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Network for Social Accountability (NSA) believes that 'development' is not an automatic process and it needs consistent efforts to carry forward the process. These efforts can be in the form of initiatives for creating a wider space for open debate, promoting pluralities and contributing to the theory and practice of a participative democratic alternative and seeking accountability from the policymakers. Network for Social Accountability seeks to perform the role of a development agent to facilitate the process.

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Why Social Accountability?

The public policies in India have not only failed to provide relief to the poor and the marginalised sections of our society, but their wrong approach towards development and growth has resulted in a steady crowding out of the dissenting voices. The mainstream component of the media and the academics has transformed themselves into an instrument for propagating these wrong policies uncritically. Knowing it very well that the resistance to these policies can only be based on the expansion of democratic spaces, and in the first instance of forums of open debate, NSA seeks to resist the anti people policies through rediscovering marginalised voices, promoting pluralities and contributing to the theory and practice of a participative democratic alternative.

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Outcome of the State Level Civil Society Convention on Health Sector Budgeting in Orissa-Organised by CEHAT, HRLN, BGVS, NSA

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Implementation of the Scheduled Caste Sub-Plan (SCSP) in Orissa -By Sashiprava Bindhani and Siba Sankar Mohanty Government Itch for Regulating Broadcast Media is Contrary to Democratic Tenets -By N K Singh The Problem of Being Advani- By N. K. Singh Faulty Electoral System and Will of the People- By N. K. Singh 350 Union Budget 2009-10: A Response- By NSA Research Team 349 Communal Violence in Orissa: Issues and Concerns- By Sashiprabha Bindhani Proposals of Kishan Sabha on Minimum Support Prices for the year 2009-10 (MSP)- By All India Kisan Sabha NSA Response to Health Sector Interventions in Union Budget Priorities for Social Sector Spending in Orissa: A Reality Check -By Nilachala Acharya NSA Response to Health Sector Interventions in Union Budget -UPA Rule and Public Provisioning for Health Services in India -By Siba Sankar Mohanty

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27-28 December 2009: State Level Training Workshop on “Health Budget Analysis at District Level Governance” Outcome of the State level Civil Society COnvention on Health Sector Budgets in Orissa Invitation to participate in a “State Level Convention on Health Sector Budget in Orissa” jointly organised by CEHAT, HRLN, BGVS-JSA and NSA Release of the Book "Striking when the Iron is Hot: A Case Study of the Pohang Steel Company (POSCO) Proposed Project in Orissa -by Manshi Asher, National Centre for Advocacy Studies, Pune

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