prof. p.b.s. bhadoria dr. p.k. bhowmick dr. a. mishra rural development centre indian institute of...

Prof. P.B.S. BhadoriaDr. P.K. Bhowmick

Dr. A. Mishra

Rural Development CentreIndian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur

Kharagpur (W.B.) – 721302

Impact Assessment of NREGA in Bankura and Purba-Medinipur

Districts of West Bengal

A questionnaire was developed by

covering various issues pertaining to

NREGA.

The related information was collected by

interviewing village workers on

completed and ongoing worksites.

Sources of Information

Schematic of survey and response analyses for NREGA

4- GPs in each Block

Grouped Results 1. GPs-Work mpleted 2. On-Going Work

District

Block-1 Block-2

GP1 GP2 GP3 GP4 GP5 GP6 GP7 GP8

Averaged: Work Completed

Averaged: On-Going Work

2- Districts

2- Blocks in each District

About 80-90% Villagers are aware about

the NREGA in both the districts.

This was primarily due to the

effectiveness of Panchayats system for

awareness of NREGA campaigns.

Level of Awareness

Salient FindingsSalient Findings

The job cards are issued within 15 days (50%) to 30 days (45%) in Bankura district.

In Purba Medinipur, within 15 days, much of the demand for job cards are materialized.

The custody of job cards by job seekers is better in completed projects.

Job Cards

Irrespective of worksites, women participation is more than the men folk.

About 60-70% villagers agree that wage employment is done by reading muster roll in Bankura.

This figure is 90 to 100% in Purba Medinipur.

About 40-50% daily wage earners get the job for a period of 8-14 days.

Employment

Mode of wage payment is mainly through post office in Bankura. However in Purba Medinipur, payment is mainly through bank.

Women folk get the wages at par with the male workers.

Most of the workers (75-80%) received their payments within a week.

Distance to worksites is within 1-2 km for Bakura and 1-5 km in Purba Medinapore.

Payment

Only 15-20% wage earners are satisfied with facilities at the worksites.

Providing child care facility would encourage more women participation.

Facilities

The same job card without any photograph is being used by different members of a family.

In Ranibandh block, job cards are given to registered only, but most of them are without photographs.

Special Observations

Bankura

Bankura district is unable to meet the demand of job cards

All the job cards holder are not turning up for work.

The job cards (like ration cards) are being kept as necessary documents for future needs.

Bankura (contd…)

In Ramnagar-I Block the demand for the job cards is less as villagers are receiving higher wages.

Ratio of man to material may be changed for the Panskura I.

The villagers want better road connectivity particularly during the rainy season.

Occurrence of floods is very frequent here.

Purba Medinipur

BPL families should get the first priority in getting Job Cards.

Gov. of India direct the GPO for opening the “0” balance accounts at all post offices.

Need based planning of NREGA projects may be initiated at the local level and should become a part of NREGA.

Common and universal recommendations may not be given for all the villages.

Suggestions

These NREGA projects should be made a composite part of a village/regional plan, put forward by the local community.

It should also include educational resources like schools mainly for the benefit of children of BPL families.

Expansion of Areas

NREGA project should extend its funding to productive sectors, along with re-inventing biodiversity.

Job-card holders be insured to cover health-related risks.

Loans should be extended to BPL families at cheaper rates.

Land-reforms should be continuously re-visited for efficiency and enforced.

Minimum wage act should be implemented.

Expansion of Areas (contd…)

A separate tribunal should be set up to seek complaints about implementation of NREGA projects in the State.

The tribunal after soliciting complaints could setup district level committees for completing the judicial process.

Ombudsman Tribunal

There is hardly any doubt regarding the humanness of NREGA project in eradicating poverty.

Hence the allocation of funding to NREGA may be enhanced.

Instead of investing in ailing or sick banking establishments, the government may concentrate more on investing in NREGA.

Funding of NREGA Project

Table 1: Information on employment, expenditure and job cards of Ranibandh Block in District Bankura.

Name of Gram Panchayats

Name of Villages

Worksites

EmploymentGenerated(man days)

Expenditure(Rs.)

H.H. issued Job Cards(No.) per

family

RajakataVirati (Ak-khuta)

Completed (small pond)

1,135 2,96,075 602

Ambikanagar LoddaOngoing (small pond)

1,959 2,20,906 251

HaludkanaliHaludkanali

Ongoing (Kachha road )

13,220 12,24,995 2,620

RanibandhKatiam (Moula)

Ongoing (small pond)

424 37,847 242

Total 16,738 17,79,823 3,464

Name of Gram

Panchayats

Name of Villages

Works Sites EmploymentGenerated (man days)

Expenditure(Rs.)

H.H. issued Job Cards(No.) per family

Malian Chapasole Completed No record 1,70,000 3,298

Gopalpur Dungrigora Ongoing (Excavation of pond)

1,353 94,713 56

Moshiara Biradihi Ongoing (Excavation of pond)

3,983 5,98,276 127

Hirbandh Bhogda Ongoing (Excavation of pond)

Not available Not available

Not available

Total 5,336 8,62,989 3,481

Table 2: Information on employment, expenditure and job cards of Hirbandh Block in District Bankura.

Table 3: Information on employment, expenditure and job cards of Ramnagar-1 Block in District Purba Medinipur.

Name of Gram

PanchayatName of Village Works Sites

EmploymentGenerated (man days)

Expenditure

(Rs.)

H.H. issued Job

Cards(No.) per

family

Gobra Dakshin GobraCompleted (tree plantation)

895 1,06,248 184

Basantapur DeuliOngoing (kachha road)

574 57,431 88

Talgachari-1 BardsulemanturOngoing (tree plantation )

455 48,900 273

Haldia –II Madhupur-IOngoing (new kachha road)

213 18,293 108

Total 2,137 2,30,872 573

Name of Gram Panchayat

Name of Village

Works Sites

EmploymentGenerated (man days)

Expenditure(Rs.)

H.H issued

Job Cards(No.) per

family

Panskura-1 Naskardighi Completed (nursery 50000 sapling)

7,669 8,55,488 1,253

Ghoshpur Ghoshpur / Rajhati

Ongoing (kachha road)

100 1,02,000 129

Chaitannyapur–1

Maguri Jagannathchak

Ongoing (kachha road )

8,401 13,05,217 2,577

Raghunathbari Kasharbandh Ongoing (murrum spreading

561 48,367 196

Total 17,304 23,11,072 4,155

Table 4: Information on employment, expenditure and job cards of Panskura-1 Block in District Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Table 5: Progress Report submitted by Blocks (28.02.09)

Name of Block

Job Card issued

Demand for employment (cumulative)

WorksCompleted

Expenditure (cumulative)Rs.

Mandays generated(cumulative) In lakh

HH Individual

Completed

In progress

Bankura

Hirbandh 14890 4554 NA 77 206 3,20,44,545 2.46712

Ranibandh 22031 6928 NA 287 105 2,65,05,594 177252

Purba Medinipur

Panskura-1 34986 14053 18187 110 456 1,87,30,209 1.55281

Ramnagar-1 17935 2336 5413 64 209 63,97,59,800 0.6355483

Table 6: Progress Report of Gram Panchayat-28.02.09, Bankura District

Name of Block

Name of G.P.

Job Card issued

Demand for employment (cumulative)

WorksCompleted

Expenditure (cumulative)Rs. In lakh

Mandays generated(cumulative) In lakhBa-in no.HH Indivi

dualCompleted

In progress

Ranibandh Ambikanagar 3265 882 NA 31 11 25,60,580 29927

Haludkanali 2550 593 NA 17 4 10,30,550 11151

Ranibandh 2734 661 NA 21 5 15,22,065 11479

Rajakata 3227 1690 NA 38 25 57,01,823 14835

Hirbandh Malian 3300 208 5 10 8,91,926 9530

Gopalpur 2767 1037 21 30 65,69,941 58105

Moshiara 2723 422 10 18 28,95,634 19627

Hirbandh 3092 1612 13 20 41,92,867 34891

Name of Block

Name of G.P. Job Card issued

Demnd for employment (cumulative

WorksCompleted

Expenditure (cumulative)Rs. In lakh

Mandays generated(cumulative) In lakhBa-in no.

HH

Individual

Completed

In progress

Ramnagar-1

Gobra 2377 244 333 3 12 1,7507000 00212309

Basantapur 1840 406 565 25 23 8,2467600 00886900

Talgachari-1 1546 254 378 1 27 4,0539900 00441355

Haldia –II NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

Panskura-1

Chaitannyapur – 1

2577 1226

1226 8 17 1,117,094 7254

Ghoshpur 2659 1159

1551 4 32 1,702,236.50

16599

Panskura-1 12534

860 950 9 26 855488.00 0.07669

Raghunath-bari

2225 628 783 12 12 441684.00 0.04749

Table 7: Progress Report of Gram Panchayat-28.02.09, Purba Medinipur District

Bankura DistrictBankura District

Awareness (Work Completed)

NO (0%)Some Extent (10%)

Yes to a large extent (90%)

Awareness (Work Ongoing)


Some Extent (35%)

NO (0%)

Sources (Work Completed)

Panchayat Member (80%)

Block Official (20%)

Other (0%)

Sources(Work Ongoing)

Panchayat Member (93.3%)

Block Official (3.3%)

Other (3.3%)


Persons employed - per Family (Work Completed)

1 person (5%)

2 person (60%)

3 person (20%)

>3 person (15%)

Persons employed - per Family (Work Ongoing)

>3 person (16.7%)

3 person (6.7%)

2 person (70%)

1 person (6.7%)

Time gap between registration and issue of job card (Work Completed)

within 15 days (50%)15-30 days

(45%)

> 30 days (5%)

Time gap between registration and issue of job card (Work Ongoing)

> 30 days (5%)

15-30 days (51.7%)

within 15 days (43.3%)


Custody of job card (Work Completed)

Yourself (85%)

Others (15%)

Custody of job card (Work Ongoing)

Others (50%)

Yourself (50%)

Awareness about equal wage payment for women (Work Completed)

Yes (95%)

No (5%)

Awareness about equal wage payment for women (Work Ongoing)

No (3.3%)

Yes (96.7%)


Wages payment (Work Completed)

Weekly (80%)

Bi-weekly (20%)

Wages payment (Work Ongoing)

Bi-weekly (25%)

Weekly (75%)

Mode of wage payment (Work Completed)

Post Office Acount (100%)

Cash (0%)Bank A/C (0%)Job Card (0%)

Mode of wage payment (Work Ongoing)

Job Card (16.7%)

Post Office Acount (66.7%)

Cash (16.7%)

Bank A/C (0%)


Reading muster rolls and job cards entries (Work Completed)

Yes (75%)

No (25%)

Reading muster rolls and job cards entries (Work Ongoing)

No (40%)

Yes (60%)

Distance of worksite (Work Completed)

1Km. to 2 Km (100%)

> 5 Km (0%)3 Km. to 5 Km (0%)


> 5 Km (0%)

1Km. to 2 Km (98.3%)

3 Km. to 5 Km (1.7%)


Facilities (Work Completed)

Fully Satisfied (20%)

Some extent (45%)

Not at all (35%)

Facilities (Work Ongoing)

Not at all (40.8%)

Some extent (40.8%)

Fully Satisfied (18.3%)

Monthly days of employment (Work Completed)

> 21 days (5%)

8-14 days (50%)

up to 7 days (0%)

15-21 days (45%)

Monthly days of employment(Work Ongoing)

> 21 days (11.7%)

15 -21 days (48.3%)

up to 7 days (1.7%)

8-14 days (38.3%)


Whether local people are benefitted from NREGA (Work Completed)

No (0%)

Yes (100%)

Whether local people are benefitted from NREGA (Work Ongoing)

Yes (100%)

No (0%)

Whether complaints disposed with in time(Work Completed)

No (95%)

Yes (5%)

Whether complaints disposed with in time(Work Ongoing)

Yes (25%)

No (75%)

Purba Medinipur DistrictPurba Medinipur District

Awareness (Work Completed)

NO (0%)

Some Extent (10%)


Awareness (Work Ongoing)

Yes to a large extent (93.3%)

Some Extent (6.7%)

NO (0%)

Sources (Work Completed)

Other (5%)Block Official (0%)

Panchayat Member (95%)

Sources(Work Ongoing)

Panchayat Member (76.7%)

Block Official (21.7%)

Other (1.7%)


Persons employed - per Family (Work Completed)

1 person (30%)

2 person (65%)

3 person (0%)

>3 person (5%)

Persons employed - per Family (Work Ongoing)

>3 person (3.3%)3 person

(13.3%)

2 person (60%)

1 person (23.3%)

Time gap between registration and issue of job card (Work Completed)

within 15 days (85%)

15-30 days (15%)

> 30 days (0%)

Time gap between registration and issue of job card (Work Ongoing)

> 30 days (10%)

15-30 days (35%)

within 15 days (55%)


Custody of job card (Work Completed)

Others (5%)

Yourself (95%)

Custody of job card (Work Ongoing)

Others (18.3%)

Yourself (81.7%)

Awareness about equal wage payment for women (Work Completed)

Yes (75%)

No (25%)

Awareness about equal wage payment for women (Work Ongoing)

No (8.3%)

Yes (91.7%)


Wages payment (Work Completed)

Weekly (85%)

Bi-weekly (15%)

Wages payment (Work Ongoing)

Bi-weekly (10%)

Weekly (90%)

Mode of wage payment (Work Completed)

Cash (0%)Post Office (0%)Job Card (0%)

Bank A/C (100%)

Mode of wage payment (Work Ongoing)

Job Card (0%)

Post Office Acount (23.3%)

Cash (35%)

Bank A/C (41.7%)


Reading muster rolls and job cards entries (Work Completed)

Yes (100%)

No (0%)

Reading muster rolls and job cards entries (Work Ongoing)

No (11.7%)

Yes (88.3%)


1Km. to 2 Km (75%)

> 5 Km (0%)

3 Km. to 5 Km (25%)


> 5 Km (6.7%)

1Km. to 2 Km (85%)

3 Km. to 5 Km (8.3%)


Facilities (Work Completed)

Fully Satisfied

(0%)

Some extent (95%)

Not at all (5%)

Facilities (Work Ongoing)

Not at all (2.1%)

Some extent (82.1%)

Fully Satisfied (15.8%)

Monthly days of employment (Work Completed)

> 21 days (5%)

8-14 days (40%)

up to 7 days (30%)

15-21 days (25%)

Monthly days of employment(Work Ongoing)

> 21 days (0%)

15 -21 days (3.3%)

up to 7 days (61.7%)

8-14 days (35%)

Survey form

AWARENESS GENERATION Work Completed Work Ongoing

Are you aware about NREGA? ( 1- yes to a large extent, 2-Only to some extent,3- No not at all ) 80 20 0 65.0 35.0 0.0

From which source you came to know about it? (1- Panchyat members, 2-Block officials,3- NGO’s Radio and Newspaper ) 80 20 0 93.3 3.3 3.3

WORK APPLICATIONS AND REGISTRATION

How many of you given employment? (1, 2, 3, >3) 5 60 20 15 6.7 70.0 6.7 16.7

What is the time gap between registration and issue of job card? (1- Within 15 days, 2- 16-30 days, 3- More than a month) 50 45 5 43.3 51.7 5.0

Who has the custody of your job cards? (1- Your self, 2- some body like Gram Panchayat,BDO, Gram Rozgar Sevak/Panchayat Secretary and NGOs) 85 15 50.0 50.0

WORKER’S ENTITLEMENTS

Do you think that women are being paid the similar wage like you? (1- Yes, 2- No) 95 5 96.7 3.3

Do you receive the wages on weekly basis or fifteen days? (1- Yes, 2- No) 80 20 75.0 25.0

What is the mode of wage payment under NREGA? (1-Cash, 2-Post office Account, 3-Bank Account, 4-Job Card) 0 100 0 0 16.7 66.7 0.0 16.7

At the time of payment of wages whether the muster rolls is being read out and accordingly the job cards entries made? (1- Yes, 2- No) 75 25 60.0 40.0

From your habitat what will be the distance of your worksite? (1-1Km. to 2Km., 2- 3Km. to 5Km. 3- 5Km and above) 100 0 0 98.3 1.7 0.0

WORKSITE

Are you satisfied with the facilities being provided at the work site? Shade, Drinking water, First-Aid, Child care (1- Yes to some extent, 2-fully satisfied, 3-not at all) 45 20 35 40.8 18.3 40.8

Till date how many days of employment you got in a month (1-7 days., 2-14 days, 3-21 days, 4- > 21 days) 0 50 45 5 1.7 38.3 48.3 11.7

Are the local people benefitted out of this work (1- Yes, 2- No) 100 0 100.0 0.0

COMPLAINTS

Are all the complaints disposed with in the time limit (1- Yes, 2- No) 5 95 25.0 75.0

Composite Percentage Response of people at the Bankura District, Ranibandh and Hirbandh Blocks

AWARENESS GENERATION Work Completed Work Ongoing

Are you aware about NREGA? ( 1- yes to a large extent, 2-Only to some extent,3- No not at all ) 100 0 0 93.3 6.7 0.0

From which source you came to know about it? (1- Panchyat members, 2-Block officials,3- NGO’s Radio and Newspaper ) 95 0 5 76.7 21.7 1.7

WORK APPLICATIONS AND REGISTRATION

How many of you given employment? (1, 2, 3, >3) 30 65 0 5 23.3 60.0 13.3 3.3

What is the time gap between registration and issue of job card? (1- Within 15 days, 2- 16-30 days, 3- More than a month) 85 15 0 55.0 35.0 10.0

Who has the custody of your job cards? (1- Your self, 2- some body like Gram Panchayat,BDO, Gram Rozgar Sevak/Panchayat Secretary and NGOs) 95 5 81.7 16.7 1.7

WORKER’S ENTITLEMENTS

Do you think that women are being paid the similar wage like you? (1- Yes, 2- No) 75 25 91.7 8.3

Do you receive the wages on weekly basis or fifteen days? (1- Yes, 2- No) 85 15 90.0 10.0

What is the mode of wage payment under NREGA? (1-Cash, 2-Post office Account, 3-Bank Account, 4-Job Card) 0 0 100 0 35.0 23.3 41.7 0.0

At the time of payment of wages whether the muster rolls is being read out and accordingly the job cards entries made? (1- Yes, 2- No) 100 0 88.3 11.7

From your habitat what will be the distance of your worksite? (1-1Km. to 2Km., 2- 3Km. to 5Km. 3- 5Km and above) 75 25 0 85.0 6.7 8.3

WORKSITE

Are you satisfied with the facilities being provided at the work site? Shade, Drinking water, First-Aid, Child care (1- Yes to some extent, 2-fully satisfied, 3-not at all) 95 0 5 82.1 15.8 2.1

Till date how many days of employment you got in a month (1-7 days., 2-14 days, 3-21 days, 4- > 21 days) 30 40 25 5 61.7 35.0 3.3 0.0

Are the local people benefitted out of this work (1- Yes, 2- No) 100 0 95.0 5.0

COMPLAINTS

Are all the complaints disposed with in the time limit (1- Yes, 2- No) 90 10 96.7 3.3

Composite Percentage Response of people at the Purba Medinipur District, Panskura(1) and Ram Nagar (1) Blocks

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Documents

nrega slide

demand of job cards

payment slide

job cards holder

custody of job cards

purba medinipur slide

employment slide

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