Lok Satta - A Movement for Democratic Reforms in India

            
 
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Case Code : LDEN031
Case Length : 14 Pages
Period : 1977-2004
Pub Date : 2004
Teaching Note : Available
Organization : Lok Satta
Industry : -
Countries : India

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"Lok Satta1 has been the most exciting effort in the world if we take into account the roles the organization has been playing in the areas of think tank function, advocacy function and mass mobilization."2

- Dr. Jayaprakash Narayan, Coordinator,
National Campaign, Lok Satta, in 2004.

People Power

Lok Satta, founded in 1997 by Dr. Jayaprakash Narayan (JP), a former Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer, was the largest organized movement in India by 2004, aimed at democratic reforms and better delivery of governance services. Though Lok Satta's presence was limited to one state - Andhra Pradesh, (AP)3 - its objectives were pan-Indian. At the local level, Lok Satta members worked for better public services through collective effort. At the national level, they worked with other like-minded groups and individuals to build a national movement for governance reforms in the country. Because of the high credibility it enjoyed, Lok Satta has been successful in bringing individuals and action groups together and has achieved success in a number of reform initiatives.

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 Lok Satta aimed at asserting people's sovereignty through a free and fair electoral process, decentralization of power and instruments of accountability like the right to information, citizen charters etc. It also engaged in research/ advocacy projects in the areas of political, judicial4 and electoral reforms, instruments of accountability/anti-corruption measures, and in the functioning of local governments."

Background Note

Studies by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)5 and Transparency International (TI)6 have shown that effectiveness in governance and human development are correlated. In a survey7 conducted by Transparency International (TI) in South Asia, between November 2001 and May 2002, all the respondents reported bribery in at least one of the government departments they had interacted with (Refer Exhibit I). Gopakumar Krishnan, Asia Programme Manager at the TI-Secretariat said, "The survey results show that even when public services are meant to be freely available, bribes and delays keep many from receiving them, and it is most often the poorest in society that suffer most"8...

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1]  http://www.thp.org

2]  In conversation with the writer of this case.

3]  There are 29 states and six union territories in India.

4]  Over 30,000 central and State laws are prevalent in the country and over 30 million cases are pending in law courts.

5]  United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is the UN's global development network advocating change and connecting countries to knowledge, experience and resources to help people build a better life.

6]  Transparency International is an NGO that focuses on cross-border corruption and works with the mission of creating change that will lead to a corruption free world.

7]  Transparency International surveyed 5157 rural and urban households in India as part of their South Asian survey. The survey looked at the service delivery and corruption in seven public services: Health Care, Education, Power, Land Administration, Taxation, Police and the Judiciary.

8]  www.transparency.org/pressreleases_archive/2002/2002.12.17.south_asia_survey.html.

 

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