Established in 1996, CUTS Centre for Consumer Action, Research & Training (CUTS CART) is a research and advocacy Centre. This Programme Centre was created as a result of diversification of CUTS in order to move ahead with its inherited agenda: consumer protection and education, and to create a more responsible society. In order to contribute in the CUTS’ vision of CONSUMER SOVEREIGNTY, CUTS CART endeavors through the mission ‘To enable consumers, particularly the poor and the marginalized to achieve their right to basic needs, sustainable development and good governance through strong consumer movement’

Continuous pioneering work in the area of consumer protection found CART at the forefront of the consumer movement in India and beyond. So far, the Centre has trained over 1200 activists and created 300 independent groups in Rajasthan and elsewhere. Moreover, CART is credited to have about 1000 organisations in its network.

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Advocacy

An open letter to the G20 finance ministers and G20 leaders from Consumers International, the global federation of consumer organisations

Worldwide consumer organisations sign open letter to G20 finance ministers expressing apprehension about the key omissions in the proposals  on financial consumer protection
New Delhi, October 13, 2011

Special Endeavour

Vidhayak Samvaad

Complaint Handling, Information & Advisory Services (CHIAS)

RTI Information & Advisory Services

Newsletters

Catalyst

Paanchwa Stambh

Vol. 7 No.4

Vol 12  No. 03

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WHAT'S NEW


SMALL STEPS...GIANT LEAP
CUTS Initiatives in South Asia


'Financial Inclusion'
The India Economic Review, May-July, 2011


RTI Toolkit | Brochure on Governance


Research Survey-Our Money Our Rights

Media Room

"CUTS" note for the Indian Finance Minister
OneWorld South Asia, January 23, 2012

Call for social audit of all Centrally-funded schemes
Business Line, January 18, 2012

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DOCUMENTARIES


Social Accountability in Action

Social Accountability in Action
Engaging Communities in Health Services’

CUTS CART, a programme centre of CUTS, has applied the approaches of social accountability through two consecutive pilot projects over the period of three years for assessing the effectiveness of implementation of Midday Meal Scheme (MDMS) and NREGS in Rajasthan, with the aim of judging... >>>

CUTS CART in partnership with Transparency and Accountability Programme (TAP) of the Results for Development (R4D) Institute, Washington DC and Human Development Network (HDN) of the World Bank, Washington DC and in active collaboration with the Dept. of Health & Family Welfare....>>>

CUTS Centre for Consumer Action, Research & Training (CUTS CART)
277, Sindhi Colony, Bhaskar Marg, Bani Park, Jaipur 302 016, India
Ph: 91.141.4015 395, 2282 823/2282 482, Fx: 91.141.4015 395, Em: cart@cuts.org