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Shyam Singh
Department of Social Sciences Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA) Anand India

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Academic paper
Published: 21 September 2020 in Journal of Public Affairs
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Civil society in India plays the role of an intermediary that encourages citizens to participate in governance processes, facilitates their access to basic entitlements, and helps them connect with local government to address grievances. One of the mechanisms used is public hearings (PHs). PHs connects citizens directly with the government by shortening long and complex administrative processes. PHs also compensate for weakening distributional capacities and grievance redressal mechanisms of public systems. This article attempts to understand the efficacy of civil society‐organized PHs in helping citizens access social security benefits. The article concludes that PHs help in educating citizens about the governance processes and provide relevant information. PHs also reduce the gap between citizens and the government by facilitating a public space that citizens use in communicating their grievances.

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Shyam Singh; Yogesh Kumar. Civil society‐mediated governance: Making social security programs work through public hearings in India. Journal of Public Affairs 2020, 1 .

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Shyam Singh, Yogesh Kumar. Civil society‐mediated governance: Making social security programs work through public hearings in India. Journal of Public Affairs. 2020; ():1.

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Shyam Singh; Yogesh Kumar. 2020. "Civil society‐mediated governance: Making social security programs work through public hearings in India." Journal of Public Affairs , no. : 1.

Academic paper
Published: 16 May 2019 in Journal of Public Affairs
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Many Indian states have enacted Right to Public Services Guarantee Act that promises the delivery of public services to citizens in time‐bound fashion, failing to which, responsible government officials face financial penalty. Therefore, effective service delivery, an indicator of good and responsive governance, is being attempted to be achieved through a “system of disincentive.” The paper tries to analyze if the system of disincentive is effective in ensuring administrative accountability. The paper is based on primary and secondary data. The primary data were collected as part of an action research carried out in 2012, which was supplemented with secondary data collected for different studies during 2015 and 2016. The paper uses a governance accountability framework to analyze implementation of the Act. The study finds that although success rate of implementation of the Act is quite high, the Act presents a narrow idea of accountability. There are no accountability norms for higher officials and elected leaders who head the public service departments. The study also finds that necessary accountability structures have not been developed and there is a dearth of enabling environment that makes accountability structures effective. The study also finds that, despite the provisions for financial penalty, responsible officials find ways to escape. The study exposes weak points in the implementation of the Act, which can be strengthened to achieve desired outcomes. The study can be an important source for course corrections in the states/countries where right to public service delivery is in effect.

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Shyam Singh; Yogesh Kumar; Rakesh Arrawatia. Can disincentives bring accountability in governance? Experiences of Right to Public Services Guarantee Act in Madhya Pradesh State of India. Journal of Public Affairs 2019, 19, 1 .

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Shyam Singh, Yogesh Kumar, Rakesh Arrawatia. Can disincentives bring accountability in governance? Experiences of Right to Public Services Guarantee Act in Madhya Pradesh State of India. Journal of Public Affairs. 2019; 19 (4):1.

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Shyam Singh; Yogesh Kumar; Rakesh Arrawatia. 2019. "Can disincentives bring accountability in governance? Experiences of Right to Public Services Guarantee Act in Madhya Pradesh State of India." Journal of Public Affairs 19, no. 4: 1.

Journal article
Published: 06 July 2018 in Sustainability
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This study examines the continuum of sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) policies, and analyzes broad patterns that have emerged with respect to monitoring and evaluation practices in the CSR programs of Indian companies under new CSR regulations. Under these regulations, the Indian firms are mandated to spend at least 2% of their profits on social and development sectors. We specifically analyze (i) how Indian companies have conceptualized the idea of sustainability in their annual sustainability reports, and how these ideas get reflected in their CSR policies, and (ii) the monitoring and evaluation practices in CSR interventions. The study uses both primary and secondary data sources, and employs text network analysis and narratives-based content analysis to analyze the data. We find that the conceptualization of sustainability is a largely rhetoric and customary exercise that does not take into account variations in firms’ businesses. This approach toward sustainability initiatives presents serious challenges to sustainability, including social sustainability. The study also finds that there is lack of ‘willingness’ and ‘readiness’ among Indian companies to measure and monitor the outcomes of CSR interventions, which is arguably one of the most robust ways to signal their commitment toward corporate sustainability. Although mandatory CSR spending is a recent phenomenon in India, our study establishes that it is only through the design of effective CSR policies that the best practices for Indian business community can emerge in the near future.

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Shyam Singh; Nathalie Holvoet; Vivek Pandey. Bridging Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility: Culture of Monitoring and Evaluation of CSR Initiatives in India. Sustainability 2018, 10, 2353 .

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Shyam Singh, Nathalie Holvoet, Vivek Pandey. Bridging Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility: Culture of Monitoring and Evaluation of CSR Initiatives in India. Sustainability. 2018; 10 (7):2353.

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Shyam Singh; Nathalie Holvoet; Vivek Pandey. 2018. "Bridging Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility: Culture of Monitoring and Evaluation of CSR Initiatives in India." Sustainability 10, no. 7: 2353.

Research article
Published: 06 June 2014 in Social Change
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The deadline of attaining first set of Millennium Development Goals is ending in 2015. Irrespective of mixed results perceived so far, the negotiations have started to discuss the agenda to be adopted post-2015. United Nations-led deliberations are focusing over the issues and developmental priorities to be taken for the task post-2015. The civil society has received prominent space in these deliberations. This has triggered the debate as to what role civil society should play in the post-2015 development process, given that the leading agenda of the development will be framed as per the wish of the state, and that the relations between civil society and state have historically been combative. This paper analyses this question in the Indian context considering the country-specific developmental needs and priorities.

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Yogesh Kumar; Shyam Singh. MDGs and Post-2015 Development Agenda: Prospects for Indian Civil Society. Social Change 2014, 44, 249 -261.

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Yogesh Kumar, Shyam Singh. MDGs and Post-2015 Development Agenda: Prospects for Indian Civil Society. Social Change. 2014; 44 (2):249-261.

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Yogesh Kumar; Shyam Singh. 2014. "MDGs and Post-2015 Development Agenda: Prospects for Indian Civil Society." Social Change 44, no. 2: 249-261.