Policy Briefs & Reports

An analysis of the Madhya Pradesh Sta...

Unlike some other states such as Sikkim, Himachal Pradesh, and Gujarat, climate change has not been a prominent part of the Government of Karnataka’s pronouncements on its future development direction. While senior state bureaucrats have been supportive of developing a plan, there is little evide...

An analysis of the Odisha Climate Cha...

Odisha was the one of the first states to begin work on a Climate Change Action Plan in 2009. The plan had the support of the Chief Minister (CM) and was led separately by two senior bureaucrats who put in place very different institutional practices and time-lines. As a result the climate plan s...

An analysis of the Sikkim Action Plan...

Sikkim has been engaged in a number of climate related initiatives since 2008. Much of the work has been supported by a Chief Minister (CM) keen to further the state’s green credentials. Sikkim’s climate plan – drafted as an extension of its green drive – was initiated in 2010 and actively driven...

An analysis of the State Strategy and...

Himachal Pradesh (HP), like many other hill states, has been seeking to build a ‘green’ image.1 The Himachal Pradesh Strategy and Action Plan on Climate Change, is an extension of this focus and received considerable political interest when it was drafted. But the HP plan is also a study in how c...


Anu Jogesh
Analysis of India’s State Action Plan...

In 2014, CPR conducted an analysis of India’s State Action Plans on Climate Change (SAPCC) of five states: Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Sikkim, Himachal Pradesh and Karnataka. Below are links to them:

Interactive Voice Response System: Cl...

The Interactive Voice Response System (IVRS) offers a technology-driven solution to strengthen the monitoring framework and information flows of the Mid-Day Meal Scheme (MDMS). It is being implemented in the states of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar since 2010 and 2012, respectively. This note summarises...

A Guide to India’s Coastal Regu...

So that local people can use and understand the laws regulating development and the environment of India’s coast, Namati has created a Coastal Regulation Zones booklet. It covers all the information available in the complex official document, but it is presented in a way that ordinary people can ...

India-Central Asia Backgrounder

Soon after India's partition in 1947, its historical ties with the Central Asian region (CAR) suffered a setback as it lost its direct overland access to the region. However, in the following decades India somewhat resurrected its relation with the region largely due to its close diplomatic ties ...

Rani Mullen, Persis Taraporevala
Hemant Shivakumar, Kailash K Prasad
Monitoring RTE

This document is not just a report or a mere documentation of a pilot process, but an attempt to chronicle the numerous stories of thousands of people who have been part of a community monitoring process rolled out by the NCPCR and supported by the MHRD. Such an initiative by the government has b...

Community Monitoring Process of the R...

This photo document is part of a larger exercise on documenting the 'Community Monitoring' process of the Right to Education Act (RTE), a process that first began in 2010 when this team was at the National Commission for the Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) and received support from the Ministr...

Report and Proceedings from Towards U...

Preliminary analysis of data sets – the Census 2011 and the allocation of funds under JNNURM to create urban infrastructure revealed a clear bias. Public funded programmes especially on sanitation where primarily focusing on large cities, while smaller towns housed a sizeable urban population. Th...

India — Vietnam Relations: Deep...

The India-Vietnam bilateral relationship in the past has been supported by various commonalities including six decades of anti-colonial interests, pan-Asian nationalism and independent foreign policies. The first instance of India’s development cooperation towards Vietnam predates India’s 1991 ‘L...

Rani Mullen
Kailash K Prasad
Kathputli Colony: Delhi’s First In-Si...

The Delhi Master Plan 2021 introduced the “In-situ rehabilitation” approach to slum redevelopment, in which residents of JhuggiJhopdi Clusters transition to temporary housing while the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) reconstructs the settlement, and then shifts the slum-dwellers back onto the o...

PAISA District Surveys: Mid Day Meal ...

This study employs a combination of primary survey work and secondary analysis of government documents, to track releases and expenditures of foodgrains and fund flows from Government of India (GOI) all the way down to the schools for the financial year 2011-12. The study is based on data col...

Yamini Aiyar, Mehjabeen Jagmag, Avani Kapur, Shailey Tucker
Poonam Choudhury, Ambrish Dongre, Laina Emmanue...
Coastal Zone Regulations (English and...

So that local people can use and understand the laws regulating development and the environment of India’s coast, Namati has created a Coastal Regulation Zones booklet that covers all the information available in the complex official document, but it is presented in a way that ordinary people can...

Manju Menon
Aarthi Sridhar and Marianne Manuel
India-Afghanistan Partnership

India is undergoing structural urban and economic transitions and has set ambitious policy targets to meet its rising energy needs for development. Expanding coal and renewables are two important pillars of this undertaking and, since 2008, climate protection is of increasing concern. India’s int...

India-Maldives Brief

India for long has been a provider of economic support as well as capacity building assistance to Maldives. It has also acted as a security provider to the island nation with one prominent instance being the coup in 1988. Even till recently in 2012, India was at the forefront when it came to prov...


Cody M Poplin
Do GP’s get their money?

Analytical studies on rural local government finance are few and far between in India. The paucity of reliable data and the lack of transparency in Panchayat finances and associated difficulties in accessing data are important reasons for this. These data gaps are well known and successive Financ...

Anirvan Chowdhury
Ambrish Dongre, Suddhasattva Barik