Competitiveness of Lok Sabha Constituencies in India
Civitas Consultancies Pvt Ltd has engaged CPPR to study and rank the competitiveness of Lok Sabha Constituencies in India. The project features GIS, IRS images, competitiveness index etc. The project envisages better governance by reflecting on potential growth of a constituency. CPPR envisions a dialogue on the political landscape that meets the economic growth of the country by harnessing the expertise and knowledge domain of Institute of Competitiveness. This process assists the political leaders in their developmental discourse. The investment, accessibility and the transparency is the potential outcomes of this project. The Members of Parliament can leverage upon this index to understand lacunas and defects in the development of their constituencies. Hence this project recalls the institutional mechanisms pertaining to the demands and requirements of electorate.
The study on Competitiveness of Lok Sabha Constituencies in India will be developed into an interactive website. The website will be an amalgamation of various online platforms that helps to measure the daily updates with the support of rigorous econometric analysis, GIS maps and IRS forecasts. This helps an investor to understand the supply chain management and business cycles that would facilitate to an entrepreneur to reach an appropriate decision. Helping to mitigate risks and packaging the product in a customized market is the value proposition to this venture. Potential partners and investors are invited to this venture. The website will help to identify the improvements required in the basic amenities, infrastructure development, commodity and financial markets etc. This theme will help how to track the inclusive growth pattern of the constituencies thus helping all the stake holders to invest their time/money and resources for not only for widening the scope of their enterprise but also for the social change. This project is designed in way that the content information is sold on demand in addition to the sharing of the basic information to the general public.
Why constituencies? In India, data collection is done at the panchayat level, block level, district level and at the state level. The project focuses on from the grassroots and building the knowledge. With the increased role of Governance in this country, representatives of the people at every level are the important gateways for their own constituency. The pro active role of legislatures and the members of the executive redefine governance to the public domain. The platform upholds transparency, accountability and better governance in the public sphere. Information sharing and knowledge dissemination are accomplished in a competent and fair manner. The key advantage is avoiding duplication and mismanagement of resources at the district and at the constituency level. The government becomes the support system for an effective approach with the aid of people’s representatives and bureaucracy. Hence attaining Inclusive growth, comprehensive development and fortifies the institution.
Thus an Online Project Management and facilitation by the stake holders. The website also features interactive project management option where in which the general public as well as the relevant stake holders can propose a project of relevance in their localities and region. This will pave way for effective management of resources as well as the requisite developmental stratagem for that locality. In nutshell, this platform helps not only in storing the data but also the effective market research to forecast the futuristic goals. This leads the selling and sharing data, forecasting the growth and binds the demand and supply at the micro level.
RESEARCH PROGRAMMES
Digital RTI Mission
Digital RTI Mission is a project by Centre for Public Policy Research which aims at making Kerala the first RTI digital state of India and later expanding it to the rest of India.
L3 (Law, Liberty & Livelihood) This project aims to study the livelihood regulations and entry level barriers for informal sectors in 63 Indian cities.The project is supported by Sri Dorabji Tata Trust and implemented in partnership with Centre for Civil Society (CCS). [read more]
India Development Indicators
India Development Indicators is an online platform that leverages existing investments in data by standardizing, harmonizing, and visualizing development data at various resolutions such as state, district, parliamentary constituency etc.
[read more] School Chain Index
A project supported by Fraser Institute, Canada to trace and analyse managements in India that handle more than three schools. [read more]
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES
The Right to Information Campaign
CPPR is the leading organisation active in RTI Act Campaign across Kerala. The Centre has conducted numerous awareness sessions to increase the common man's access to the act through practical knowledge dissemination. [read more]
ADR Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) mechanisms are out of court settlements aimed at settling disputes in an amicable manner. CPPR has initiated a campaign to take the benefits of ADR to the common man to get timely and cost effective justice. [read more]
Externship Externship is a unique concept of CPPR to encourage research entrepreneur- ship among the youth of indegenous and rural communities and empower individuals to generate solutions to their problems. [read more]
YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES
Theatre Workshop
Rangsanskruti, an existing theatre group engages in conducting workshops designed to discover and enhance creative abilities and skills of participants. [read more]
Soft Skills Development Training
It aims to build up the competencies of the employees so that it compliments with the organization’s core strengths in maximizing productivity & profitability. [read more]
URBAN GOVERNANCE
Urban Research
This wing dwells into the importance for urban research as more than half of the world’s population lives in urban areas. Over 90 percent of urban growth is taking place in the developing world. Over 1 billion people live in slums worldwide. Aproximately 360 million people live in the low elevation coastal zone in urban areas.These increasing issues relating to traffic, transport and infrastructural set up in urban areas has led to a paradigm shift in the way we move forward. Urbanization is now considered a key element in promoting economic growth, if well managed. CPPR has taken up this initiative with the focus to help the corporation to find solutions to the urban problems in Kochi, recommend policy changes and to make sure that the policies are implemented on time.