Incentivising Rural Sanitation: The Nirmal Gram Puraskar

The field notes in this series seek to document accountability mechanisms built into key government programs for service delivery. These include programs such as the National Rural Health Mission, Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Scheme, Public Distribution System and others.The current note "Incentivising Rural Sanitation: The Nirmal Gram Puraskar" examines the implementation of the NGP in Himachal Pradesh. It assesses the extent to which the NGP promotes participatory and accountable governance.