Social Audit Advisory Body

Published on 22 Mar 2025

•  Recently, the inaugural meeting of the Social Audit Advisory Body (SAAB) took place at the Dr. Ambedkar International Centre in New Delhi.
• This advisory body, a first of its kind, has been established to guide the Ministry of Social Justice in institutionalizing social audits for its various schemes.
•  SAAB will provide inputs to strengthen the social audit process and align it with social justice principles.
• Social Audit is the process in which details of resources, both financial and non-financial, used by public agencies for development initiatives are shared with the people, often through a public platform.
• The body has been set up under National Institute of Social Defense (NISD).
• It will have members from various ministries like Rural Development, Health and Family Welfare, Women and Child Development and major social sector academies.

Keywords:

Social Audit Accountability Good governance Transparency Social audit advisory body