First meeting of the Social Audit Advisory Body (SAAB) held

  • January 23, 2024
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First meeting of the Social Audit Advisory Body (SAAB) held

Subject : Polity

Section: National Body

Context:

  • The 1st meeting of the Social Audit Advisory Body (SAAB) was held on 18th January 2024 at the conference hall, Dr Ambedkar International Centre, New Delhi.

More on News:

  • The meeting commenced with a welcome address by the Director of the National Institute of Social Defense (NISD).
  • Deputy Director General of the Statistic Division of DoSJE – cum – convener of SAAB presented an overview of social audits, emphasizing on the importance of this social accountability tool in promoting transparency and accountability.

About the meeting:

  • The Meeting was chaired by the Secretary, Department of Social Justice & Empowerment. 
  • This advisory body is a first of its kind and has been established to guide the Ministry in institutionalizing social audits for its various schemes.
  • Representatives from key ministries and academic institutions, including the
    • Ministry of Health & Family Welfare,
    • Department of Persons with Disabilities,
    • Ministry of Women and Child Development,
    • Department of Social Justice & Empowerment,
    • Ministry of Rural Development, National Institute of Rural Development,
    • Tata Institute of Social Sciences,
    • Delhi School of Social Work and
    • Indian Institute of Public Administration are members of this advisory body.
  • The Department of Social Justice and Empowerment has taken a pioneering step by establishing the National Resource Cell for Social Audit (NRCSA) to ensure social audits through dedicated Social Audit Units at the state level. 
  • The NRCSA team presented the approach of social audit processes developed and implemented by the department and their significant impact on the schemes’ effective implementation.
  • Members of the SAAB provided valuable inputs to strengthen the social audit process and align it more closely with the principles of social justice.

About Social Audit Advisory Body:

  • The body has been set up under National Institute of Social Defense (NISD).
  • It aims to improve the quality of services being delivered by grant-in-aid(GIA)institutions, by way of social audits of the schemes and institutions of the ministry.

About National Institute of Social Defence:

  • The National Institute of Social Defence (NISD) is an autonomous body under the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.
  • The National Institute of Social Defence (NISD) was set up originally as the Central Bureau of Correctional Services in 1961, under the Ministry of Home Affairs.
  • Since 1975 the institute has been a subordinate office under the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment.
  • The National Institute of Social Defence is the nodal training and research institute in the field of Social Defence. 
  • It imparts training and conducts courses (long & short term) in the field of Social Defence which includes Old Age Care, Drug Abuse Prevention, Transgender Beggary Prevention and other Social Defence issues.
  • Develops preventive, curative and rehabilitative tools, programmes and policies in the field of Social Defence, undertakes research, training, consultancy, documentation and publication in the field of Social Defence 
First meeting of the Social Audit Advisory Body (SAAB) held Polity