Over the last two years there have been heated debates at the
National level around the kind of institutions which need to be
created to fight corruption and bring about accountability in
governance. These debates have encompassed issues ranging from
large monetary corruption through scams to the abuse of power
which affects the existence of millions of citizens unable to
redress their day to day grievances. In this context it is
useful to learn from existing processes, or new innovations
which are trying to address some of these same issues. The
Rajasthan ‘Right to Hearing’ Act and its demonstrative
implementation through camps is one such example, which could
have huge implications in positively impacting a national
framework for redress of citizen’s grievances. Rajasthan is the
only State so far to have enacted a ‘Right to Hearing’ Act, and
Rajsamand District, the only district where this Act has been
implemented through an appropriate implementation system. The
‘Right to Hearing Camp’ being organized in T