RTI ACT PUBLICATIONS AND THE RTS ACT ADJUDICATION MUST HAVE APPROPRIATE VISION BEFORE TAKING THE SOCIAL AUDIT WORK IN HAND (HOW DOES ONE CONDUCT A SOCIAL AUDIT OF A SCHEME/PROGRAMME)

The process of conducting a social audit for specific schemes or programmes mainly to help those from among the government and the people's institutions,who wants to organise a social audit. The general structure will remain the same for all schemes and the programmes , specific changes will need to be incorporated for each scheme in order to accommodate the unique characteristics of each scheme It is necessary to study the details of scheme under Right to information act and identify the various stages of the scheme, especially those where where decisions have to be made , beneficiaries identified , sites selected strategies determined , details specified . Appropriate measures must be taken found necessary for the relevant social audit mechanism for which relevant information should be available ensuring the critical decision made jointly with the affected people and in their presence and the precess of verification, measurements and certifications is done with the involvement of the affected people.