Enhancing State Practices: A Platform for Economic Growth and Collaboration
This initiative aims to create an online platform for Indian states to share and learn from each other's successful practices, fostering inclusive economic growth and collaboration. It emphasizes the importance of inter-state synergies and information sharing to overcome barriers and achieve sustainable development goals.
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CUTS Initiative: Online Communicative Platform of State Practices Tanushree Bhatnagar CONSUMER UNITY & TRUST SOCIETY 1
Outline of the Presentation India s Economic Growth and Indian States Indian State: Boiling Pots for Experiments Need for an information platform Work done already Need to broaden the scope So what exactly do we have in mind? Objectives Methodology Proposed Challenges and Recommendations Outcomes Outcomes 2
Indias Economic Growth and Indian States India: Once a shining economy right now going through a rough patch Stress on Faster, Sustainable and more Inclusive growth and creating inter-state synergies - Twelfth five year plan Federal structure makes States an integral contributor to the India s growth story Some states are able to achieve better public policy outcomes manifested through better economic growth and governance and while others continue to languish at substantially lower levels Inter-state synergies: one of the ways to achieve inclusive growth and break barriers to dissemination of ideas/successful endeavors 3
Indian States: Boiling Pots for Experiments India is a country with many successful not-so- successful experiments in states , unique to the states, that do not achieve scale Most of the times, such experiments in one state do not reach the other sharing and dissemination to enable States to engage with and learn from each other on issues of common interest Strong need for information 4
Need for an Information platform The strengthening of the innovation ecosystem requires a platform for information sharing and dissemination This will enable easyaccess to various practices in the states a wider information repository on innovation and a platform for collaboration Use Technology desirable of Information and Communication 5
Work Done Already The issue of documenting such practices across States in India has been sporadically undertaken: Studies by Planning Commission in association with UNDP National Resource Cell for Decentralised District Planning (NRCDDP), by Planning Commission under the Government of India-UN Joint Programme on Convergence (GoI-UNJPC) e-forum for all water utilities by the Delhi Jal Board to discuss, debate and ideate on best practices on water management and technology related issues 6
Need to broaden the scope The stated attempts however only mention about successful practices and there is a strong need to highlight the not- so-successful practices also, so that successful practices are replicated and the other practices avoided Additionally, the practices highlighted also need to be analysed further using internal inputs and third-party feedbacks There is no platform where states can engage with and learn from each other Similar practices in different States might result in varying outcomes and with the locus of political accountability shifting to States, States must tailor the ideas to their own needs and demands. 7
Definitions Good/Successful Practices Not-so-Successful Practices Those adopted by one State in relation to and to issue/problem that has arisen in the State. practices which are Those practices which have been adopted and are in use/were in use in a particular State that have not had a positive or has had an adverse impact within the State, and those practices that should be highlighted so that other States are inspired to do better and avoid following the same path. resolve any Such practices should be able to effectively deal problem to be solved, with the should be replicable by other States and should impact on the stakeholders, have a sustainable 8
ILLUSTRATION Top 5 states in terms of rate of growth of Gross State Domestic Product S.No. 1980-81 to 1990-91 1991-92 to 1998-99 1. Rajasthan Gujarat 2. Haryana Maharashtra 3. Maharashtra West Bengal 4. Andhra Pradesh Tamil Nadu 5. Tamil Nadu Madhya Pradesh Source: Planning Commission of India 9
Taking lessons from the other states Successful practice: Surat, Gujarat: A Success story in Urban Affairs Not-so-successful practice: Rajasthan: under utilisation of funds under MGNREGA 10
So what exactly do we have in mind? A dynamic and dispassionate compendium of successful practices, that are replicable and not-so-successful practices which should be avoided but if necessary to implement would provide the pitfalls from previous experience(s)followed/adopted by States in India. One-stop destination for single window access to successful as well as not-so- successful practices, indexed under specific heads such as agriculture, education, etc. Allowing for online discussions, webinars, expert comments for efficient dissemination of information. Using ICT desirable given the wider outreach and ease of access of an online compendium- coherent, user friendly, sustainable and interactive Using standardised metadata, controlled vocabularies and qualified sources is also desirable Capturing of approaches adopted by other countries and the work already done in India in similar situations will enable cross fertilization and provide global scalability and replicability 11
Objectives Programme Objective: Improved access to Quality, verifiable and reliable information Developmental Objective: Wide Information Repository on innovation, collaboration actions, synergies and leveraging on initiatives across states to highlight success and not-so- successful practices which can help other states to imbibe and improve their own policies and practices Directional Objective: Enable states to take lessons from the practices highlighted 12
Methodology Proposed Mapping of examples by independent and apolitical state partners: Analyses of collected information GREESS Model Action Research CUTS: (i) Desk (ii) Field at (i) Field research (ii) apolitical based on a given checklist Choosing instances Online Communicative Platform: (i) Online discussions (ii) Webinars (iii) State Performance Score Cards Outreach Programmes: Overall Goals: (i)Increased accountability (ii)Knowledge enhancement (iii)Inclusive economic growth (i) dissemination (ii) advocacy (iii) networking and Hosted government outside 13
State Practices Practices reating to governance which directly impacts or is directly related to areas for which states government are responsible. These successful as well as not so successful practices should be selected based on their innovativeness, appropriateness, sustainability, reliability and political and social impact. 14
Cont The target audience may include: policymakers, legislators, media persons, academicians, researchers, inter-governmental organisations, governments of other countries, etc. The successs of final outcome will be monitored with the help of success indicators: Feedback and participation in the discussion on forum Reference in action research conducted by other agencies Inspiration taken by other states 15
Challenges Lack of political will on part of states to take examples from the successful or not so successful practices in other states Dissemination of the information Discontinuity of state partners/ state representatives Not availability of complete or verified information Sustainability of the portal 16
Recommendations Need for large scale advocacy to disseminate information as well as to infuse political will within the states to give the platform a chance to prove its worth Need to update the concerned ministers/policy makers and the government departments Need for a strong network in each state and an effective mechanism for ensuring and maintaining institutional memory effective and sustainable strategy for continuous IT support Create demand amongst states and academicians. Make it paid portal later on 17
Expected Outcomes enhanced public availability of successful and not- so-successful practices -collected through action research increased incidents of adopting the successful practices by the states increased civic review of successful and not-so- successful practices increased interest among state governments for Performance Score Cards. 18
Overall Outcomes The process will lead to overall improvement in the policies and practices, improved service delivery within the country and improved development results The following are positive consequences if the above-stated results are achieved: There will be knowledge enhancement of policy makers and the project beneficiaries and the States in India, through dissemination. Increased Accountability Inclusive social, political and institutional growth in the selected areas. Actions will be streamlined so as to achieve improvements over time, and thus add to the economic growth of the States and the country. 19
Road Ahead Policy and practice change will be based on the assumption that social and political environment in states will be conducive for advocacy of such changes. Acknowledge the fact that the expected and overall outcomes will be achieved over a long period of time through a slow yet steady process 20
THANK YOU CONSUMER UNITY & TRUST SOCIETY D-217, BhaskarMarg, Bani Park Jaipur 302 016, India Ph: 91.141.228 2821; Fx: 91.141.228 2485 Web: www.cuts-international.org 21
