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	\|name = Janaagraha		\| name = Janaagraha
	\|logo = Janaagraha-logo.png		\| logo = Janaagraha-logo.png
	\|type = [[Non-profit organization\|Non-profit]]<br />[[NGO]]		\| type = [[Non-profit organization\|Non-profit]]<br />[[NGO]]
	\|founded = 2001 by Ramesh Ramanathan and Swati Ramanathan in India		\| founded = 2001 by Ramesh Ramanathan and Swati Ramanathan in India
	\|location =		\| location =
	\|services = Improving the [[quality of life]] in Indian cities and towns		\| services = Improving the [[quality of life]] in Indian cities and towns
	\|homepage = [http://www.janaagraha.org/ www.janaagraha.org]		\| leader_title = CEO
			\| leader_name = Srikanth Viswanathan
			\| homepage = [http://www.janaagraha.org/ www.janaagraha.org]
	}}		}}
	'''Janaagraha''' is a non-profit ~~organization that aims to strengthen democracy~~ in ~~[[India]]~~ by ~~working for citizen~~ participation in ~~urban local government~~. Janaagraha ~~aims~~ to ~~spread awareness~~ of ~~the benefits~~ of ~~engaging local governments after electing them~~ and to ~~lobby~~ the ~~[[Government of India]]~~ to ~~enact legislation~~ to ~~extend the 74th Amendment~~ to ~~the [[Constitution~~ of ~~India]] for more representative local urban government. The co-founders~~ of ~~the organization are Ramesh Ramanathan and Swati Ramanathan~~.
			'''Janaagraha Centre for Citizenship and Democracy''' (www.janaagraha.org) is a non-profit trust, working towards the mission of transforming the quality of life in India’s cities and towns. Founded in 2001 by Ramesh Ramanathan and Swati Ramanathan, it started as a movement to include people’s participation in public governance and has now evolved into a robust institution for citizenship and democracy. The core idea of Janaagraha’s work does not revolve around fixing problems but instead seeking to fix the system that can solve the problems. To achieve this objective, Janaagraha works with citizens to catalyse active citizenship in city neighbourhoods and with governments to institute reforms to city governance (what we call “City-Systems”).

			Janaagraha believes that improved quality of life is directly linked to improved quality of infrastructure, services, and citizenship. Janaagraha hence works at intersections to fix the city systems across law, policy, institutions with a specific focus on sectors such as Climate Change, Gender Equality & Public Safety, Water and Sanitation, Education, and Public Health using tools and activities like Civic Participation, Municipal Finance, Advocacy and instilling 21st Century skills among youth to empower them to become active citizens. By strengthening urban capacities and resources, Janaagraha aims to achieve its mission of improving City Systems and Quality of life.

	==Online Initiatives==		==Online Initiatives==
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	===I Paid A Bribe (IPAB)===		===I Paid A Bribe (IPAB)===
	IPaidABribe is Janaagraha's initiative to tackle corruption by harnessing the collective energy of citizens. Citizens can report on the nature, number, pattern, types, location, frequency and values of actual corrupt acts on this website.<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.economist.com/node/18338852?story_id=18338852&fsrc=rss\|title=Corruption in India: A Million Rupees Now\|publisher=The Economist \| date=10 March 2011}}</ref> The reports, perhaps for the first time, provide a snapshot of bribes being paid (or taken), across Indian cities. IPaidABribe uses them to argue for improving governance systems and procedures, tightening law enforcement and regulation. Thereby reduce the scope for corruption while obtaining services from the government.<ref>{{Cite news\|url=http://www.financialexpress.com/opinion/urban-local-bodies-property-taxes-using-ppp-jumped-5-times-in-2-years/957066/\|title=Urban local bodies: Property taxes using PPP jumped 5 times in 2 years\|date=2017-12-02\|work=The Financial Express\|access-date=2017-12-16\|language=en-US}}</ref>		[http://www.ipaidabribe.com/ IPaidABribe] is Janaagraha's initiative to tackle corruption by harnessing the collective energy of citizens. Citizens can report on the nature, number, pattern, types, location, frequency and values of actual corrupt acts on this website.<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.economist.com/node/18338852?story_id=18338852&fsrc=rss\|title=Corruption in India: A Million Rupees Now\|publisher=The Economist \| date=10 March 2011}}</ref> The reports, perhaps for the first time, provide a snapshot of bribes being paid (or taken), across Indian cities. IPaidABribe uses them to argue for improving governance systems and procedures, tightening law enforcement and regulation. Thereby reduce the scope for corruption while obtaining services from the government.<ref>{{Cite news\|url=http://www.financialexpress.com/opinion/urban-local-bodies-property-taxes-using-ppp-jumped-5-times-in-2-years/957066/\|title=Urban local bodies: Property taxes using PPP jumped 5 times in 2 years\|date=2017-12-02\|work=The Financial Express\|access-date=2017-12-16\|language=en-US}}</ref>

	==Offline Initiatives==		==Offline Initiatives==

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{{Infobox organization
|name = Janaagraha
|logo = Janaagraha-logo.png
|type = [[Non-profit organization|Non-profit]]<br />[[NGO]]
|founded = 2001 by Ramesh Ramanathan and Swati Ramanathan in India
|location =
|services = Improving the [[quality of life]] in Indian cities and towns
|homepage = [http://www.janaagraha.org/ www.janaagraha.org]
}}
'''Janaagraha''' is a non-profit organization that aims to strengthen democracy in [[India]] by working for citizen participation in urban local government. Janaagraha aims to spread awareness of the benefits of engaging local governments after electing them and to lobby the [[Government of India]] to enact legislation to extend the 74th Amendment to the [[Constitution of India]] for more representative local urban government. The co-founders of the organization are Ramesh Ramanathan and Swati Ramanathan.

==Online Initiatives==

===I Change My City===
[http://www.ichangemycity.com IChangeMyCity] is a social networking initiative that is committed to urban issues - electoral and civic. It aims to initiate change, build networks of communities & local civic bodies, provide data on urban issues, civic awareness & training – all of this at a local neighbourhood level. By providing relevant information in the form of interesting content and a platform to discuss and debate issues of importance, iJanaagraha is a platform for people to come together in support for systemic change.

===I Paid A Bribe (IPAB)===
IPaidABribe is Janaagraha's initiative to tackle corruption by harnessing the collective energy of citizens. Citizens can report on the nature, number, pattern, types, location, frequency and values of actual corrupt acts on this website.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.economist.com/node/18338852?story_id=18338852&fsrc=rss|title=Corruption in India: A Million Rupees Now|publisher=The Economist | date=10 March 2011}}</ref> The reports, perhaps for the first time, provide a snapshot of bribes being paid (or taken), across Indian cities. IPaidABribe uses them to argue for improving governance systems and procedures, tightening law enforcement and regulation. Thereby reduce the scope for corruption while obtaining services from the government.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.financialexpress.com/opinion/urban-local-bodies-property-taxes-using-ppp-jumped-5-times-in-2-years/957066/|title=Urban local bodies: Property taxes using PPP jumped 5 times in 2 years|date=2017-12-02|work=The Financial Express|access-date=2017-12-16|language=en-US}}</ref>

==Offline Initiatives==

===Ward Infrastructure Index (WII)===
Ward Infrastructure Index (WII) programme is a unique initiative to assess quality of life in urban areas. It analyses various wards by its quality of infrastructure and rates them on scale of 0 – 10 (0 being the least and 10 being the best), to give residents and municipalities an easy indicator on how their respective wards measure up against standard benchmarks set by the government. The project looks at services like water supply, electricity, public health, public safety, civic amenities, transport and environment to arrive at a rating. It not only provides valuable information to urban planners and decision makers to streamline delivery of goods and services to different wards but also facilitates direct accountability of local administration and elected representatives to the urban citizens.

==References==
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==External links==
*http://www.janaagraha.org/
*http://www.ipaidabribe.com/
*http://www.ijanaagraha.org/
*https://web.archive.org/web/20070502111410/http://jnnurm.nic.in/
*http://www.livemint.com/Articles/keywords.aspx?kw=Mobius%20Strip
*http://www.cultureandpublicaction.org/bijupdf/KarnatakaModelDevlp..pdf
*https://web.archive.org/web/20070716223327/http://www.sarai.net/research/urbanism/publications/asha01.pdf
*https://web.archive.org/web/20071027072840/http://www.orissagov.nic.in/panchayat/73rd%20Amendment.pdf

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