burdwan nregs 13-3-10 features
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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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