Table of contents Social Watch India
Citizens Report on Governance and Development 2003

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	Contents
	Foreword
	List of Abbreviations
	Making Sense of Democracy
Part I: Seeking Accountability - Parliament Watch
	Introduction
	Social Composition of Parliament
	Time Management
	Quorum
	Cost of Parliament
	Overall Performance of the Two Houses of Parliament
	The Lok Sabha
	The Rajya Sabha
	Legislative Business
	Working of Parliament: An Analysis
	Question Hour
	Assurance
	Parliament's Commitment to Social Development
Part II: Rhetoric and Reality - Policy Watch
	Introduction
	Health Care Scenario: A Background
	National Health Policy 2002
	Union Budget 2002-03
	Pharmaceutical Policy, 2002
	The Patents (Amendment) Bill, 2002
	State of Education in India: Some Major Indicators
	Poverty and its Correlates
	Implications of Current Policies for Poverty Correlates
	A Concluding Remark
Part III: Access to Justice - Watching the Supreme Court
	Part 1: Qualitative Review
	Constitutional and Administrative Law
	Judiciary
	Labour and Service Laws
	Education
	Environmental Law
	Redefining Criminal Law Jurisprudence
	Change in Judicial Stances
	Dominant Judicial Attitudes
	Part 2: Quantitative Review
	Pendency of Cases in Various Courts
	Reasons for Delay in Justice Delivery
	Benchmarking Productivity for Judges
	Budgetary Allocation for Judiciary
	Conclusion
Part IV: Grassroot Democracy - Watching Local Governance
	Perspective on Decentralised Governance
	Constitutionalisation of Panchayati Raj Institutions
	Operational Challanges in Strengthening PRIs
Annexures
	Information on Parliament (Annexure I to XVI)
	Information on Health, Literacy and Poverty (Annexure XVII to XXXII)
	Information on Panchayati Raj (Annexure XXXIII to XXXVI)
	People Involved
	List of References