V. >> F ramework in Practice - Implementing and Monitoring Rights >> Using indicators for human rights In an ideal context, a human rights action plan for a country should be part of its national development plan.14 This may, however, not always be the case for local institutional reasons (such as division of responsibilities between finance or economic planning ministries on the one hand, and the justice department, NHRI or the agency responsible Box 33 for human rights on the other), methodological limitations (lack of specific tools to reflect or integrate human rights in the national development plans), as well as scepticism among economic policymakers about working with human rights. The indicator framework for human rights presented in this Guide can help bridge this gap. Development as a legal entitlement - India The Indian Government has adopted a strategy for inclusive development, with the creation of entitlements backed by legal guarantees on aspects of life that are vital for an individual’s well-being and inclusion in the economic and social mainstream of society as an important element. In the past five years, the Government has worked towards realizing the right to information and the right to work. This was followed up with the enactment of the right to education in 2009–10. Now the Government is working on a food security bill, which would represent a significant step in guaranteeing the right to food. To fulfil these commitments, spending on the social sector has been rapidly increased from 33 to 38 per cent of total Central Government spending in 2011–12. This change in the social development paradigm has been brought about by the concerted efforts of the National Advisory Council of the ruling party, which is largely composed of CSOs and subject experts. Source: Finance Minister’s budget speeches 2009 to 2012, available from http://finmin.nic.in/. To mainstream human rights in national development plans or, alternatively, to encourage the integration of NHRAPs in national development plans, it is useful to see first if they overlap on certain issues. Depending on the country, these could be social and human development issues related to education, health, social security or issues related to the administration of justice or per- sistent discrimination of certain population groups. Having identified the common issues, efforts could be directed at flagging the human rights obligations not being addressed in the ongoing programmes, followed by outlining a practical way of addressing them. This could be done by highlighting the usefulness of the commitment-effort-results indicator framework and the underlying implementation 14. A  s shown in the OHCHR Handbook on National Human Rights Plans of Action (HR/P/PT/10), great care is required to link such plans to existing overarching national development frameworks (e.g., national development plans, common country assessments (CCAs) and United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF), poverty reduction strategy papers of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank) and other planning processes to ensure that human rights concerns are not unwittingly quarantined. 120 Human Rights Indicators