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The Media on CCS |
Book Reviews |
State of Governance-Delhi Citizen Handbook 2006 |
The Evaluation Report of the Planning Department recommended the Delhi Energy Development Agency be closed down in 1997, but the agency's still in the process of being wound up. This, among a host of others, is a finding from Parth J Shah's Centre for Civil Society's (CCS's) second Delhi Citizen Handbook, a primer on various departments in the capital's government, what they're supposed to deliver and what they actually do. Business StandardMore... |
It is an efficient tool to negotiate the "system", especially in a city where the capital development organisation, the Delhi Development Authority (DDA), was listed by the World Bank as the world's most corrupt organisation (in '04). The Delhi Citizen Handbook '06, a guide to the state of governance here, makes its second appearance after three years and, sadly, reports little progress. OutlookMore...
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Law Liberty and Livelihood- making a living on the streets |
The concerns of those who must make a living on the street drive Parth J. Shah and Naveen Mandava to explore the baffling contradictions of urban India; they study the phenomenon of thousands of street hawkers and traders providing a range of goods and services to the community and yet being treated as a negative offshoot of urbanisation. The HinduMore...
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Jharkhand Citizen Handbook |
Jharkhand Citizen Handbook brought out by the Centre for Civil Society, for the Ranchi-based Hindi daily Prabhat Khabar shows, governance and investment don't necessarily go hand in hand, though it is true that without governance there can be little investment. Business StandardMore...
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State of Governance-Delhi Citizen Handbook 2003 |
A research project involving a score of fresh graduates, it has unearthed some shocking facts to possibly shake the common man out of his reverie. OutlookMore...
Study shows Delhi wanting in basic infrastructure. The Financial ExpressMore...
A commendable exercise; I prefer it to Calcuttans' endless processions against something or the other. They should be more constructive, and should focus on changing things, not merely condemning them. Business World
For what it contains in its 346 pages, the remarkable fact is that it took only a dozen young and enthusiastic people, working just three months, to unearth a set of devastating findings about various Delhi government organisations and their activities, to then pose fundamental questions, and to underline the scope for corrective action. Rediff.com |
Events |
Jeevika 2005 |
At the Jeeevika Film festival, the frame became a vehicle of discovery – of the invisible existence and livelihoods of communities that barely survive on the margins. Tehelka More...
21 film-makers suggest ways to look beyond the obvious- The Asian ageMore...
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Jeevika 2003 |
The Centre for Civil Society's search for truth has taken everyday cases of harassment caused by legal and regulatory restrictions as well as bureaucratic process of approvals and licences and encapsulated these in the form of a film festival held in Delhi over the week-end. The HinduMore...
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