94773883 Nrega Ppt Cs Meeting

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Implementation of NREGA in

Gujarat

Commissionerate of Rural DevelopmentGandhinagar


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What is NREGA

NREGA is designed as a safety net to reduce migration by

rural poor households in the lean period by providing

hundred days of guaranteed unskilled manual labour when

demanded on water conservation, land development &drought proofing works.


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Key Processes of Implementation

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

Maintena

nce of muster roll

Verification


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Objectives of NREGA

The basic objective of the Act is to enhance livelihood

security in rural areas by Providing at least 100 days of guaranteed wage

employment in a financial year to every BPL & APLhousehold whose adult members volunteer to do unskilledmanual work

This work guarantee can also serves other objectives like1. Generating productive assets,

2. Protecting the environment, empowering rural women,

3. Reducing rural urban migration and fostering social equity,among others.


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NREGA GOALS

a. Strong social safety net for the vulnerable

groups by providing a fall-back employment

source, when other employment alternatives

are scare or inadequateb. Growth engine for sustainable development of

an agricultural economy

c. Empowerment of Rural poor through the

processes of a rights-based Law.


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SALIENT FEATURES OF THE ACT

1) The Gram Panchayat after due verification will issue a Job Card.

2) The Job Card should be issued within 15 days of application

3) A Job Card holder may submit a written application for employment to

the Gram Panchayat,

4) Employment will be given within 15 days if it is not then daily

unemployment allowance as per the Act

5) Work should ordinarily be provided within 5 km

6) Wages are to be paid according to the Minimum Wages Act 1948 for

agricultural laborers

7) Wages are to be paid according to piece rate or daily rate. wages

should be paid through Bank / post

Continue.


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(8) At least one-third beneficiaries shall be women

(9) Work site facilities such as crche, drinking water, shade have to be

provided

(10) Shelf of projects for a village will be recommended by the gram sabha

(11) At least 50% of works will be allotted to Gram Panchayats for

execution

(12) Permissible works predominantly include water and soil conservation,aforestation and land development works

(13) A 60:40 wage and material ration has to be maintained.

(14) No contractors and machinery is allowed

(15) Social Audit has to be done by the Gram Sabha


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STAKEHOLDERS

Key Stakeholders are:I. Wage seekers

II. Gram Sabha

III. PRIs, specially the gram panchayatIV. Programme Officer at the block level

V. District Programme Coordinator

VI. State Government

VII. Ministry of Rural Development


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Responsibility of Gram Panchayat : Planning of works

Receiving applications for registration

Verifying registration applications

Registering households

Issuing Job Cards

Receiving applications for employment

Issuing dated receipts

Allocating employment within fifteen days of application

Executing Works

Maintaining records

Convening the Gram Sabha for social audit

Monitoring the implementation of the Scheme at the village level


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Responsibility at Block LevelI. Scrutinizing the annual development plan proposed by the

GPs

II. Including the proposals of the Intermediate Panchayat

III. Matching employment opportunities with the demand for

work

IV. Monitoring and supervising implementationV. Disposal of complaints

VI. Ensuring that social audits are conducted by the Gram

Sabha

VII. Payment of unemployment allowance


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Responsibility at District

1) Information dissemination

2) Training3) Consolidating block plans into district plan

4) Ensuring administrative and technical approvals to the

shelf of projects

5) Release and utilization of funds

6) Ensuring hundred percent monitoring of works,

Muster Roll Verifications,

7) Submission of Monthly Progress Reports.


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Responsibility at State Level

I. Wide communication of the Scheme

II. Ensuring that full time dedicated personnel are in place for

implementing NREGA at all levels

III. Ensuring that the State share of the NREGS budget is

released on time

IV. Training

V. Establishing a network of professional agencies for

technical support and for quality-control measures

VI. Regular review, monitoring and evaluation of NREGSEnsuring accountability and transparency in the Scheme at

all levels


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PERMISSIBLE WORKS

The Works permissible under NREG are :

I. Water conservation and water harvesting;

II. drought proofing, including afforestation and tree plantation;

III. irrigation canals, including micro and minor irrigation works;

IV. provision of irrigation facility, plantation, horticulture, land development to land

owned by households belonging to the SC/ST, or to land of the beneficiaries of land

reforms, or to land of the beneficiaries under the Indira Awas Yojana/BPL families

V. renovation of traditional water bodies, including de-silting of tanks;VI. land development;

VII. flood-control and protection works, including drainage in waterlogged areas;

VIII. rural connectivity to provide all-weather access. The construction of roads may

include culverts where necessary, and within the village area may be taken up

along with drains. Care should be taken not to take up roads included in the

PMGSY network under NREGA. No cement concrete roads should be taken up

under NREGA. Priority should be given to roads that give access to SC/ST

habitations;

IX. any other work that may be notified by the Central Government in consultation with

the State Government


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IMPLEMENTING AGENCIES

The Gram Panchayat is the single most important agency for

executing works The other Implementing Agencies are

(1) Taluka Panchayat

(2)District Panchayats

(3) line departments of the Government

(4) Public Sector Undertakings of the Central and State

Governments

(5)Cooperative Societies with a majority shareholding by the

Central and State Governments

(6) Self Help Groups


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Role of Line Departments

The role of the Line Department is to give(1) Technical support in the nature of estimates,

(2) Measurement and

(3) Supervision of the works.(4) Muster Rolls to be maintained

(5) To execute the works on behalf of Gram

Panchyats.No overhead charge will be given to any line

department.


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Rajasthan Experience

1. The Sarpanches,MLAs and the elected members take

keen interest in the implementation of NREGS

2. Besides Talaties, Gram Sewaks are also involved in the

implementation of NREGS.

3. Gram Rojgar Sewaks appointed are being paid 2500 Rs

per month.

4. Proper allocation of job work that enables them to earn Rs

100 per day.

5. System of deployment of Mates is very strong which

enables proper attendance ,reporting and measurement atthe worksite.


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6. Effective review at Taluka and District level.

7. Model estimates of works commonly taken up underNREGA by the line Deptt.

8. 50 % of works are being implemented by Different lineDeptt of Government.

9. Effective role of line Departments which includes

proposing of works to Gram Panchyats and its execution.10. The use of Machinery to the extent of 40 % is permissible

and the estimates are made accordingly.

11. The shortage of Engineers is taken care by recruitingsurveyors.

12. Collectors are overall in charge for implementing NREGS


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CONVERGENCE

Convergence of the NREGA funds with funds from othersources for the creation of durable assets is permissible.

Funds available with PRIs from other sources from central

and State Governments funds can also be dovetailed with

NREGA funds for the construction of durable communityassets/works permissible under NREGA

However, NREGA funds should not be used as a substitute

for Departmental plan funds of different departments and

agencies.


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Forest Department

Permissible activities1. Village Forest

2. Road side Plantation

3. Pond side plantation

4. Check dams

5. Deepening of Ponds6. Roads in the forest area and villages

7. Land development etc

8. Drought Proofing

9. Social Forestry

10. Afforestation

11. Compound wall for conservation and protection of wild lifecenturies.

12. Land development ofkotar land


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Procedure to be followed1. Suggest activity to the Grampanchyats

2. Prepare plan & estimates of the activities

3. List out the names of possible wage earners of the village.

4. Prospective wage earners without job cards to be provided job cardsthrough Grampanchyats and this will be ensured by the Programme

Officer5. Sufficient number of Job card formats are already placed in the custody ofGram Panchayat so that Job cards to all the BPL HHs will be provided.

6. Where job cards are not immediately available the names of job seekersmay be included in the Job Card issue register to provide him work

7. Administrative approval to be sought from the Programme Office i.e. TDOand will be completed timely & will be ensured by Programme Officer


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1. Panchyats will provide muster rolls and related registers2. To inform the progress of work & the names of the persons engaged on

the works to the Gram Panchayat alternatively the report may also besent on line on NREGAsoft ,nrega.nic.in in the prescribed formatgiven in the website.

3. To measure the work undertaken on weekly basis so as to ensure that thepayment is made within a week or not beyond fifteen days.

4. Payments to be deposited in the Post Office /Bank account of the wageearners

5. Opening of the accounts of the wage earners will be ensured by theProgramme Officer.

6. Advance funds for the planned works will be placed at the disposal of theimplementing agency as per the plan and estimates of the works.

7. Timely payments of wages will be ensured by the respective linedepartments. Help will be given by Taluka Panchyats

Cont..


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1. Monthly progress reports be sent to the TDO onthe last day of the month.

2. The report may also be sent on line on

NREGAsoft ,nrega.nic.in in the prescribed formatgiven in the website.

Cont..


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Road & Building Department

Permissible activities1. Village roads

2. Internal roads with drainage.

3. Roads leading to the fields4. Village to Village connecting roads

5. Approach road to Villages

6. Culverts on the roads

7. Strengthening the sides of the existing roadsNo RCC roads permissible


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Procedure to be followed

Same as suggested for the Forest Department


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Convergence with NREGA

Road and Building Department Convergence with

NREGA

The estimates may be divided in to two parts

(A) The work that can be taken under NREGA

(B) The work of the road that is required to betaken up from the State Budget Funds


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Cont

The labour intensive part of the road which

requires earth works and metal spreading can be

taken under NREGA &

The Bitumen spreading and rolling could be taken

up under State Budget Funds


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Irrigation Department

Permissible works Water conservation and water harvesting

Irrigation cannels

Micro and Minor irrigation works

Renovation of traditional water bodies

Desiliting of ponds & Tanks

Drainage in water logged areas

Flood control and protection works. Check Dams


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Canal and creek deepening ,widening

Irrigation filed channels

Salinity ingress

Works related to treatment of water loggingconditions.

Irrigation to the SC/ST/BPL families


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Procedure to be followed

Same as suggested for the Forest Department


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Tribal Development & Agriculture Deptt

All Tribal agriculturists are entitled for

1. Works related to land development.

2. Works that provide irrigation including micro

irrigation facility to tribal agriculturists.3. Horticulture projects.

4. Works like cannel and channel digging.

5. Providing pipelines to the field of agriculturists.

6. Irrigation wells


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Works related to RKVY can be taken up

under NREGA

1. Development of Horticulture Farms

2. Plantation of Date ,Palm ,Jetropha and Sandal

3. Treatment of saline and water logged areas.4. Labour intensive and earth work related ,land

development activities for quality seed

protection.


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6. Earth work related activities where village isadopted.

7. Eco friendly activities ,establishment of modelnurseries

8. Checking salinity in coastal areas

9. Reclamation of saline and alkaline soils

10.Rain fed area development

11.Water shed development12.Land development of hilly areas


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13 Reclimination of degraded Bhal areas

14. Development of infrastructure like ,road and

rain water drainage.

15 Development of grass land.


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Training & Capacity Building

Staff of all implementing agencies shall beprovided training at Taluka ,District & SPIPA-SIRD.

Details of the NREG Act and Operational

guidelines is available on web site

www.nrega.nic.in

FAQs will be supplied as and when demanded.

All expenses related to training and capacity

building will be borne from the NREGS funds.


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Monitoring Weekly monitoring of the performance.

Involvement of Panchyat Dept. for persuading the village

functionaries and TDOs and DDOs to implement NREGA. More frequent holding of Gramsabhas.

More frequent regional meetings.

Filling of technical posts and giving targets to the technical staff toundertake works in their respective area of responsibility.

Review and Monitoring of progress more aggressively A State cell shall be setup to monitor all the vital parameters of theprogramme to give fillip to the programme.

The staff and implementing functionaries will be trained adequatelyto perform reasonably.

TDOs workshops shall be arranged to train and motivate them.


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Special Initiatives taken at State level for

smooth implementation of NREGA

Collectors of all the Districts have been requested tocall regular meeting to review the progress of NREGAat the District Coordination Meeting .

Special training programme were planned andorganized in the State with the volunteer support of

Civil Society Organization Line departments of Governments are repeatedlyrequested to draw their action plan for implementationof NREGA in their area of expertise.

Revision process of NREGA SORs has been

completed Districts were requested to start minimum one work per

village in the State in special categories of work likePanchwati, Plantation and Desiliting of Check damsand Ponds through Gram Mitras


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Innovative Plans under NREGA

New works like brick manufacturing & soak pitsunder NREGA are proposed to GOI to be taken

up under NREGA.

Implementation of NREGA through Sakhi Mandal

Inclusion of wage earners living on the periphery

of urban areas under NREGA

Voluntary support of Civil Society Organization

for Capacity Building of Stakeholders.

At least 1/3rd of the beneficiaries shall be women who have


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WOMEN46.54%

OTHERS

53.45%

At least 1/3rd of the beneficiaries shall be women who have

registered and requested for work under the Scheme

(NREGA ACT, Schedule II, Section 6)Till March 2008


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Transparency Documents :

(1) Job Cards ( in the custody of workers)

(2) Muster Rolls, (3) Measurement Books and

(4) Asset Registers

Processes :

(1) Acceptance of employment application,

(2) Issue of dated receipts, (3) Time bound work allocation and wage payment,

(4) Citizen Information Boards at worksites,

(5) Vigilance Monitoring Committees,

(6) Regular block, district and

state level inspections (7) social audits

(8) MIS.


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Issues of NREGA

Lack of initiative on the part of Talati, Sarpanchand the TDOs

Lack of awareness at the Taluka and Villagelevel despite intensive IEC activities

Failure on the part of District Administration toget the village plan implemented.

Lack of desire among the people to undertakeNREGA works.

Non involvement of line Departments in

implementation of NREGA Lack of technical support


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Proposed Plan of action to tackle the

issues under NREGA

DDOs will be asked to invoke the Panchayat provisions against theSarpanches lacking initiative to implement NREGA in their Villages

Details of TDOs who have not taken initiative so far will be sent to

Development Commissioner for initiating disciplinary action.

The wage rates have been enhanced to compete with the market

rates.

The DDOs will be asked to hold Gramsabahs more frequently to

bring about the awareness about NREGA amongst the people.

The Districts will be directed to ensure that the village plan and the

labour plan is implemented vigorously.

To overcome the shortage of qualified Engineers ,services of ITI

qualified surveyors will be taken to run the Scheme.


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Continued

The staff at District /Taluka and Village level has been

sanctioned it will be ensure that all the posts are filled up at theearliest.

The BPL amongst the villagers and also members of the

Sakhimandals will be persuaded to take advantage of the

employment Scheme. If the BPL Families do not avail at least 50 mandays in the

year. They will be debarred from all BPL benefits in the next

year

Collectors to review NREGA programme in Coordination

meetings.

Intensive drive to issue Job cards to all BPL HHs by 15 Aug

08


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