Abstract
The deadline of attaining first set of Millennium Development Goals is ending in 2015. Irrespective of mixed results perceived so far, the negotiations have started to discuss the agenda to be adopted post-2015. United Nations-led deliberations are focusing over the issues and developmental priorities to be taken for the task post-2015. The civil society has received prominent space in these deliberations. This has triggered the debate as to what role civil society should play in the post-2015 development process, given that the leading agenda of the development will be framed as per the wish of the state, and that the relations between civil society and state have historically been combative. This paper analyses this question in the Indian context considering the country-specific developmental needs and priorities.
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