Infrastructure for Climate Resilient Growth in India (ICRG) Programme

Labour Budget Planning Process

Labour budget planning

Prior assessment of the quantum of works likely to be demanded

along with the timing of demand.

Preparation of shelf of project(SoP) and prioritizatized in order to

meet the demand within the time prescribed in the Act.

Matching demand and supply.

Labour budget planning

Decentralized, Participatory Planning in choice of works:

local bodies responsible for in planning, monitoring & implementation; village

assembly (Gram Sabha) recommends shelf of projects; village bodies (Gram

Panchayats) execute at least 50% of works;

Labour budget process

a. Gram sabha proposes shelf of projects.

b. GP consolidates and makes the development plan

c. Block Panchayat – labour budget and implementation

d. District Panchayat – labour budget

e. SEGC can suggest preferred works

f. GPDP Plan – Integration.

Key provision under MGNREGS• At least 100 days of guaranteed employment to every rural household whose adult members

volunteer to do unskilled manual work subject to the conditions of this Act.

• Equal wage for Men & Women.

• Decentralised planning( people centric planning).

• Greater role of Gram Panchayat(GP) during planning & implementation.

• Prohibition of contractor.

• Prohibition of machines.

• Unemployment allowance in case fails to provide employment within 15 days of demand.

• Transparency & Accountability in built.

• Social Audit .

• Provision of work site facilities( crèche, first aid, water, shade etc)

• Flexible working hours.

• Minimum wage .

• Timely payment –Delay payment.

• Records .

• Monitoring mechanism at each level.

Important issue

1. In schedule –I of MGNREGA , 155 kinds of works/activities have been identified as permissible works, out of

these 100 kind works relate to NRM alone with 71 of the NRM works being water related.

2. In schedule –I of MGNREGA , 155 kinds of works/activities, 44 works are related to individual asset creation.

3. The MWC guideline make it mandatory to spend 65% of total MGNREGA expenditure in NRM works.

4. MGNREGS is world’s largest works based social protection programme with an annual budget.

5. 10 million works taken up each year; >60% for agriculture and allied activities.

6. 30 lakh asset are created through MGNREGA during a financial year.

7. Poor quality of assets

1. Low resilience of infrastructure to flooding and droughts.

2. Low productive benefits of infrastructure .

8. Impact

1. 30- 50% of investments/works are washed away or poorly planned without any resilience benefits for poor.

9. Key reasons

1. Design and maintenance do not factor climate risks.

2. Lack of technical capacity of local implementation agencies.

3. Limited policy focus on infrastructure quality (climate resilient design)

4. Low evidence base for shaping policy

Planning procedure under MGNREGAS.N Step Actions

1 Identification of needs

1. Planning team consisting of Block and GP functionaries.2. consultation at village level.3. panchayat consultation with different stakeholder with special emphasize to

include issues and concern of women, OVGs, SCs, STs etc

2 Identification of Resource envelope

1. Identify resource available locally from different scheme like IWMP, PMKSY etc2. develop convergence plan

3 Preparation of draftDevelopment plan

1. Planning team in partnership with GP will prepare development plan.2. Development plan is to be followed by listing of shelf of project and preparation

of LB .3. watershed & INRM principle are required to be incorporated in the plan.

4 Approval of Gram Sabha

1. Presentation to gram Sabha for approval.2. Prioritization of works

5 Plan Finalization 1. As per MWC guideline make it mandatory to spend 65% of total MGNREGA expenditure in NRM works.

Key activities1. Village level meeting

2. Livelihood discussion

3. Social Map

4. FGD with Vulnerable Households

5. Household Livelihood Plan

6. Seasonality Map

7. Demand Estimation

8. Resource Map

9. Transect Walk

10. Identifying and prioritizing works

11. Gram Sabha for prioritization of works and approval of each stage of planning process.

12. Integration with Development Plan

Preparation of shelf of project(SoP)

a. Justification for the work.

b. Areas of the GP where this work would be undertaken.

c. Numbers of people likely to be employed (employment potential).

d. Nature of durable asset likely to be created.

e. How this work will address and also strengthen the livelihood base of the rural poor.

f. Other benefits that may accrue such as continued employment opportunities, strengthening of

the local economy and improving the quality of lives of people.

g. Indicate whether this will require convergence with any other scheme/programme running in

the State. If yes, then the nature of convergence, how it would be achieved and in which

accounts the requirements of MGNREGA would be maintained

Inclusion of Women & OVGs:

• Identification of vulnerable HH( women headed, single women, physically challenged, PTGs, STs,

SCs, landless, based on SECC & IPPE data).

• Awareness generation and capacity building of women, PTGs, STs, SCs etc on climate change,

climate resilient works planning, monitoring and maintenance of the assets.

• Increase women participation in Gram Sabha during labour budget planning process.

• Increase % share of women in personday generation ( especially on women headed, single

women, physically challenged

• Linking CRWs to institution(SHGs – GPLF) for maintenaning and managing the community assets.

• Support labour budget planning process to identify more, women friendly works & NRM works.

• Ensuring work site facilities during execution of works

Gender and OVGs sensitive design of CRWs - Few example:

small steps near pond, open well

Ramp near pond , open well

private space near pond /well for women to bathe

railing /handle for support

plantation of species to address responsibilities being carried out by women

(related to agriculture, livestock , water)

Focus on Outcome

S.N Outcome

1 Environmental Outcome Durable assets, Water security, Soil conservation, higher land productivity, Drought proofing, Flood management.

2 Economic Outcome Livelihood security, Ensured Wage Employment.

3 Social Outcome Participation of the community in planning, Inclusion of socially excluded groups, Empowerment of community in planning, Transparency in plan preparation and Work allocation.

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