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                -Press release from People's Budget Initiative (<a href="http://www.pbiindia.net/" title="http://www.pbiindia.net/">PBI</a>)/ Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability (<a href="http://www.cbgaindia.org/" title="http://www.cbgaindia.org/">CBGA</a>)<br /><div align="justify"><br /><em>New Delhi: </em>The coalition -- People&rsquo;s Budget Initiative (<a href="http://www.pbiindia.net/" title="http://www.pbiindia.net/">PBI</a>) with a membership of diverse organisations working across different sectors in the country, organized a national convention on pressing issues <em>(such as budgetary allocations for social sectors, transparency etc.)</em> deserving a closer scrutiny and a larger public debate. The two-day workshop entitled &lsquo;Civil Society Budget Work and Governance Accountability in India: Continuity and Change&rsquo; aims to coordinate inputs of all those CSOs and NGOs, who have gathered at the meeting, for improved budget and governance accountability. <br /></div><div align="justify">&nbsp;</div><div align="justify"><img src="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/PBI%20image.jpg" alt="PBI image" width="338" height="253" /> <br /></div><div align="justify">&nbsp;</div><div align="justify"><strong><em>Prof. Jayati Ghosh speaking at the inaugural session on 19 September, 2017</em></strong> <br /></div><div align="justify">&nbsp;</div><div align="justify">Noted social activist Anjali Bhardwaj and the newly appointed Co-convener of PBI said that the civil society should step up its responsibility to monitor and use whatever accountability and transparency tools that are available. She said that we as citizens need to ensure proper implementation of Section 4 of the RTI Act, which is about proactive disclosure of information in the public domain, and is the least implemented section of the law even after twelve years of the enacting of the legislation. There is an equally strong need for a grievance redressal law, referred to as RTI-2 by some, so that the supervisory structures in the system can be held accountable. The Bill introduced in 2011 and widely debated for bringing in time bound grievance redressal needs to be passed by the Parliament. A host of other accountability legislations exists, but they need to be implemented. She said that accountability of private sector is also becoming important now. With a focus on e-governance, it is needed that information around people&rsquo;s concerns and issues should be available in forms accessible to them, she said. <br /></div><div align="justify"><br />Warren Krafchik, who heads the International Budget Partnership (<a href="http://www.internationalbudget.org/" title="http://www.internationalbudget.org/">IBP</a>), said that budgets are a powerful way to link citizens with democracy and governance, and governments can engage citizens in these processes through open budgets. Southern countries have emerged as leaders in budget transparency norms shifting the global discourse on budget work. Open data is often conflated and confused with the idea of open government. There are success stories on how growing citizens&rsquo; involvement increases allocations, equity in budget, and effective spending of public money, he added. &nbsp;<br /></div><div align="justify">&nbsp;</div><div align="justify"><img src="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/PBI%202.jpg" alt="PBI 2" width="394" height="319" /> <br /></div><div align="justify">&nbsp;</div><strong><em></em></strong><div align="justify"><strong><em>Amit Sengupta of Jan Swasthya Abhiyan speaking at the Convention</em></strong>&nbsp;</div><div align="justify">&nbsp;</div><div align="justify">Subrat Das, the head of Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability (<a href="http://www.cbgaindia.org/" title="http://www.cbgaindia.org/">CBGA</a>) and Co-convener of PBI said that budget transparency still remains an unfinished agenda. Budget transparency at the grassroots level, which provides locally relevant budget data about facility-level services in a format that is easy to understand and in a timely manner, is yet to become a reality. This kind of information will help people connect with budgetary issues.<br /></div><div align="justify">&nbsp;</div><div align="justify">Please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Agenda%20for%20the%20PBI%20Convention.pdf" title="Agenda for the PBI Convention" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Agenda%20for%20the%20PBI%20Convention.pdf" title="Agenda for the PBI Convention">click here</a> to access the agenda. <br /></div><div align="justify">&nbsp;</div><div align="justify"><em>For further details, please contact: Happy Pant at happy@cbgaindia.org or 9015597917</em></div><div align="justify">&nbsp;</div>               </font>
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She said that we as citizens need to ensure proper implementation of Section 4 of the RTI Act, which is about proactive disclosure of information in the public domain, and is the least implemented section of the law even after twelve years of the enacting of the legislation. There is an equally strong need for a grievance redressal law, referred to as RTI-2 by some, so that the supervisory structures in the system can be held accountable. The Bill introduced in 2011 and widely debated for bringing in time bound grievance redressal needs to be passed by the Parliament. A host of other accountability legislations exists, but they need to be implemented. She said that accountability of private sector is also becoming important now. With a focus on e-governance, it is needed that information around people&amp;rsquo;s concerns and issues should be available in forms accessible to them, she said. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Warren Krafchik, who heads the International Budget Partnership (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.internationalbudget.org/&quot; title=&quot;http://www.internationalbudget.org/&quot;&gt;IBP&lt;/a&gt;), said that budgets are a powerful way to link citizens with democracy and governance, and governments can engage citizens in these processes through open budgets. Southern countries have emerged as leaders in budget transparency norms shifting the global discourse on budget work. Open data is often conflated and confused with the idea of open government. 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&lt;em&gt;New Delhi: &lt;/em&gt;The coalition -- People&amp;rsquo;s Budget Initiative (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.pbiindia.net/&quot;&gt;PBI&lt;/a&gt;) with a membership of diverse organisations working across different sectors in the country, organized a national convention on pressing issues &lt;em&gt;(such as budgetary allocations for social sectors, transparency etc.)&lt;/em&gt; deserving a closer scrutiny and a larger public debate. The two-day workshop entitled &amp;lsquo;Civil Society Budget Work and Governance Accountability in India: Continuity and Change&amp;rsquo; aims to coordinate inputs of all those CSOs and NGOs, who have gathered at the meeting, for improved budget and governance accountability. &lt;br /&gt;
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Noted social activist Anjali Bhardwaj and the newly appointed Co-convener of PBI said that the civil society should step up its responsibility to monitor and use whatever accountability and transparency tools that are available. She said that we as citizens need to ensure proper implementation of Section 4 of the RTI Act, which is about proactive disclosure of information in the public domain, and is the least implemented section of the law even after twelve years of the enacting of the legislation. There is an equally strong need for a grievance redressal law, referred to as RTI-2 by some, so that the supervisory structures in the system can be held accountable. The Bill introduced in 2011 and widely debated for bringing in time bound grievance redressal needs to be passed by the Parliament. A host of other accountability legislations exists, but they need to be implemented. She said that accountability of private sector is also becoming important now. With a focus on e-governance, it is needed that information around people&amp;rsquo;s concerns and issues should be available in forms accessible to them, she said. &lt;br /&gt;
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Warren Krafchik, who heads the International Budget Partnership (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.internationalbudget.org/&quot;&gt;IBP&lt;/a&gt;), said that budgets are a powerful way to link citizens with democracy and governance, and governments can engage citizens in these processes through open budgets. Southern countries have emerged as leaders in budget transparency norms shifting the global discourse on budget work. Open data is often conflated and confused with the idea of open government. There are success stories on how growing citizens&amp;rsquo; involvement increases allocations, equity in budget, and effective spending of public money, he added. &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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Subrat Das, the head of Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cbgaindia.org/&quot;&gt;CBGA&lt;/a&gt;) and Co-convener of PBI said that budget transparency still remains an unfinished agenda. Budget transparency at the grassroots level, which provides locally relevant budget data about facility-level services in a format that is easy to understand and in a timely manner, is yet to become a reality. This kind of information will help people connect with budgetary issues.&lt;br /&gt;
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New Delhi: The coalition -- People&rsquo;s Budget Initiative (PBI) with a membership of diverse organisations working across different sectors in the country, organized a national convention on...'
$disp = '-Press release from People's Budget Initiative (<a href="http://www.pbiindia.net/" title="http://www.pbiindia.net/">PBI</a>)/ Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability (<a href="http://www.cbgaindia.org/" title="http://www.cbgaindia.org/">CBGA</a>)<br /><div align="justify"><br /><em>New Delhi: </em>The coalition -- People&rsquo;s Budget Initiative (<a href="http://www.pbiindia.net/" title="http://www.pbiindia.net/">PBI</a>) with a membership of diverse organisations working across different sectors in the country, organized a national convention on pressing issues <em>(such as budgetary allocations for social sectors, transparency etc.)</em> deserving a closer scrutiny and a larger public debate. The two-day workshop entitled &lsquo;Civil Society Budget Work and Governance Accountability in India: Continuity and Change&rsquo; aims to coordinate inputs of all those CSOs and NGOs, who have gathered at the meeting, for improved budget and governance accountability. <br /></div><div align="justify">&nbsp;</div><div align="justify"><img src="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/PBI%20image.jpg" alt="PBI image" width="338" height="253" /> <br /></div><div align="justify">&nbsp;</div><div align="justify"><strong><em>Prof. Jayati Ghosh speaking at the inaugural session on 19 September, 2017</em></strong> <br /></div><div align="justify">&nbsp;</div><div align="justify">Noted social activist Anjali Bhardwaj and the newly appointed Co-convener of PBI said that the civil society should step up its responsibility to monitor and use whatever accountability and transparency tools that are available. She said that we as citizens need to ensure proper implementation of Section 4 of the RTI Act, which is about proactive disclosure of information in the public domain, and is the least implemented section of the law even after twelve years of the enacting of the legislation. There is an equally strong need for a grievance redressal law, referred to as RTI-2 by some, so that the supervisory structures in the system can be held accountable. The Bill introduced in 2011 and widely debated for bringing in time bound grievance redressal needs to be passed by the Parliament. A host of other accountability legislations exists, but they need to be implemented. She said that accountability of private sector is also becoming important now. With a focus on e-governance, it is needed that information around people&rsquo;s concerns and issues should be available in forms accessible to them, she said. <br /></div><div align="justify"><br />Warren Krafchik, who heads the International Budget Partnership (<a href="http://www.internationalbudget.org/" title="http://www.internationalbudget.org/">IBP</a>), said that budgets are a powerful way to link citizens with democracy and governance, and governments can engage citizens in these processes through open budgets. Southern countries have emerged as leaders in budget transparency norms shifting the global discourse on budget work. Open data is often conflated and confused with the idea of open government. There are success stories on how growing citizens&rsquo; involvement increases allocations, equity in budget, and effective spending of public money, he added. &nbsp;<br /></div><div align="justify">&nbsp;</div><div align="justify"><img src="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/PBI%202.jpg" alt="PBI 2" width="394" height="319" /> <br /></div><div align="justify">&nbsp;</div><strong><em></em></strong><div align="justify"><strong><em>Amit Sengupta of Jan Swasthya Abhiyan speaking at the Convention</em></strong>&nbsp;</div><div align="justify">&nbsp;</div><div align="justify">Subrat Das, the head of Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability (<a href="http://www.cbgaindia.org/" title="http://www.cbgaindia.org/">CBGA</a>) and Co-convener of PBI said that budget transparency still remains an unfinished agenda. Budget transparency at the grassroots level, which provides locally relevant budget data about facility-level services in a format that is easy to understand and in a timely manner, is yet to become a reality. This kind of information will help people connect with budgetary issues.<br /></div><div align="justify">&nbsp;</div><div align="justify">Please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Agenda%20for%20the%20PBI%20Convention.pdf" title="Agenda for the PBI Convention" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Agenda%20for%20the%20PBI%20Convention.pdf" title="Agenda for the PBI Convention">click here</a> to access the agenda. <br /></div><div align="justify">&nbsp;</div><div align="justify"><em>For further details, please contact: Happy Pant at happy@cbgaindia.org or 9015597917</em></div><div align="justify">&nbsp;</div>'
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People's participation is necessary for transparency in budget, says coalition of CSOs

-Press release from People's Budget Initiative (PBI)/ Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability (CBGA) New Delhi: The coalition -- People’s Budget Initiative (PBI) with a membership of diverse organisations working across different sectors in the country, organized a national convention on pressing issues (such as budgetary allocations for social sectors, transparency etc.) deserving a closer scrutiny and a larger public debate. The two-day workshop entitled ‘Civil Society Budget Work and Governance Accountability in India: Continuity and Change’ aims to coordinate inputs of all those CSOs and NGOs, who have gathered at the meeting, for improved budget and governance accountability.     Prof. Jayati Ghosh speaking at the inaugural session on 19 September, 2017   Noted social activist Anjali Bhardwaj and the newly appointed Co-convener of PBI said that the civil society should step up its responsibility to monitor and use whatever accountability and transparency tools that are available. She said that we as citizens need to ensure proper implementation of Section 4 of the RTI Act, which is about proactive disclosure of information in the public domain, and is the least implemented section of the law even after twelve years of the enacting of the legislation. There is an equally strong need for a grievance redressal law, referred to as RTI-2 by some, so that the supervisory structures in the system can be held accountable. The Bill introduced in 2011 and widely debated for bringing in time bound grievance redressal needs to be passed by the Parliament. A host of other accountability legislations exists, but they need to be implemented. She said that accountability of private sector is also becoming important now. With a focus on e-governance, it is needed that information around people’s concerns and issues should be available in forms accessible to them, she said. Warren Krafchik, who heads the International Budget Partnership (IBP), said that budgets are a powerful way to link citizens with democracy and governance, and governments can engage citizens in these processes through open budgets. Southern countries have emerged as leaders in budget transparency norms shifting the global discourse on budget work. Open data is often conflated and confused with the idea of open government. There are success stories on how growing citizens’ involvement increases allocations, equity in budget, and effective spending of public money, he added.       Amit Sengupta of Jan Swasthya Abhiyan speaking at the Convention    Subrat Das, the head of Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability (CBGA) and Co-convener of PBI said that budget transparency still remains an unfinished agenda. Budget transparency at the grassroots level, which provides locally relevant budget data about facility-level services in a format that is easy to understand and in a timely manner, is yet to become a reality. This kind of information will help people connect with budgetary issues.   Please click here to access the agenda.   For further details, please contact: Happy Pant at happy@cbgaindia.org or 9015597917