Governance and Accountability

Decentralisation, Budget Analysis, Governance and Accountability are also focus areas of CBPS work. Workshops for enhancing facilitating inclusive participatory budgeting process and accountability have been conducted for urban local bodies and Gram Panchayats across various states. Understanding the determinants of own source revenues of Gram Panchayats as well as the criteria and processes for devolution of Plan funds through Centrally Sponsored Schemes have also been studied. National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) and its impact on financial inclusion and productivity of land have been reviewed. CBPS was also entrusted with the responsibility to prepare the District Human Development Report for Bangalore Rural District. This was under a larger project of Government of Karnataka under which they have developed District Human Development Reports for all 30 districts in the State. CBPS also prepared a Status Report of Millennium Development Goals in Karnataka. Since 2014, CBPS has trained two interns in Budget Analysis. Two toolkits for capacity building in the sphere of Budget Analysis and Local Self Governance have also been developed. An orientation workshop on Budget Concepts, Process, Analysis and Advocacy was also conducted for civil society organisations. CBPS intends to continue organising such capacity building workshops in future.

Projects

  • 01 Nov
    2014
    Orientation Programme on Urban Finances and Governance for Elected Representatives and Officers of Local Government and Provincial Councils of Sri Lanka Completed
    Duration: 2014 Status: Completed Funder: The Asia Foundation A week long orientation programme included technical sessions on municipal finance and governance and field visits to municipalities in the States of Gujarat and Karnataka.  This report summarizes learning from the technical sessions, field visits and the discussions of the orientation programme. The objective of the orientatio...
  • 24 Oct
    2014
    Promoting Inclusive Governance in Karnataka through Budget work Completed
    Duration: Oct 2014 - Sep 2018 Status: Completed Funder/ Partner: National Foundation of India The budget works in the project include: Pre-budget consultation with a charter of demands presented to the State Government- This is based on budget analysis and consultations with the CSOs working on the issues of children. Facilitating a participatory budget making in a municipality an...
  • 01 Oct
    2014
    Study of Public Expenditure on Critical Social Sector- Public Expenditure Tracking of RNTCP Completed
    Duration: 2015 Status: Completed Funder: National Foundation for India Public Expenditure Tracking (PET) study was undertaken as a part of the study of public expenditure on critical social sector for vulnerable groups. The study tracks expenditures from state level to the recipient level (patients) of Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme (RNTCP) in Bangalore Rural district of ...
  • 25 Aug
    2014
    An Analysis of Delhi Police Budgets and its Implications for Women Citizens Completed
    Duration: Aug 2014 - Aug 2015 Status: Completed Funder/ Partner: Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) CBPS is conducting a study of the budgets of the Delhi Police over a three-year span. This is intended as a micro-study of the police budgeting process, with a particular focus on linkages with the police response to crimes against women. The scope of the work under this study is: ...
  • 18 Apr
    2014
    Study of Own Source Revenues of Panchayats with a Focus on Property Tax Completed
    Funder/ Partner: The World Bank CBPS was entrusted with mapping of tax laws involved listing various taxes and non taxes collected at three tiers of PRIs, taxes collected by the state on behalf of PRIs, powers and flexibility given to the PRIs in terms of tax base, tax rates, collection and utilisation of the revenue. The recommendations of Union and State Finance commissions on tax reforms of ...
  • 25 Nov
    2013
    Backward Region Grant Fund (BRGF): An Analysis of Expenditures, Processes and Capacities in two BRGF districts of Karnataka Completed
    Duration: 2013-14 Status: Completed Funder/ Partner: State Institute of Rural Development, Administrative Training Institute, Mysore Backward Regions Grant Fund (BRGF) is a centrally sponsored programme initiated in 2007 in 250 backward districts of the country. The programme has been designed with the dual purpose of meeting the unfulfilled critical infrastructural (development) gaps and...
  • 15 Oct
    2013
    Understanding Budgets: Budget Toolkit- A Self Learning Guide Completed
    Duration: 2013 Funder: Global Development Network This Budget Toolkit seeks to address the felt need of citizens and CSOs for guidance in understanding the budget process and how to make sense of the budget itself. Budget Toolkit is presented in two modules, each consisting of several units. Module A provides an introduction to what budgets are, how they are prepared and the contents of the ...
  • 15 Oct
    2013
    Towards Good Governance: An Action Guide for Local Self Governments Completed
    Duration: 2013 Funder: Global Development Network The purpose of the action guide is to help to understand the broader role of elected representatives in ensuring the rights of the people. It aims at addressing specific areas through fulfillment and protection of rights. It intends to provide information on the rights as well as responsibilities that would pave the way for effective function...
  • 02 May
    2013
    Case Studies of Best Performing Panchayats: under PEAIS Scheme Completed
    Duration: 2013 Status: Completed Funder: Ministry of Panchayat Raj, Government of India This project aimed at conducting in-depth studies of selected eight Panchayats in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu for their exemplary performance in specific sectors /schemes.
  • 25 Feb
    2013
    Public Expenditure on Children in Karnataka Completed
    Duration: Feb - 2014 Status:Completed Funder: UNICEF Office for Andhra Pradesh & Karnataka Analysis of public expenditure on children assumes importance in the context of India's commitment to Child Rights as such analysis allows going beyond sectors by viewing children's needs in a more comprehensive manner. Using the tools of public expenditure analysis and benefit or expenditure in...

Areas of Work