Episode 04 : Kings Every Day

People's Power (Part 3)

You can take charge of your governance. Watch the example of Kerala where residents of many villages make decisions regarding their welfare. In gram sabhas villagers get together and decide what aspect of development they want to prioritize. T. R. Raghunandan, former Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Government of India, and an advocate of decentralized governance explains how the Kerala model works. Shahina Perween, who works with The Hunger Project, an organization that aims to support women panchayat leaders’ talks about her experiences working in Bihar. Sowmya Kidambi, Director, Society for Social Audit, Accountability and Transparency, an organization set up by the Department of Rural Development in the Andhra Pradesh government talks about how independent social audits have proved to be an effective tool in monitoring government schemes.

  

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