ETHICS IN SOCIAL AUDITING - ROLE OF CSOs FOR INCLUSIVE DEVELOPMENT

Dear All

Inn continuation, published another paper in Asia Journal of Ethics and Management and its Abstract is pasted below as:

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ETHICS IN SOCIAL AUDITING - ROLE OF CSOs FOR

INCLUSIVE DEVELOPMENT

Lakshmi Narayana, N.

Director

Geo Rehabilitation Centre

Hyderabad.

Email: grcnln@gmail.com

ABSTRACT

          India has got sufficient resources to cater the needs of its people but not their greed. The unethical business oriented development has brought the development of selected people by pushing majority of the population to marginalization with deepened poverty and vulnerabilities. Continuation of such processes has affected the health and wealth of the people and environment with poor participation, accessibility, affordability, accountability, transparency, sustainability & quality of life. In spite of having sufficient resources matching to the needs of the people, still the Nation is facing barriers to move from developing to developed which is alarming the stakeholders to search for people oriented solutions. There exist several villages without water but not without wine which reflects the concern and commitment of the delivery system. The search for need based solutions ends at Social Auditing which improves the participation, accountability and transparency in utilizing the resources with improved availability, accessibility and affordability. Social Auditing of selected Civil Society Originations has improved the service delivery channel with the model of designing, implementation, monitoring and evolution both internal as well as external environment. As CSOs are well linked with Government, Private, Corporate and Funding Agencies, the process has resulted for significant impact with change in the management of the resources with innovation. The tool is simple, participative, flexible and should be made mandatory to all the departments and service providers with better participation.          

Key Words: Social Auditing, Development, Participation, Inclusion, Accountability, Transparency.  

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Looking forward for better connectivity...

All the best. 

SUGGESTIONS FOR DIRECT CASH TRANSFER (DCT)

Dear All

The comments and suggestions made on the proposed Direct Cash Transfer (DCT) (see more at: http://www.downtoearth.org.in/content/will-cash-transfer-check-migration) were pasted below as:

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The author has brought the reality of the Direct Cash Transfer(DCT) implemented in various countries. Congratulations to the author for bringing such analysis which heps to understand the consequences in the case of India. Broadly, it is clear that DCT has got limitation in checking the migration. In some case, it may improve the migration.

India is moving with DCT in the selected districts. It is expected that:£ It may create confusion and poor access as the eligibility of having the Adhar Card has not reached every one.

£ The transfer of money to the banks or others not having bank facilities may create some barriers and conflicts.

£ DCT is going to give better results in terms of minimizing the cost of service delivery systems (SDS).

£ If the amount is utilized for developmental activities, then it may result for enhancing resources.

£ It may be used to fund the migration and thus enhances the migration and further consequences.

£ It may become additional burden to the women

£ It may increase the dependency rather than looking for independent channel of livelihoods.

£ It may invite some issues as it is individual orientated rather than the community based,

£ Keep it as People oriented developmental scheme rather than popularity oriented one,  and

£ Like any other schemes, sustainability of DCT is still lingering in the minds of the targeted groups.

In spite of the expectations and challenges as listed above, still scheme can be made effective with:

£ effective measures of monitoring and evaluation at all levels.

£ Better participation of the targeted groups and other stakeholders,

£ Use the Social Auditing Tools for effective reach and utilization,

£ Needs to check the migration as it is one of the key barrier in creating sustainable solutions with quality,

£ Utilize the services of the NGOs and other Civil Society Organizations for better reach and utilization.

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Looking forward for better sharing and reflections so as to make DCT more effective in terms of utilization and change expected....

All the best.