The Foundation for Democratic Reforms is a non-profit, non-partisan and independent research institution founded by Dr. Jayaprakash Narayan, an Indian Administrative Service officer turned politician and a political activist based in Hyderabad.[1] It is one of India's leading think tanks and scientific research-resource center for studying, formulating and promoting fundamental reforms in political, electoral and governance spheres and in critical areas of state policy.[2][3][4][5] Established in 1996 and located in Hyderabad, it is recognized by the Department of Scientific & Industrial Research (DSIR), Ministry of Science & Technology, Govt. of India.[6][7]
Objective
The aim of the foundation is to enable every Indian citizen to fully realize and enjoy:
- Liberty and basic freedoms
- Genuine democracy
- Self-governance
- Self-correcting institutions
- Rule of law
Focus areas
- Political and electoral reforms
- Good governance
- Empowerment of local governments
- Judicial reforms
- Key areas of state policy such as education, healthcare, agriculture, and cooperatives
Areas of work
Surajya Movement: a movement to awaken people about good governance[8]
Indian Democracy at Work: a forum to deliberate on critical levers of change that need to be pushed to make democracy deliver better results conducted first Conference on Money Power in Politics[9][10][11]
See also
- Youth Parliament Program
- Democracy in India
- Election Commission of India
- List of think tanks in India
References
- ↑ Latest Foundation For Democratic Reforms News. Lokmat English. Retrieved 2020-09-17.
- ↑ Why Andhra's Jaya Prakash Narayana Failed Where Delhi's Arvind Kejriwal Succeeded. The Wire. Retrieved 2020-09-17.
- ↑ Foundation for Democratic Reforms
- ↑ J P Narayan. Centre For Civil Society(2015-11-09). Retrieved 2020-07-19.
- ↑ Will Jayaprakash Narayan's Lok Satta Party be another nail in the coffin of old political parties?. The Economic Times. Retrieved 2020-09-17.
- ↑ Why IAS Officer-Turned-Politician Jaya Prakash Narayan Failed To Capture Power In AP Where Arvind Kejriwal Succeeded In Delhi?, Haseeb, Ahssanuddin. #KhabarLive Hyderabad. Retrieved 2020-09-17.
- ↑ About us • Youth Parliament Program. Youth Parliament Program. Retrieved 2020-07-19.
- ↑ Surajya Movement | Foundation for Democratic Reforms. Retrieved 2020-07-19.
- ↑ Vice President calls for effective laws against huge election expenditure by parties and populist spending by governments. pib.gov.in. Retrieved 2020-07-19.
- ↑ Conference on 'Money Power in Politics' on January 9. thehansindia.com(2020-01-03). Retrieved 2020-07-19.
- ↑ Naidu advocates evolving laws to control ‘Money Power in Politics’. magzter.com. Retrieved 2020-07-19.