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71% Villagers Say There's High Corruption In Government Welfare Schemes

Survey in four randomly selected districts shows over half of them are not satisfied with government schemes.

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71% Villagers Say There's High Corruption In Government Welfare Schemes
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71% Villagers Say There’s High Corruption In Government Welfare Schemes

Outlook asked Cfore to survey government schemes and partnerships in four randomly selected districts— Tonk (Rajasthan), Jhansi (Uttar Pradesh), Rangareddy (Andhra Pradesh), and Saran (Bihar). In all, 1,013 villagers were surveyed. Not surprisingly, over half of them are not satisfied with governmentschemes.

 

Jhansi

Ranga
reddy

Saran

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 Tonk

Over
All

Do you have easy access/knowledge about government’s welfare schemes? Yes

 38

 55

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 35

 48

 44%

 No

 62

 45

 65

 52

 56%


Are you a beneficiary of government schemes?  Yes

 58

 63

 51

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 74

 61%

 No

 42

 37

 49

 26

 39%

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If yes, how satisfied are you with government schemes?Very Satisfied

 6

 15

 9 11 10%Somewhat Satisfied 2745374138%Dissatisfied 4730233233%Very Dissatisfied 2010 31 16 19%
Have you ever paid a bribe to get the benefits from a welfare scheme? Yes 3221303730% No 6879706370%
Is there corruption in government welfare schemes?High Corruption8168716371%Little Corruption1725283425%No Corruption27134%
Is there a community/private welfare activity in your area? Yes1729233626%No2537322630%Don't know5834453844%
If yes, who is delivering better results?Community/ private4942363741%Government2123262223%Joint efforts*2331292828%No opinion749138%* Collaboration between government and NGOs
Does community/private participation in welfare schemes bring more accountability? Yes4278485756%No2318102920%Can't say354421424%
Are you willing to pay for community/private schemes or should the government provide these services?Yes5751616358%Prefer subsidised/ free services4349393742%
Are you satisfied with the development in your area in the past 12 months?Yes, very much421141815%Yes, somewhat4751554549%Not at all4928313720%

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Methodology: The survey was conducted between February 20 and March 5, ’08. In all, 10 villages were selected in each district, five within 10 km of a city/town, and five beyond 10 km. Households were randomly selected. In addition, there's a booster sample of 30-50 respondents who have been beneficiaries of at least one government scheme. In all, 1,013 villagers in the four districts were interviewed using a structured questionnaire.

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