Mumbai, Nov 7 (IANS) From hearing about programmes on transparency and
accountability in governance to those on education, the Right to
Information (RTI) Act and the Unique Identification Number project, US
President Barack Obama Sunday got a sneak peek into various
initiatives by NGOs here for better governance.
One of the three events at the St. Xavier's College, the Open
Government and Citizen Engagement programme saw 10 organisations
working on various issues participate.
Tonusree Basu of the New Delhi-basesd PRS Legislative Research, which
works on governance and accountability and had Obama come and visit
their stand, said: 'There were about 10 booths by various
organisations and the president visited each of them and spent about
three-four minutes each.'
'He interacted with representatives of the organisations and listened
to the kind of work that each one does,' she added.
Besides PRS, NGO Pratham which works on education, Association for
Democratic Reforms and The Hunger Project participated in the
programme. The ministry of Panchayati Raj and Rural Development also
took part in it.
The president also interacted with villagers in Ajmer, Rajasthan
through video-conference link. He later interacted with college
students as well as took questions.
After Mumbai, Obama proceeded to Delhi for the second leg of his Nov
6-9 India visit.
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