The document proposes electoral reforms in India to reduce the influence of money and increase transparency. It identifies issues like lack of candidate qualifications and transparency in the existing system. The proposed solutions include: 1) Requiring candidates to register 6 months in advance and have a minimum graduation qualification. 2) Introducing a mixed-member proportional representation system with dual voting. 3) Replacing unofficial campaigns with televised debates. 4) Restricting by-elections and 5) Electing local ward representatives. The reforms aim to empower voters, increase accountability and political diversity. Challenges to implementation include lack of political will and awareness, while factors like education campaigns and strengthening the election commission can help address them.
Mahatma Gandhi NREGA boasts of a robust system of Social Audit in order to ensure transparency and accountability. I was asked, what are your expectations from the Social Audit? I was trying to figure out some answer. The product is this presentation.
Mahatma Gandhi NREGA boasts of a robust system of Social Audit in order to ensure transparency and accountability. I was asked, what are your expectations from the Social Audit? I was trying to figure out some answer. The product is this presentation.
This is a presentation by the West Bengal team in a recent Workshop on Social Audit at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai. The State part is developed by the State team whereas the part concerning the field experience from Jalpaiguri was contributed by the MGNREGA Cell of Jalpaiguri District.
In the failure of the formal accountability channels, social accountability is slowly becoming an effective response to governance deficit. Understanding good governance is a prerequisite to understand social accountability. Social Accountability is an approach towards enforcing & building accountability that relies on civic engagement in which citizens participate directly or indirectly in demanding accountability from service providers and public officials.
Accountability is no longer between the state only and citizens. Non state, national and transnational actors are now, heavily involved in all stages of the production of public goods.
The influence of corporate interests in the provision of public goods and services, as well as the entry of several unregulated providers poses a big threat to accountability and inclusion.
The strategies below represent the practical ways in which CSOs have applied the notion of social accountability to the context and issues of concern to their members, constituents and beneficiaries.
Strategic Litigation
Participatory Budgeting
Mobilisation and Networking
Social Audit, Monitoring and Evaluation
Information Communication Technology
Participatory Planning and Decision-making
Consultations and Stakeholder Participation
Accountability Reporting/Investigative Journalism
Participatory Procurement and Financial Management
Social Accountability is a journey.
The work of social accountability is not a sprint but marathon.
COVID-19 has seriously tested the resiliency and sustainability of organisations, especially those in the nonprofit sector. The pandemic has further exacerbated their already precarious state and many Civil society organisations (CSOs) are under immense pressure to operate, survive, and thrive, while maintaining independence and continually generating funds to pursue planned operations and command strong recognition and influence.
They have been forced to adapt or to abandon the game, to face adversity through innovation or to fail while trying. Organisational and individual preparedness to manage change was tested also and many had to unlearn and relearn, to find new ways of working and developing resilience amidst the pandemic.
Since financing is a key pillar of organizational sustainability, I was invited to strengthen participants understanding, knowledge and practice in mobilizing resources more creatively. Aside the traditional channel of funding, there are 12 proven models of mobilizing resources for any civil society organisations in Africa, no matter its size, staff or strength.
1.IMPACT OF PUBLIC SERVICE DELIVERY
2.SERVICE DELIVERY
3.PUBLIC SERVICE DELIVERY
4.PRIVATE SERVICE DELIVERY
5.WHY WE NEED PUBLIC SERVICE DELIVERY
6.SOME OF KEY PUBLIC SERVICE
7.DIGITAL SERVICE 'E'
8.POSITIVE IMPACT
9.NEGATIVE IMPACT/ CHALLENGES THAT IMPEDE THESE REFORMS INCLUDE
10.AFFECTING GOVERNMENT REFORMS
RTI
11.CITIZENS CHARTER
12.E-GOVERNANCE
13.THANK YOU
This slide share outlines the basic social and economic problems facing the United Kingdom regions, the responsibility of successive governments for those problems and the tough challenges facing Government if it is to to redress the discrimination against places and people by implementing change. The presentation questions whether the Government has the capacity to realise the vision given the collective effort, timescale and political risk-taking required - indeed the vision may already be out of reach.
In cooperation with the Research and Evaluation Division of BRAC, Copenhagen Consensus Center organized roundtable discussions with an aim to figure out smarter solutions to the most problematic issues facing Bangladesh.
In cooperation with the Research and Evaluation Division of BRAC, Copenhagen Consensus Center organized roundtable discussions with an aim to figure out smarter solutions to the most problematic issues facing Bangladesh.
João Domingos, Gestor do Sector de Governação da DW e um dos contribuinte na elaboração do relatório final de 2015 sobre o Índice de Sustentabilidade das Organizações da Sociedade Civil, foi o prelector do dia 03 De Fevereiro de 2017 no espaço do Debate à Sexta feira onde abordou o tema: Apresentação do Relatório Final de 2015 sobre o Índice de Sustentabilidade das Organizações da Sociedade Civil para a África subsariana. Ao longo da sua explanação, falou sobre os indicadores que foram analisados, como: o Ambiente legal, Capacidade organizacional, Viabilidade financeiro, Advocacia, Provisão de serviços, Infra-estruturas e Imagem pública das OSC.
This is a presentation by the West Bengal team in a recent Workshop on Social Audit at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai. The State part is developed by the State team whereas the part concerning the field experience from Jalpaiguri was contributed by the MGNREGA Cell of Jalpaiguri District.
In the failure of the formal accountability channels, social accountability is slowly becoming an effective response to governance deficit. Understanding good governance is a prerequisite to understand social accountability. Social Accountability is an approach towards enforcing & building accountability that relies on civic engagement in which citizens participate directly or indirectly in demanding accountability from service providers and public officials.
Accountability is no longer between the state only and citizens. Non state, national and transnational actors are now, heavily involved in all stages of the production of public goods.
The influence of corporate interests in the provision of public goods and services, as well as the entry of several unregulated providers poses a big threat to accountability and inclusion.
The strategies below represent the practical ways in which CSOs have applied the notion of social accountability to the context and issues of concern to their members, constituents and beneficiaries.
Strategic Litigation
Participatory Budgeting
Mobilisation and Networking
Social Audit, Monitoring and Evaluation
Information Communication Technology
Participatory Planning and Decision-making
Consultations and Stakeholder Participation
Accountability Reporting/Investigative Journalism
Participatory Procurement and Financial Management
Social Accountability is a journey.
The work of social accountability is not a sprint but marathon.
COVID-19 has seriously tested the resiliency and sustainability of organisations, especially those in the nonprofit sector. The pandemic has further exacerbated their already precarious state and many Civil society organisations (CSOs) are under immense pressure to operate, survive, and thrive, while maintaining independence and continually generating funds to pursue planned operations and command strong recognition and influence.
They have been forced to adapt or to abandon the game, to face adversity through innovation or to fail while trying. Organisational and individual preparedness to manage change was tested also and many had to unlearn and relearn, to find new ways of working and developing resilience amidst the pandemic.
Since financing is a key pillar of organizational sustainability, I was invited to strengthen participants understanding, knowledge and practice in mobilizing resources more creatively. Aside the traditional channel of funding, there are 12 proven models of mobilizing resources for any civil society organisations in Africa, no matter its size, staff or strength.
1.IMPACT OF PUBLIC SERVICE DELIVERY
2.SERVICE DELIVERY
3.PUBLIC SERVICE DELIVERY
4.PRIVATE SERVICE DELIVERY
5.WHY WE NEED PUBLIC SERVICE DELIVERY
6.SOME OF KEY PUBLIC SERVICE
7.DIGITAL SERVICE 'E'
8.POSITIVE IMPACT
9.NEGATIVE IMPACT/ CHALLENGES THAT IMPEDE THESE REFORMS INCLUDE
10.AFFECTING GOVERNMENT REFORMS
RTI
11.CITIZENS CHARTER
12.E-GOVERNANCE
13.THANK YOU
This slide share outlines the basic social and economic problems facing the United Kingdom regions, the responsibility of successive governments for those problems and the tough challenges facing Government if it is to to redress the discrimination against places and people by implementing change. The presentation questions whether the Government has the capacity to realise the vision given the collective effort, timescale and political risk-taking required - indeed the vision may already be out of reach.
In cooperation with the Research and Evaluation Division of BRAC, Copenhagen Consensus Center organized roundtable discussions with an aim to figure out smarter solutions to the most problematic issues facing Bangladesh.
In cooperation with the Research and Evaluation Division of BRAC, Copenhagen Consensus Center organized roundtable discussions with an aim to figure out smarter solutions to the most problematic issues facing Bangladesh.
João Domingos, Gestor do Sector de Governação da DW e um dos contribuinte na elaboração do relatório final de 2015 sobre o Índice de Sustentabilidade das Organizações da Sociedade Civil, foi o prelector do dia 03 De Fevereiro de 2017 no espaço do Debate à Sexta feira onde abordou o tema: Apresentação do Relatório Final de 2015 sobre o Índice de Sustentabilidade das Organizações da Sociedade Civil para a África subsariana. Ao longo da sua explanação, falou sobre os indicadores que foram analisados, como: o Ambiente legal, Capacidade organizacional, Viabilidade financeiro, Advocacia, Provisão de serviços, Infra-estruturas e Imagem pública das OSC.
this PPT is about class 10 political science's chapter Political parties and the material is entirely based on NCERT book ans has been edited for better understanding of students.
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हम आग्रह करते हैं कि जो भी सत्ता में आए, वह संविधान का पालन करे, उसकी रक्षा करे और उसे बनाए रखे।" प्रस्ताव में कुल तीन प्रमुख हस्तक्षेप और उनके तंत्र भी प्रस्तुत किए गए। पहला हस्तक्षेप स्वतंत्र मीडिया को प्रोत्साहित करके, वास्तविकता पर आधारित काउंटर नैरेटिव का निर्माण करके और सत्तारूढ़ सरकार द्वारा नियोजित मनोवैज्ञानिक हेरफेर की रणनीति का मुकाबला करके लोगों द्वारा निर्धारित कथा को बनाए रखना और उस पर कार्यकरना था।
In a May 9, 2024 paper, Juri Opitz from the University of Zurich, along with Shira Wein and Nathan Schneider form Georgetown University, discussed the importance of linguistic expertise in natural language processing (NLP) in an era dominated by large language models (LLMs).
The authors explained that while machine translation (MT) previously relied heavily on linguists, the landscape has shifted. “Linguistics is no longer front and center in the way we build NLP systems,” they said. With the emergence of LLMs, which can generate fluent text without the need for specialized modules to handle grammar or semantic coherence, the need for linguistic expertise in NLP is being questioned.
1. Fairness at Play: Introducing electoral
reforms to reduce the influence of money
and muscle power in politics.
2. INTRODUCTION
India is the largest democracy in the world. It has the largest number of people with franchise
rights and the highest number of political parties, which take part in election campaign. In India,
the current political situation is unbalanced & lacking transparency in actions. The major reasons
why India is deprived of political respect is because the nonchalant attitude of voters, politician's
behavioural attributes & low qualification.
Voyage of Change
3. PROBLEM STATEMENT
In order to see India on the list of developed countries, it is very important that we bring about
change from the very elemental level of implementing progressive changes to the current political
and electoral hierarchy which decides the future of the country. Candidates participating in politics
are unprepared to pierce through the political challenges they will be facing.
The real power lies in the hands of the people, who elect their leaders to rule the country. Elections
are a very important part of framing a responsible and stable government and minors errors in
elections magnify to major flaws in efficient governance.
We chose this topic with a hope to eradicate the social stigma of "I HATE MY COUNTRY'S POLITICS"
from the minds of Indian citizens.
We propose to bring awareness among citizens about their participation in choosing an admirable
and dependable leader and also create awareness on their role in mending the loop holes in the
current electoral system.
4. EXISTINGSYSTEM
1.Candidates submit their
nomination 2-3 weeks before
election.
2.The need for minimum
qualification is not
emphasised in the current
system.
IMPACT
1.More time to scrutinize
profiles.
2.All the scrutinized profiles
can be made available to the
citizens on a active website.
3.Contributes to the decision
making power of the voters
to choose their leaders.
4.A well qualified leader is
intellectually more sound
and can take wise decisions.
IMPLIMENTATION
1.Proposed solution requires
minimal additional
infrastructures.
2.10 officers per state
required to scrutinize the
profiles.
3.The process is entirely
funded by the state.
4.Private institutions can also
be encouraged to scrutinize
candidates, which would
enhance transparency.
PROPOSED SOLUTION
1.Nomination Process
•Candidates who intend to contest in elections should mandatorily register their affidavit/file their nominations 6 months
prior to the elections.
• Candidates (at least first timers) contesting for elections should have graduation as their minimum qualification.
5. PROPOSED SOLUTION2.Mixed-Member Proportional Representation
The proposed system consists of reforms in the 2 major spheres of electoral system i.e. voting and counting
• Primarily, the number of seats in the existing council is doubled and political parties file an ordered list of pre-
nominated candidates prior to elections.
• Voting- The voter castes 2 votes, one for a candidate and another for a party.
• Counting-
i. In the first stage, the candidate with the most vote secures the seat in the council.
ii. In the second stage, votes for a party is considered and the council is accordingly balanced with a set of
pre-nominated members from the party to ensure proportional representation.
EXISTINGSYSTEM
1.It is the system of
plurality-in which the
concept of “First pass the
post” is existent.
2.The ruling party/leader in
the council is one with the
most number of votes.
IMPACT 1.The democratic institution
is strengthened due to the
proportional representation
of the citizen.
2.It reflects the voice of the
majority, which is a
prerequisite for democracy.
3.Allows political diversity
and prevents minority rule.
4.Political Citation:-
Republic of South Africa
IMPLEMENTATION
1.Political and Public
Awareness about the
proposed reform.
2.The existing EVM’s need to
be modified to incorporate
dual stage voting process.
3. Infrastructural changes to
accommodate larger
council.
6. PROPOSED SOLUTION
EXISTINGSYSTEM
1. Age-old methods such as
door-to-door campaign ,
unethical campaigning still
widely practised.
2.Large scale political rallies
held at will, leading to
political commotion.
IMPACT
1. Prevents false
propaganda since most
debates happen live.
2.Ideology of politicians
made public .
3. Awareness about
candidate/party/leaders
since most voters today,
refrain from participating in
political campaigns.
IMPLIMENTATION
1.Proposed solution requires
minimal additional
infrastructures.
2.Media houses could be
encouraged to concentrate
more on LIVE Debates rather
than on Opinion Polls .
3. 10 previously appointed
EC members would be
responsible for profiling/PDI.
3.Campagining and Public Awareness
•The new dimension in campaigning would be a series of live open debate on issues of national/regional interest
between chief candidates of every party.
•Dedicated system of profiling/Politicians Development Index (PDI), which takes into consideration candidates
agendas, previous achievements, ability to deliver promises etc.
7. PROPOSED SOLUTION
EXISTINGSYSTEM
1. By-polls are held as soon
as the representative from
the constituency resigns.
2. The reason for the
resignation is not
scrutinised for legitimacy.
3. Voters are not held
responsible for the by-
polls.
IMPACT
1. In the absence of a area
representative, the
development works in the
area stagnate.
2. Voters become more
responsible/conscious, and
willingly elect the good
candidate who could
complete his 5 year term in
office.
3. It would indirectly
enhance voter turnout.
IMPLEMENTATION
1. Constitutional
amendments, under strong
political will is a must in
order to bring about this
reform.
4. By-polls Reforms
•In view of increasing voters responsibility, the concept of by-polls should be completely removed from the system.
•In the proposed system, by-polls can be conducted only if the candidate leaves the office due to ill-health or demise.
8. PROPOSED SOLUTION
EXSISTINGSYSTEM
1. The concept of “Local
Ward Representatives “ is
absent in the current
electoral system.
2. In certain states where
the proposed reform is
present, the body is
toothless and composed of
arbitrary candidates who
are nominated in the
absence of election.
IMPACT 1. Creates a healthy system
of check and balance within
the area.
2. The local ward
representatives keep track of
the developmental work by
MLA/MP in area.
3.The interests of a smaller
group of people is
represented.
4.Platform for aspiring
candidates , who wish to
take up larger political role in
the future.
IMPLEMENTATION
1. Minimal Infrastructure
would be required to
house the body of local
representatives.
2.Constitutional
amendments, along with a
definitive structure needs
to be established to for the
functioning of the Local
Ward Committee ,under
strong political will.
5.Electing Local Ward Representatives
• An Area Ward, typically consisting of 25,000 to 1,00,000 people is sub-divided into regions consisting of 5000 voters.
•For every 5000 voters, a local ward representative is chosen.
•Election for local ward representative is conducted in parallel with state election.
9. CHALLENGES FACED
• Lack of political will.
• Adaption to immediate changes in the political system may take some time.
• Lack of awareness amongst voters due to which implementing proportional voting is
challenging.
• Absence of an authoritative and dedicated election commission , resulting in ineffective
decision making.
• First step is to elect a parliament consisting of determined politicians.
• Increase public participation in electoral awareness by educating the masses through various
mass media.
• Strengthen the election commission by making it a self-contained, autonomous body consisting
of neutral, dynamic and efficient officers.
• Initiate minimal financial support from the government for a better electoral system.
MITIGATION FACTORS
10. CONCLUSION
We perceive a ideal democratic contented state to be-
• People should be able to hold those in power accountable.
• Politics should offer people real alternatives.
• Our institutions should reflect the people they serve.
• Everyone should be able to shape the decisions that affect their life.
• Every vote and voice has a value and should be heard.
“You” have the power to decide your countries destiny and
“only you” as a good citizen will drive your countries future
towards glory.
11. Team Eternity
• Sanjna Srivatsa
• Mahidar C
• Aniruddha K
• Arundathi Belur
• Shashank S