Consider the following statements in context of social audit 1 A social audit is a process by which ...........

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Consider the following statements in context of social audit

1. A social audit is a process by which citizens review and monitor government actions on the ground.

2. Social audits took root in government nomenclature in 2005 by mandating the regular conduct of social audits of works sanctioned under MGNREGA in the Gram Sabha at least once every six months.

3. Social audit has been formally institutionalized in all states of the country.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

1 only

1 and 2 only

1 and 3 only

All of the above

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Explanation:

First statement is correct. Social auditing is a process by which an organization / government accounts for its social performance to its stakeholders and seeks to improve its future social performance.
Second statement is correct. In India, social audits were first made statutory in a 2005 Rural Employment Act and government also issued the Social Audit Rules in 2011 under the MGNREGA Act.
Third statement is incorrect.
The Government says that only ten states viz. Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Karnataka, Mizoram, Sikkim, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Tripura and Uttar Pradesh have operationalise social audit units as laid down in Social Audit Rules 2011 and states of Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Manipur, Meghalaya, Rajasthan and Jammu and Kashmir are in the process of doing it.