NREGS WB

13th March, 2010

A Presentation from Burdwan District NREGS Cell

Objectives : NREGS

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Goals of NREGS

• NREGS is designed as a safety net to reduce migration by rural poor households in the lean period

through• A hundred days of guaranteed unskilled

manual labour provided when demanded at minimum wage

on• works focused on water conservation, land

development & drought proofing

Parameters of Success

Average No. of days of Employment provided to each Household

No. of Households provided 100 days employment

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Key Processes

Application for job card

Issue of job card

Demand for employment

Work allocation

Payment of wages

Selection of works

Approval of shelf of projects

Informing village PRI

Preparation of estimatesAnd approvals

Acknowledgement ofdemand

Maintenance of muster roll

Verification

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Issues critical to fulfillment of NREGA objective

• Obtaining and acknowledging applications for employment

-to ascertain choices and perceptions of households regarding lean season employment

-to ensure exercise of the right to employment within the time specified of fifteen days

-to ensure that works are started where and when there is demand for labour, not demand for works

the process of issuing a dated acknowledgement for the application for employment needs to be scrupulously observed.

In its absence, the guarantee cannot be exercised in its true spirit

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Issues critical to fulfillment of NREGS objective.

• Selection of works by gram sabha in villages and display after approval of shelf of projects-

-to ensure public choice, transparency and accountability and prevent material intensive, contractor based works and concocted works records.

Execution of Works• At least half the works should be run by gram

panchayats.• Maintenance of muster roll by executing agency -

numbered muster rolls which only show job card holders must be found at each work.

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• Regular measurement of work done according to a schedule of rates.

• Supervision of Works by qualified technical personnel on time.

• Reading out muster rolls on work site during regular measurement

-to prevent bogus records and payment of wages below prescribed levels

Issues critical to fulfillment of NREGS objective.

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• Payment of wages through banks and post offices

-to close avenues for use of contractors, and corruption

Issues critical to fulfillment of NREGS objective.

NREGA: Fundamental Principles

Employment on demand.Legal right.Universal entitlement.Participatory approach.Accountability to PRIs.Full transparency.

NREGA: Basic Entitlements

Employment within 15 days of application.Unemployment allowance.Work within 5 kilometres.Minimum wages.Payment within 15 days.No gender discrimination.Basic worksite facilities.

Agro Climatic Regional Planning

Worksite Management

Crèche Facility

Rest Shed For Workers

Health Check up for Job Card Holders

Toilet at every worksite for women

workers.

Special Focus towards aged &

disabled

Worksite Management

Goals : People’s Empowerment. People’s Involvement. Strengthening of Grassroot Level

Democracy. Minimising pilferage & aberration. Betterment of livelihood.

Transparency : Disclosure of Information

Monthly Proactive Disclosure at 277 GP Offices & 31 Block Offices

Bound Volumes of Paid Muster Rolls kept at all 277 Rural Library.

Transparency : Disclosure of Information

Participation of Women

Participation of SC & ST

Participation of Minority

Participation of Economically

Backward Section

SOCIAL AUDIT

The Battle Against Corruption: the New Instrument of Public Hearings

• The Indian state of Rajasthan adopted a right to information act on May 11, 2000. This law provides that citizens may obtain certified copies of documents or records, make inspection of accessible records and take notes and extracts, and inspect and take samples of public works. Adoption of the law was preceded by many years of struggle, commencing with the formation of a small activist group known as the Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan (“MKSS”), meaning “Organization for the Power of Labourers and Farmers.” The grassroots struggle led by MKSS and deeply rooted in concern for justice to the most disadvantaged rural people, is viewed by many as the inspiration not only for adoption of the Rajasthani statute, but for the movement for a right to information throughout much of India.

The Grassroots Struggles of Rajasthan

• The oldest member of the group was Aruna Roy, who had resigned from the elite Indian Administrative Service over a decade earlier.

• It commences with the premise of the fundamental right of people to information, about all acts and decisions of the state. In the specific context of development and relief public works, with which MKSS had been deeply involved for so many years, this right to information translates itself into a demand that copies of all documents related to public works be made available to the people, for a people’s audit. The important documents related to public works are the muster roll, which lists the attendance of the workers and the wages due and paid, and bills and vouchers which relate to purchase and transportation of materials. Because corruption in the administration of these programs is very common, local officials charged with the administration of these programs have fiercely opposed the public release of this information. Nonetheless, persistent demands by the MKSS have met with some success.

Origin of Social AuditThe Government of India has directed that copies of

muster rolls, bills, measurement books and vouchers for all rural development works must be read out in all gram sabha meetings, and copies must be made available on demand. (In India, all villagers of voting age are entitled to attend gram sabha meeting.)

Nonetheless, prior to the movement of the MKSS, there was no systematic review of these documents by representatives of villagers in the region. MKSS members started with informal investigations of local public works projects, making examinations of public documents and conducting field investigations in an attempt to determine whether disbursements had actually been made in accordance with these documents. In cases where they identified prima facie cases with reason to believe that documentation was false, they set about arranging a jan sunwai, or public hearing.

SOCIAL AUDITSocial Audit is a process wherein the

community does an inspection, openly in public, of the quality, income-expenditure, profit-loss of a project, development work or a programme being carried out in its area.

Accountability of a person carrying out a work is an important method of ensuring that the work is carried out properly.

SOCIAL AUDIT (contd.)Major Objectives of Social Audit :Developing among the people a culture to

question, encouraging the people to protect and assert their rights and benefits;

Seeking people’s participation in decision making process in local development;

Empowering the people particularly the marginalized; bringing about transparency in works, projects, programmes and organizations, etc.

SOCIAL AUDIT (contd.)To be effective, the social auditor must have the right to:1.     Seek clarifications from the implementing agency about any decision-making, activity, scheme, income and expenditure incurred by the agency; 

2.     Consider and scrutinize existing schemes and local activities of the agency; and

3.    Access registers and documents relating to all development activities undertaken by the implementing agency or by any other government department. 

Salient points for Social Audit of NREGS :

Publicity Registration Issue of Job Card Application for work Selection of Schemes Estimate preparation. Providing Employment Muster Roll Payment of wage Utility & impact

Role & Responsibility of Social Audit Team :

To Sensitize GUS and peopleTo examine Bill, Voucher, Muster Roll, Measurement Book etc.

To register complains if arise in meetings

To fill up Annexure – 1, 2, 3Annexure – 2 – Information about five persons who got work.

One office staff of G.P. One leader of opposite party

(Receiving second highest votes).

Three members of G.U.S. Three members of S.H.G. One member of N.G.O. Two Teachers / Retired person. Two Govt. Staff / Retired person.

District : Burdwan

As on 15.01.10

Sl. No.

States

No.of households provided

employment

Rank ing

Person days

generated (In Lakhs)

Rank ing

Average persondays

per Household

Rank ing

Total Expenditure (Rs. In Crores)

Rank ing

1 ANDHRA PRADESH 5573252 2 2827.70 2 51 4 2833.98 4

2 ASSAM 1706797 9 492.46 9 29 11 657.02 9

3 BIHAR 2984636 7 759.54 8 25 13 1156.78 7

4 GUJARAT 1279789 10 373.83 10 29 10 444.96 10

5 KARNATAKA 2143700 8 1049.67 6 49 5 1459.12 5

6 KERALA 599503 12 131.02 14 22 15 202.88 14

7 MADHYA PRADESH 4015323 4 1949.86 4 49 6 2868.69 3

8 MAHARASHTRA 535762 14 219.87 13 41 8 253.24 13

9 PUNJAB 173326 15 43.61 15 25 14 86.46 15

10 RAJASTHAN 6005247 1 3905.44 1 65 1 4871.85 1

11 TAMIL NADU 3338481 5 1895.75 5 57 2 1308.51 612 TRIPURA 538916 13 249.28 12 46 7 333.09 1213 UTTAR PRADESH 4087073 3 2079.74 3 51 3 3421.62 214 WEST BENGAL 3061782 6 869.63 7 28 12 1065.02 815 ORISSA 806755 11 253.65 11 31 9 421.84 11

Inter State Physical & Financial Performance under NREGA during 2009-10

DISTRICTWISE RANK UNDER NREGA DURING 2009-10 UPTO December'09

Name of the District

% of Provided

HH on BPL

families

Rank

% of Wme

n person

days

Rank

Employment

provided per HH

Rank

Expen diture

per GP (Rs. In lakh)

Rank

Combined Score

of MIS on MPR

Rank

Com

bined

Score

Ranking as per

Combined

Score

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

Jalpaiguri 87.84 7 41.77 3 35 3 57.97 1 353 9 23 1

Burdwan 73.23 9 39.90 6 36 2 45.75 3 388 5 25 2

Purulia 129.30 4 40.99 5 39 1 40.24 5 319 11 26 3

Birbhum 90.35 6 30.95 11 32 8 51.71 2 385 6 33 4

E Midnapur 274.13 2 38.71 8 25 11 28.18 10 412 4 35 5

N 24 Pgs 100.27 5 13.58 16 27 9 37.68 7 450 1 38 6

Bankura 65.52 10 39.58 7 33 5 44.38 4 275 15 41 7

W Midnapur

76.18 8 27.03 13 33 7 39.84 6346 10 44 8

D Dinajpur 34.21 16 31.33 10 34 4 30.58 9 354 8 47 9

Malda 47.23 13 32.01 9 33 6 31.49 8 284 14 50 10

Hooghly 444.06 1 27.74 12 16 17 15.03 15 383 7 52 11

Nadia 39.28 15 17.20 15 25 10 25.39 13 446 3 56 12

Msd 177.37 3 8.38 19 21 13 27.38 11 302 13 59 13

SMP 58.23 11 49.73 1 16 18 10.74 16 225 16 62 14

U Dinajpur 17.39 18 41.99 2 21 12 17.83 14 194 17 63 15

S 24 Pgs 51.10 12 11.65 17 21 14 10.34 17 308 12 72 16

C Behar 42.26 14 20.25 14 20 15 26.63 12 125 18 73 17

DGHC 21.04 17 41.52 4 20 16 9.72 18 0 19 74 18

Howrah 12.30 19 9.49 18 13 19 4.70 19 448 2 77 19

State Avg. 67.01   30.11   28   30.52   360      

Constraints :• Agriculturally Rich District, 67.76% of total area

under cultivation—3 crops a year.• 2 Gangetic Sub-Divisions Kalna & Katwa—Flood

prone. Average Flood frequency being once in every 3 years.

• Subsistence in coal mine area of Asansol Sub-Division.

• Western Zone—Industry, Mines & Minerals. 86.8% of workforce of this belt are engaged in industrial & mining activities (Source : DHDR 2009)

• Unauthorised Coal Mining.

Formation of DRG• District Magistrate & DPC

NREGS.• ADM & AEO Zilla

Parishad. & ADPC.• District Nodal Officer

NREGS.• PD, DRDC.• DFO, Burdwan Division.• DFO, Durgapur Division.• Principal Agricultural

Officer, Burdwan.• Budbud KVK (ICAR).• Dy. Director, ARD.

• Asst. Director, Fisheries.• Superintending Engineer,

Irrigation.• District Engineer, Zilla

Parishad.• Exe. Engineer, Agri

Irrigation.• Exe. Engineer, Minor

Irrigation.• Asst. Director,

Sericulture.• Asst. Engineers District

NREGS Cell.

Formation of Block Level Resource Group

• BDO & BPO NREGS.

• Jt. BDO & Jt. BPO NREGS.

• FEO.

• BLDO.

• BL & LRO.

• Asst. Prog. Officer NREGS.

• Agril. Dev. Officer.• SAE (RWP)—Nodal

technical person for convergence.

• Block Nodal Officer, SGSY.

• Block LGS.• Block SGSY

Supervisor.

Convergence : Modalities

Forest

Convergence : Pathway

• District Resource Group Formed.

• Monthly BRG Meeting held.

• Joint Declaration made by DPC & KVK (ICAR).

• Funding made to Sericulture, Forest, CADC.

• Convergence made with Irrigation & Waterways, Minor Irrigation, Fisheries, Agriculture, Animal Husbandry.

Convergence Meeting with PIA & Line Deptt. At Burdwan District by Principal Secretary P.& R.D. on 10-7-09

Convergence : Priority Agendum

Convergence : Role of KVK

Training & Capacity Building at KVK (ICAR) regarding

Convergence

Convergence : Role of KVK

• Training of 23 Block Fishery Officers on Scientific Pisciculture.

• Training of 20 SAE(AI) on field Canal & Irrigation potential—New technologies.

• Training of 62 Technical Assistants for 3 days on diff. technical aspects.

• Training of 58 SHG members on Nursery & Horticulture.

• Special Initiative—Development of KVK demonstration plots from NREGS at Budbud (Galsi-I).

Convergence : MOWR

• Desiltation of Canals of River Damodar in 6 Blocks.

• Renovation & Re-excavation of 1400+ water bodies.

• Knowledge convergence of Irrigation Deptt. Technocrats with PRI vis-à-vis PIA and other Stakehlders.

• Scope for Improvement : Fund receiving capacity of Departments.

Convergence : MOWR

Innovation in Monitoring : SMS Reporting

Daily Reporting by SMS by Supervisors (Mates) to G.P. within 2 PM & then to Block within 4 PM & by 5 PM to DM & DPC. www.smsliveapp.com/nregs

Planning :Role of Gram Sansad • Gram Sansad—consisting of

800—1000 people is the fourth tier of PRI.

• Every May & November, Gram Sansad Meetings are held.

• The seasonal variation of labour demands & prioritisation of Schemes is done with line departments, Convergence being the focal point.

• G.P. level line Department officials attend.

Media Management

• Success Stories published in Daily Vernaculars.

Involvement of SGSY SHG

• 14,548 SGSY Groups formed.

• 3800 Groups are involved in demand generation (25 Form 4A=Rs.100/-).

• Special training on Nursery—358 SHG.

• SHG in MR Verification—Rs.1.50 per entry.

• Part of Social Audit Team

Focus : SGSY :

Unique Initiatives

Sanitation for Women at Worksite

Unique Initiatives

• Creation of Rooftop Rainwater Harvesting Structure at 31 Blocks

& 277 Gram Panchayats.

Website : Disclosure of Information

Maintenance of separate NREGS Website www.nregsburdwan.com .

• Use of GIS in the Planning Process.

• GPS of all completed Schemes made.

• Maps generated on demand for line deptts viz. Irrigation, Agril., Sericulture, Forest.

• Regular Knowledge Sharing with Line Departments.

GIS Maps of all Gram Panchayats of

Ausgram-II Block

Planning : Unique Initiative

• Observance of NREGA Week & NREGA Fortnight.

• Target of expenditure of 1 Lakh expenditure per Sansad.

• Expenditure of Rs. 1498.12 Lakh in NREGS Fortnight from 24-10-09 to 7-11-09 & 2507 Schemes taken up.

• Award for best Convergence Success Story.

• Convergence Success Story Burdwan.ppt

Unique Initiative

National Award for 2008-09

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