NREGS WB

A Presentation from Burdwan

District NREGS Cell

13 March, 2010
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Objectives : NREGS
 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
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 Parameters of Success

Average No. of days of Employment

provided to each Household

No. of Households provided 100

days employment
 Key Processes
Application for job card Selection of works

Verification Approval of shelf of

Issue of job card projects

Informing village PRI

Demand for employment
Acknowledgement of Preparation of estimates
demand And approvals

Work allocation

Maintenance of muster roll

Payment of wages

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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. 7
 Issues critical to fulfillment of
NREGS objective.

• 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

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 Issues critical to fulfillment of
NREGS objective.

• Payment of wages through banks and

post offices
-to close avenues for use of
contractors, and corruption

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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

 Worksite Management

Toilet at every
worksite for women
workers.

Special Focus
towards aged &
disabled
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
Transparency : Disclosure of Information

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

Participation of Participation of
SC & ST 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 Audit
 The 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 AUDIT
Social 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 people
To examine Bill, Voucher,
Muster Roll, Measurement
Book etc.
To register complains if arise in
meetings
To fill up Annexure – 1, 2, 3
Annexure – 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
Inter State Physical & Financial Perform ance under NREGA during 2009-10
A s on 15.01.10
No.of Person Av erage Total
Sl. households Rank day s Rank personday sRank ExpenditurRank
States
No. prov ided ing generated ing per ing e (Rs. In ing
em ploy m ent (In Lakhs) H ousehold C rores)

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 BIHA R 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 TAM IL NADU 3338481 5 1895.75 5 57 2 1308.51 6
12 TRIPURA 538916 13 249.28 12 46 7 333.09 12
13 UTTAR PRADESH 4087073 3 2079.74 3 51 3 3421.62 2
14 W EST BENGAL 3061782 6 869.63 7 28 12 1065.02 8
15 ORISSA 806755 11 253.65 11 31 9 421.84 11
 DISTRICTWISE RANK UNDER NREGA DURING 2009-10 UPTO December'09
Name of the % of Rank % of Rank Employm Rank Expen Rank Combined Rank Com Ranking
District Provided Wmen ent diture per Score of MIS bined as per
HH on BPL person provided GP (Rs. on MPR Score Combined
families days per HH In lakh) 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 6 346 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
 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. • Agril. Dev. Officer.
• Jt. BDO & Jt. BPO • SAE (RWP)—Nodal
NREGS. technical person for
• FEO. convergence.
• Block Nodal Officer,
• BLDO.
SGSY.
• BL & LRO. • Block LGS.
• Asst. Prog. Officer • Block SGSY
NREGS. 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 : Priority Agendum

Convergence Meeting with PIA & Line

Deptt. At Burdwan District by Principal
Secretary P.& R.D. on 10-7-09
 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
 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.
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.
 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
Focus : SGSY :
• 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
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 .
 Planning : Unique Initiative

• Use of GIS in the • GPS of all completed

Planning Process. 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
 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
National Award for 2008-09
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