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REPORT on

NIRD & PR NETWORKING PROGRAMME ON SOCIAL AUDIT IN 14th FINANCE COMMISSION GRANT (FFCG)

Three day’s NIRD & PR Networking programme on Social Audit in 14th

Finance Commission Grant (FFCG) was organised by SIRD& PR during 13-

15 March 2018 at SIRD & PR Conference Hall, The training programme

was co-ordinated by Dr. Parikshit Sahu, Core Faculty, Rural Economics, SIRD & PR,

Bhubaneswar. Forty nine participants were participated in the said training. The lists

are in the annexure-i

BACKGROUND OF THE TRAINING PROGRAMME:

Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) especially Gram Panchayats (GPs) are the

most accessible and approachable forms of governments for people living in rural

India. The 73rd Amendment of the constitution of India has institutionalized the PRIs

to function as units of local self-government. The Constitution, in the Eleventh

Schedule, also lists 29 subjects which may be devolved by the States to Panchayats.

Even after more than twenty years of the constitutional amendment, wide variation

exists across the states in the level of powers and functions devolved to PRIs.

However it is observed that many states have legally endowed GPs with powers to

provide various services linked to birth- death registration, public distribution system,

construction of drainage and roads, providing streetlights, maintenance of

community assets etc. Although State wise variations exist, it can be stated that GPs

do influence daily lives of millions of citizens in rural India through their functions and

delivery of basic services. Besides, there are poverty alleviation programmes of the

central government, where Panchayats play a great role especially in the

programmes like MGNREGS.

Further The Fourteenth Finance Commission (FFC) award has created an

enormous opportunity for responsive local governance at the cutting edge

institutional level of the GP by assuring huge fiscal transfers to GPs (Rs.2,00,292.2

crore) during the period 2015-2020. The grant is intended to be used to improve

delivery of basic civic services including water supply, sanitation including sewerage

and solid waste management, storm water drainage, maintenance of community

assets, maintenance of roads, footpaths, street-lights, burial and cremation grounds

and other basic functions assigned to them under their respective statutes. The FFC

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also strongly recommended that the local bodies need to improve the quality of

services they deliver and strengthen accounting, record keeping and accountability

mechanisms.

Towards achieving good Governance, transparency, responsiveness and

accountability are non-negotiable. But to ensure the same, designing appropriate

systems and institutionalising them has always been a challenge. Streamlining the

service delivery systems is critical to programming and implementation of any

scheme of development. It is equally important that the poor for whom a programme

or scheme is being implemented are made aware of their rights and entitlements.

They should also be given an opportunity to participate in the planning, decision

making, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the projects of development.

In the process, the poor should own the scheme and the delivery system should be

made accountable to the community. It is in this context that the process of ‘making

demands on the delivery system by the people, becomes realistic and the social

audit becomes an instrument of change.

To ensure transparency, responsiveness, accountability and streamlining the

service delivery, social audits are made mandatory for the FFC.The main objectives

of the programme are as follows.

OBJECTIVES OF THE TRAINING

• To discuss the role of Panchayats in public service delivery and about the 14th

Finance Commission Grant

• To discuss the need, concept and approaches of social audit

• To make the participant understand the provisions of FFC with reference to

social audit

• To sensitize the participants to adopt social audit in true sense in FFC

CONTENTS OF THE TRAINING

➢ Role of Panchayat in public service delivery

➢ FFCG Transparency Accountability, Grievance Redressal measures

➢ Need and importance of Social audit in Rural Development& PRIs

➢ Concept and approaches of Social audit

➢ RTI and Social Audit

➢ Process of social audit

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➢ Exposure to successful Social Audit process

The programme the programme schedule of the Networking Programme was as follows;

Date Schedule Resource person

13.03.2018 Registration, Introduction, Ice-breaking, Expectations, Welcome& Inauguration

Director, PR & DW Deputy Director(I/c), SIRD & PR Director, OSSAAT

PRI system in India- status, roles and responsibilities

Mrs. Amita Patra, Deputy Director(I/c), SIRD & PR

Orientation on operational Guidelines of FFC

S.K Patra, Faculty, SIRD & PR

Concept and importance of Social Audit

B.K Dash, Director, OSSAAT

Preparation for field visit- understanding social audit formats

Sandhyarani Das Adhikari, SAE, OSSAAT

14.03.2018 Field Visit to, for the conduct of social audit in FFCG

S.K Dash, OSD, NIRD & PR J.R Satapathy, SAE and S.K Mohapatra, SAE, OSSAAT

15.03.2018 Audit of Scheme Rules 2011 & Auditing Standards

Mamata Pattnaik, Master Trainer, Social Audit

Challenges in taking up the social audits

S.K Dash, OSD, NIRD & PR

Preparation of social audit reports

Mamata Pattnaik, Master Trainer, Social Audit

Presentation of Field visit observations & Action Plan

S.K Dash, OSD, NIRD & PR

Evaluation and Valedictory

S.K Dash, OSD, NIRD & PR and Course Team

METHODOLOGY:

The programme has used participatory tools and techniques along with the

lecture cum discussions, case analysis and presentations. Field visits for interactions

and direct learning from the stakeholders of Panchayati Raj has also been arranged

for the participants.

PARTICIPANTS OF THE TRAINING The State Social Audit Resource Persons from District and Block level were

the Participants of the training programme mobilised through SAU, OSSAAT. A total

number of 49 participants were attended the training programme.

RESOURCE PERSONS

• Shri Saroj Kumar Dash, Officer Special Duty of NIRD & PR .

• Shri Santosh Kumar Patra, Instructor, SIRD & PR .

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• Shri Binay Kishore Dash, Director OSSAAT .

• Ms. Mamata Pattnaik, Master Trainer, Social Audit .

• Shri Jyoti Ranjan Satapathy and Shri Sukant Kumar Mahapatra, Social Audit

Experts of OSSAAT.

INAUGURAL SESSION

The programme was inaugurated by Dr.Subrat Kumar Mishra, Asst Director,

SIRD & PR and

Director, OSSAAT. At

the outset, Dr. Parikhit

Sahu, Course Director

of the programme given

a welcome address and

Dr.Subrat Kumar

Mishra, Asst Director,

SIRD & PR given the

brief idea about the

main objectives of the training programme.

MAJOR ANALYSIS OF THE TECHNICAL SESSIONS

DAY-1

After a complete

icebreaking session

Dr.Subrat Kumar Mishra,

Asst Director, SIRD & PR

delivered the session on

PRI system in India- status,

roles and responsibilities of

Panchayati Raj Institutions.

He discussed Evolution of

PRI, Committees

constituted and their

recommendations, PRI Acts, salient features of 73rd Amendment, Subjects of

devolution- status across India and roles and responsibilities of PRIs at all the three

tires through group discussions and presentations. The major outcome of the

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session is the participants will familiar with current PRI structure and functioning in

India.

In second session

Mr.Santosh Kumar Patra,

Jr. Instructor, SIRD & PR,

discussed about

orientation on operational

guidelines of FFC with the

participants. He discussed

Contents of the FFCG

guidelines, Criteria for

release of grants (both

Basic and Performance Grants), works permitted to be undertaken, monitoring and

evaluation, audit of FFCG through discussions and presentations. The major

outcomes of the session are participants become familiar with FFCG Guideline.

Mr Binay Kishore Dash, Director, OSSAAT delivered his session Concept and

importance of Social Audit. He discussed about Definition and interpretation of Social

Audit, History of Social audit, Types of audit, Principles of social audit, Steps in

social audit, Benefits of social audit through Presentation and discussions. The major

objective of the session is making more clarity about concept of Social Audit. He also

discussed about preparation for field visit to conduct mock social audit of FFCG in

GP for understanding the Tasks to be done in the field for, Cross verification of the

documents in GP office, Physical verification at work, Interaction with workers, user

groups, watershed committee members(house to house visits, Mobilization of the

community and organizing Gram Sabha. All the participants have been divided into

four groups and prepared to complete the assigned tasks in the field as per the

formats given to them.

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DAY-2

In the second day all the participants

were taken to Bhingarpur GP of

Balianta Block for conducting mock

Social Audit on FFCG for the year

2017-18 periods. The course team,

including Shri. Saroj Kumar Dash,

OSD, NIRD & PR, Director, OSSAAT,

Deputy Director, SIRD & PR, Course

Director and Social Audit Experts of

OSSAAT visited to the field along with

the participants for facilitation of the

field visit. The four groups of

participants were assigned four

projects from the FFCG MIS of the GP

and verified the records in GP Office

after a short meeting with GP level

officials. After record verification they

made asset verification in the field and verified four projects like construction of

Smasan Ghat at Bhingarpur village, Excavation of Chingudia pond, Sasan Pokhari

and Market complex building in Bhingarpur GP. The findings from all the verification

process have been noted down by the group members and also discussed for

validation in meeting with all stakeholders in GP.

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DAY-3

In the 1st session of the

day RP Ms. Mamata Pattnaik

discussed on the Audit of

Scheme Rules-2011 She

discussed the MGNREG Audit of

scheme rules 2011 through

discussion and presentation to

the participants. The major

outcome of the session is

Participants are t o b e familiar

with the social audit rules and the

status of adaptation in their own

states.

Then Shri S K Dash, OSD,

NIRD & PR discussed about the

challenges in the field of Social

Audit on FFCG to provide the

participants with an

understanding of how social

audits were taken up in

MGNREGS. Circulars issued,

manuals and formats developed,

pilotand actual social audit conducted for MGNREGS and Results of social audits.

Then Ms Mamata Pattnaik discussed about Preparation of Social Audit

Reports and its presentations. The Social Audit report format was discussed item

wise and participants came to know how to fill up the same. The major issues and

findings were taken place in the report by the four groups regarding four projects

they have visited for verification and ready for presentation one by one. In the last

session the participants presented the observations and findings prepared by them.

They presented their observations of the field realities, scope for conducting social

audits effectively, benefits and limitations as they perceived suggestions for

improvements, a way forward with action plans.

On 15th March 2018 at 5.30 PM after distribution of course completion

certificates and other training materials to the participants the training programme was

ended with the vote of thanks by Course Director, Dr.Parikshit Sahu.

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Annexure-I

LISTS OF PARTICIPANTS

Si.No. Name Designation District

1 Susanta Ku Diwedi BSA Angul

2 Sudhanshu Kumar Swain DSA Angul

3 Mayadhar Gadtia BSA Balangir

4 Barsha Hansda DSA Balangir

5 Chandan Ku Roul DSA Balasore

6 Smurti Ranjan Rout BSA Balesore

7 Madhaba Prasad Sahu BSA Bargarh

8 Ananda Padhan DSA Bargarh

9 Susanta Dalai BSA Bhadrak

10 Amar Kishore Sahu DSA Bhadrak

11 Gopal Ch.Meher BSA Boudh

12 Milan Kumar Pati DSA Boudh

13 Rashmi Ranjan Routray BSA Cuttack

14 Saroj Ku Gadnayak DSA Dhenkanal

15 Babula Bisoyi BSA Ganjam

16 Dr.R.N Malana DSA Ganjam

17 Ramesh Chandra Bahira BSA Jagatsinghpur

18 Dipak Kumar Parida DSA Jagatsinghpur

19 Bijay Laxmi Bal BSA Jajpur

20 Satya Narayan Behera DSA Jajpur

21 Dharmaraj Ray BSA Jharsuguda

22 Tophan Kumar Naik DSA Jharsuguda

23 Shashanka Shekhar Bhoi DSA Kalahandi

24 Sanjay Kumar Digal BSA Kandhamal

25 Dusasan Singh DSA Kandhamal

26 Subrat Ranjan Samal BSA Kendrapara

27 Mrutyunnjay Behera DSA Kendrapara

28 Debi Prasad Mishra BSA Keonjhar

29 Chandan Kumar Aich DSA Keonjhar

30 Jogeswar Dash BSA Khordha

31 Nabin Khara BSA Koraput

32 Anil Ku Maharana DSA Koraput

33 Subrata Ku Samal DSA Malkangir

34 Sangram Keshari Mahalik BSA Malkangiri

35 Pradeep Ku. Chakrabarty DSA Mayurbhanj

36 Seema Das DSA Mayurbhanj

37 Rispa Bagh BSA Nabarangpur

38 Baibasuta Chalan DSA Nabarangpur

39 Sum Ita Dasgu Pta BSA Nayagarh

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40 Baijay Naryan Baliarsingh DSA Nayagarh

41 Prabir Kumar Meher DSA Nuapada

42 Yayati Keshari Samantaray BSA Puri

43 Raj Kishore Parida DSA Puri

44 Namita Wadaka BSA Rayagada

45 Golak Bihari Pradhan DSA Rayagada

46 Artatran Satapathys DSA Sambalpur

47 Harihar Pradhan DSA Sambalpur

48 Sudam Gaigaria BSA Sonepur

49 Hrusikesh Mahakur DSA Sonepur

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