Policy Briefs & Reports

PAISA (Planning, Allocations and Expenditures, Institutions Studies in Accountability) is Accountability Initiative’s (AI) flagship research programme. The research focuses on making government process: planning, decision-making and fund flows in key social sector schemes transparent. Under th...

The National Programme of Mid-Day Meals (MDM) in School scheme is Government of India’s (GoI’s) flagship school-based feeding programme aimed at improving the nutritional status of students and promoting the universalisation of elementary education. Against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic, ...

A key driver of ambition envisioned in the Paris package is a “facilitative dialogue” among parties in 2018. This dialogue is mandated to take stock of the collective efforts of parties toward the long-term goal set out in Article 4.1, and is intended to inform the preparation of the next round o...

This report has been obtained from the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Government of India in response to an RTI request (application number - MOTLA/R/2016/80065) filed by CPR Land Rights Initiative.

This report has been obtained from the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Government of India in response to an RTI request (application number - MOTLA/R/2016/80065) filed by CPR Land Rights Initiative.

This report has been obtained from the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Government of India in response to an RTI request (application number - MOTLA/R/2016/80065) filed by CPR Land Rights Initiative.

This report has been obtained from the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Government of India in response to an RTI request (application number - MOTLA/R/2016/80065) filed by CPR Land Rights Initiative.

This report has been obtained from the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Government of India in response to an RTI request (application number - MOTLA/R/2016/80065) filed by CPR Land Rights Initiative.

This report has been obtained from the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Government of India in response to an RTI request (application number - MOTLA/R/2016/80065) filed by CPR Land Rights Initiative.

This report has been obtained from the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Government of India in response to an RTI request (application number - MOTLA/R/2016/80065) filed by CPR Land Rights Initiative.

This report has been obtained from the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Government of India in response to an RTI request (application number - MOTLA/R/2016/80065) filed by CPR Land Rights Initiative.

This report has been obtained from the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Government of India in response to an RTI request (application number - MOTLA/R/2016/80065) filed by CPR Land Rights Initiative.

This report has been obtained from the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Government of India in response to an RTI request (application number - MOTLA/R/2016/80065) filed by CPR Land Rights Initiative.

This study delves deep into the implementation of four important Government of India (GoI) social sector schemes in Chhattisgarh to evaluate the nature and effectiveness of public service delivery of school education and nutrition in the State. It seeks to answer the fundamental question of wheth...

It is intriguing that despite a liberal economic narrative of borders as bridges, the transHimalayan trader has remained a rather forlorn and forgotten metaphor. This absence has however neither been voluntary nor anticipated but instead can be traced to fundamental flaws in India’s subregional d...

Homelessness is generally described as an absence of a physical dwelling. However, homelessness triggers many social and economic factors that, together, perpetuate patterns of vulnerability amongst the urban homeless. This case is an anthology of three long-form narratives that relate the comple...

Context: India faces serious challenges in creating development processes that generate economic growth while being socially inclusive, ecologically sustainable, politically feasible, and in accordance with the Rule of Law. Equitable and efficient acquisition of land by the state for economic ...