Swarana Jayanti Sahari Rojgar Yojana (SJSRY) is a major urban poverty alleviation scheme in vogue in India. It marks a bold initiative towards democratic decentralisation as it relies heavily on the community based organisations of urban poor women, instead of traditional top down systems for extension of benefits envisaged. Responsiveness, transparency, accountability, participatory solutions and consensual decisions are some of the hallmarks of good governance ...
