meeting, Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh was apprised of the initiatives being taken to monitor and reinforce the fulfillment of the Millennium Development Goals across more than 10 states of India, and reminded of our earlier submission on the need to increase budgetary allocations for health and education to at least 9% of the GDP. |
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| The Prime Minister was also presented with the Report & key outcomes of the '3rd Civil Society Review of the National Common Minimum Program' that was organized by the Abhiyan in May 2007. The delegation informed the PM that while we have welcomed the introduction of the Rural Employment Guarantee and Forest Rights Acts, the contradictions such as the introduction of the SEZ Act and emphasis on the privatization of basic services have distanced the people of India from the governance agenda of the UPA. |
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| The delegation pointed out that the government's programs were successful in areas where the Right to Information Act and specific measures to increase people's participation was in force. However the provisions – both budgetary and operational - to ensure greater access to information and stronger measures for accountability and participation remain weak and insufficient. The delegation sought the Prime Minister's intervention to create institutional spaces for civil society engagement with the government, including the creation of an annual dialogue on the review of the country's progress on key development agenda. |
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| The PM expressed that civil society initiatives are important to monitor governance as well as to provide constructive feedback to the government at various levels. He agreed that many of the key programmes with high investment can be more effective with the participation of citizens and credible non-governmental organization, and added that Micro planning as an integral part of planning process can be an effective instrument for active engagement of citizens at the local level. The Prime Minister also spoke of the potential of tripartite partnership between local self governments, credible civil society organizations and government agencies to ensure the effective use of resources and implementation of programmes, and pointed out the need to invest in initiatives like NREGA as an effective means to increase the productive capacity of rural India. |
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