Maintenance of law and order, prevention and detection of crimes, traffic management, VIP security and security of vital installations are some of the important duties police are required to perform. In addition they have to implement the provisions of many social legislation. It has been our endeavour in Karnataka to provide an effective, efficient and responsive police force with very good interface with public. In Karnataka State, we have taken many people-friendly initiatives in the last one and half years to improve our service delivery and bring about a change in attitude of police officers from authority mode to service mode. During the implementation of these schemes we realized, among other things, that the traditional work culture of the police can be a barrier to further improvements. Without a systematic and independent study that examines these issues, it is difficult to arrive at an agenda for reform and change. It is against this backdrop that we authorized a study of the police work culture in the State by Public Affairs Centre (PAC), Bangalore.
The document gives a brief but comprehensive synopsis of PAC's expertise and capabilities developed, and experience gained, since the organisation's inception in 1994.
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PAC had been asked by the National Rural Roads Development Authority to conduct a monitoring and evaluative study of the implementation of its landmark scheme, the Pradhan Mantri's Gram Sadak Yojana using its innovative citizen-friendly road construction monitoring tool developed in conjunction with RASTA Institute for Road Technology. Sample areas were chosen in rural Karnataka and Orissa for Phase 2 of this study. The report gives the findings.
Bangalore Mahanagara Palike’s (BMP) maternity homes represent the only decentralised set of health facilities in Bangalore that are accessed by relatively low-income women and children. A network of outreach centres has now been created through IPP 8 to expand and further strengthen the services of the maternity homes. While this expansion and upgradation of the health facilities for the poor needs to be applauded, it is important that careful thought is given to their proper utilisation, maintenance and effectiveness. This comparative study on Maternity Homes, Urban Family Welfare Centres and IPP Health Centres, discusses the system’s maladies, concerns about the future of these facilities and presents some thoughts on how to address them.