Who we are

Liberation Technology, a.k.a LibTech India is a team of engineers, social workers, and social scientists who, inspired by the Right to Information movement and the idea of social audits, focus on various aspects of improving transparency, accountability, and democratic engagement in rural public services delivery.

LibTech is a centre at Collaborative Research and Dissemination (CORD), New Delhi.

What we do

Using a rights-based framework, we have worked on different policies, trying to make them transparent and disseminating data about them to those who can use the information to make the state accountable to them. Our focus has been NREGA, but we have also worked on PDS, RTI, and entitlements like pensions and maternity entitlements. We work closely in small geographies to understand processes in public service delivery, and we draw upon field insights for research and policy advocacy work.

LibTech in the News

“The advent of ‘app-solute’ chaos in NREGA” published in The Hindu (25 June 2022)

Our team member participates in a live panel discussion on Amma Vodi scheme, How to overcome Hurdles set by AP Govt to get the Benefits, with ETV AP.(25 June 2022)

Article on the ‘ Issues in Amma Vodi scheme delivery ‘ published in Andhra Jyothi News paper in Telugu (21 June 2022).

Report on MGNREGA Employment in Odisha for the year 2021-2022(30 May 2022)

Article on the ‘Mentally ill destitutes ‘ published in Andhra Jyothi News paper in Telugu (10 May 2022).

Our team member participates in a live panel discussion on Amma Vodi implementation, AP’s cash transfer scheme to support BPL mothers sending their kids to school, with ETV AP.(5 May 2022)

‘Though MGNREGA wages rose, workers got less’ published in Hans News Service ( 23 April 2022)

OP-Ed by Lib Tech India team in ‘The Hindu’ on exclusions in Rythu Bharosa cash transfer in AP.

Jean Drèze writes about our study ‘Length of the Last Mile’

Telegraph highlights Sabhil’s work on NREGA in Jharkhand