Current context: The Minister of State for Rural Development Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti inaugurated the ‘National Seminar on Social Audit of Rural Development Programmes’ on 13th November 2019.
b. Only 2
c. Both 1 and 2
d. None of them
- She also released the Social Audit Guidelines for National Social Assistance Program (NSAP) and Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana –Grameen (PMAY-G).
- A report titled ‘Status of Social Audits in India’ was also released at the seminar.
- The seminar was jointly organised by the Department of Rural Development and National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj.
- The objective of the seminar was to understand the current status of social audits and develop plans to roll out a social audit in other programmes.
- Social Audit is a public assembly where all the details of a project are scrutinized that includes the resources, both financial and non-financial, used by public agencies for development initiatives.
- It involves an in-depth analysis of the working of an entity in which the public is involved.
Question:
Q.1 The term “Social Audit” refers to?- Getting only the financial details of public agencies working for development initiatives
- In-depth analysis of entities in which the public is involved
b. Only 2
c. Both 1 and 2
d. None of them
