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Title: Communication with specific target groups

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Regional Media Briefing Workshop on The National
Rural Employment Guarantee Act Opportunities
and challenges Organized by Centre for Science
and Environment (CSE) Action Aid at Hyderabad
on November 16-17,2006
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Panchayats and their role in Implementation of
the NREGA By Ms. Surekha Sule Senior Fellow,
NIRD (M) 9848997657 E-mail surekha52_at_yahoo.com

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National Rural Employment Guarantee Act

NREGA was passed in September 2005
became operational in February 2006
Objective is to enhance livelihood
security of rural people to rejuvenate
the natural resources of area to
stimulate economy
Contd..

Hence the choice of work should address causes
of chronic poverty like drought, deforestation
and soil erosion
State governments were expected to formulate
NREG Schemes within six months and most of
them have come out with State name rural
employment guarantee scheme and made it
operational since February 06.
States should have annual perspective plan,
however for the time being PP of SGRY or
NFFWP may be considered

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Eligibility

Open to all rural households excepting J K
100 days of guaranteed employment per
household can be shared among adults who
registered and applied for work
Local resident (Gram Panchayat)
Be-willing to do unskilled manual work
Disabled person also to be given suitable work

6
Statutory Advisory Bodies

Central employment guarantee council
(within three months)
State employment guarantee council
(within six months)
Role is to advise monitor and evaluate

7
Statutory Implementing Agencies

State Governments
To designate an officer as District Programme
Coordinator (DPC) for overall coordination and
supervision
To appoint a Programme Officer (PO)
To delegate financial and administrative powers
To identify line departments, NGOs, central and
state government undertakings as
implementing agencies

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Funds

Centre to establish a Fund to be called National
Employment Guarantee Fund
Grants to State Governments and districts to
be released out of fund
State governments to establish a fund to be
called State Employment Guarantee Fund
Scheme is demand driven and allocation will
depend upon actual requirement and utilisation

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Financing Pattern

Central Government to bear
Entire cost of wages of unskilled manual workers
75 per cent of the cost of material and wages of
Semi-skilled and skilled workers
Administrative expenses including the salary
of PO, his staff and work site facilities
Expenses of National Employment Guarantee
Council.

State Governments to bear
25 per cent of the cost of material and
wages of semi-skilled and skilled workers
Unemployment allowance wherever
required
Administrative expenses of State
Employment Guarantee Council

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Fund Release

Centre and State to release funds into the
accounts of the authority at the district level
Funds will be released well in advance to the
implementing agencies
DPC will be a joint holder of the account
Funds to be placed by DPC with PO according to a
sanctioned plan
Financial sanctions must be made known to the
panchayats

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Perspective Plans (PP)

A district PP for at least five years to be
prepared by district
To begin with, PP under NFFWP to be revisited
NFFWP draft plan to be discussed and approved
with modifications, if need be, by GS, GP, IP and
DP
Priority to be determined by GP

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Annual Plan

To flow from PP
Size of the plan and priorities to be decided
annually keeping in view the demand for
employment
GP to convene a meeting of GS in April/May every
year to estimate demand for labour and to propose
the number and priority of works for the next
year
Contd

GP to forward the proposals on the
recommendations of GS by June 30
GS can recommend additional works
GP to prepare a development plan and forward to
PO
Development plan should indicate existing demand
for work, demand for the previous year, works
on-going, works proposed for the next year,
likely costs and proposed implementing agencies
Contd

GP also to identify the 50 per cent of works for
its area
PO to scrutinize the development plan for its
technical feasibility and satisfy himself
PO to consolidate all GP plans and submit them to
Intermediate Panchayat (IP)
IP to hold consultations when works involve more
than one GP
Contd

Plan approved by IP to be forwarded to DPC
DPC to examine appropriateness and adequacy of
works, likely demand, financial and technical
feasibility
DPC to consolidate all proposals into a district
plan proposal and put up to DP for its approval
DPC to forward the approved list with
administrative sanction to each PO
Contd

PO to get detailed estimates prepared and
approved
PO to forward list of works approved to GP
GP can oversee implementation of work executed by
other agencies, ask for muster rolls
Works sanctioned to be widely publicised

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Implementation process

Communication and Publicity
To develop easy to read material
Multi media communication campaign needs to be
designed
Local Cultural Fora to generate awareness
Discussions and conventions for explaining roles
and responsibilities

Demand Mobilisation and Assessment
Endemic destitution areas to be identified
Work seekers to be targeted
Registration
Any adult member of a household can apply for
registration to GP
Application on a plain paper should contain
details about age, sex, SC/ST
Photographs to be affixed in three copies
Contd..

PO to get thumb impression of the applicant
Application to be forwarded to GP
Verification about local residence
Gram Sabha also to be convened for mobilising
applications, registration and verification
Process of verification shall not take more than
one week
After verification, GP to enter particulars in
the registration register in GP
Contd..

Every registered household to be given a
registration number (as per the coding system to
be prescribed)
Copies of registration with one set of
photographs to be sent to the PO (for reporting
to intermediate and district panchayats)
If registration is false, name will be struck off

Job Card
Household to be issued a job card by GP
Job card to be valid for five years (provision
for additions/ deletions)
GP to undertake an exercise to update on annual
basis
GP to send the updated list to PO every year by
October for incorporation in labour budget the
DPC would prepare in December
Contd.

Performa of the job card to be uniform,
standardised in the shape of a pass book
State Governments may consider issuing electronic
job cards
Card holder may apply for duplicate job card, if
the original card is lost/damaged
Non-issuance of job card can be brought to the
notice of PO or DPC or designated grievance
redressel authority to be disposed of in 15
days

Demand for Work
Adult member of a registered household may apply
for work on a plain paper giving registration
number of job card, date and number of days for
which employment is sought
A single application will do for different
periods during the year
A number of applicants may give a joint
application
Application received by PO to be forwarded to GP

Time Bound Employment
GP to provide wage employment in 15 days (either
in ongoing works or a new work)
The applicant to be intimated by GP by means of a
letter and by a public notice displayed at
district, intermediate and gram panchayat levels
Applicants seeking works after exhausting 100
days can be given work if work is available after
accommodating those who have yet to complete 100
days entitlement
Contd.

Work to be offered on first-come-first-serve
basis priority for older in age and women in
providing work near their residence
Priority for women in such a way that at least
one-third shall be women
GPs to inform PO about employment allotment
PO to make allotment if GP fails to allot
employment in 15 days

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MONITORING AND EVALUATION

Role of Gram Sabha
To monitor all works at a village
To monitor employment provided to each registered
household and requested for work
To monitor registration and issue of job cards
and timely payment of wages

Role of Gram Panchayat
To monitor the works implemented by the other
implementing agencies and the muster rolls
maintained by them at work sites and the payments
made
Role of Intermediate Panchayats, Programme
Officer
To monitor registration, employment provided,
unemployment allowance paid, social audit, flow
of funds, timely and correct payment of wages,
progress and quality of works

Role of District Panchayat and DPC
To monitor all aspects of implementation
including registration, employment, social audit,
funds flow, progress, quality of works, timely
and correct payment of wages and unemployment
allowance.
Role of State Government
To monitor the performance of all districts on
the quality and pace of implementation as laid
down in the national monitoring system and the
guidelines of state employment guarantee council
To send consolidated reports and returns to GOI

Role of the Ministry
To monitor on the basis of the monitoring system
evolved by central employment guarantee council
To also monitor through district level and
national level monitors
A national on-line monitoring system to be
evolved for key performance indicators .

Evaluation
Periodic evaluation studies to be taken up by
national and state employment guarantee councils
Studies to be entrusted to reputed institutions
and organisations
Centre and state may initiate these studies
Copies to be furnished to central government
Remedial action to be taken by the States/UTs on
the basis of observations
District panchayat and DRDA may also conduct
studies from time to time and report the outcome
to state and central govt.

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Works Permissible under the Act

Water conservation and water harvesting
Drought proofing (including afforestation and
tree plantation)
Irrigation canals including micro and minor
irrigation works
Provision of irrigation facility to land owned by
households belonging to the scheduled castes and
scheduled tribes or to land beneficiaries of land
reforms or that of the beneficiaries under the
Indira Awas Yojana of the Government of India
Contd..

Renovation of traditional water bodies including
desilting of tanks
Land development
Flood control and protection works including
drainage in water logged areas
Rural connectivity to provide all-weather access
Any other work which may be notified by the
Central Government in consultation with the State
Government
50 per cent of the works in terms of cost to GP
Remaining works for other Panchayats, line
departments, public sector undertakings of
Central and State Governments, Cooperative
Societies, reputed NGOs, Self Help Groups etc.
Selection to be based on technical expertise and
resources capacities to handle work within
timeframe

Facilities at the work site
Medical aid, shade, drinking water, creche
specially if there are more than five children
below six years
A person engaged to tend to children to be deemed
as a worker
Payment of wages
Wages as per the minimum wage rate fixed by State
Government/competent authority unless the wages
have been notified by Central Government under 6
(1) of the act Contd

Equal wages for men and women
To be made on weekly basis but not later than a
fortnight
A part of the wage can be given in cash to meet
the daily needs
If the minimum wage fixed is linked to task
performed, workers are to be paid as per this
To ensure that workers get minimum wage if they
work seven hours
State Governments and PO to publicise wage rates
in simple language and also to be displayed at
the work site
PO, DPC and State Government to monitor wage
rates and revise them if necessary
District-wise average wage paid to be brought to
the notice of state council every year

Unemployment Allowance
Unemployment allowance (UA) is to be paid if
employment is not shown within 15 days of receipt
of application
Unemployment allowance at such a rate as may be
specified by State Government by notification in
consultation with State Council
Provided that no such rate is less than
one-fourth of the wage rate for the first 30 days
and one-half of the wage rate for the remaining
period of the financial year
Contd.

Liability ceases
i) When GP or PO directs the applicant or
any other member to report for wor
ii) When period for which employment is sought
comes to an end and no member turned up for
employment
iii) When the household has got 100 days of
employment
iv) When applicants wages UA is equal to the
wages for one hundred days of work
Contd..

UA to be sanctioned and disbursed by PO or such
local authority as the state government may
decide
UA to be given not later than 15 days from the
date on which it became due
State government may prescribe procedure for
payment of UA to be reported in the annual report
(to be submitted by DPC)
Disentitlement
When applicant does not accept the employment
provided
When applicant does not report for work within 15
days of being notified
Continuously or in different spells absent
without permission for more than one week in a
month

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILTIES
OF KEY AGENCIES
Central Employment Guarantee Council
Establish a Central Evaluation and
Monitoring System.
Advise the Central Government on all
matters concerning the implementation
of this Act.
Review the Monitoring and Redressal
Mechanism from time to time and
recommend improvements required.
Contd.

Promote the widest possible dissemination
of information about the schemes made
under this Act.
Monitoring the Implementation of this Act.
Preparation of annual reports to be laid
before Parliament by the Central
Government on the implementation
of this Act.
Any other duty or function as may be
assigned to it by the Central Government.

The Central Council shall have the
power to undertake evaluation of the
various Schemes made under this Act
and for that purpose collect or cause
to be Collected Statistics pertaining to
the Rural Economy and the implementation
of the Schemes.
The Chairperson and Members of the
Central Employment Guarantee Council
shall be described by the Central
Government.

State Government
Make Rules on matters pertaining to State
responsibilities under the Act.
Make and notify the Employment Guarantee Scheme.
Communication.
Set up the Employment Guarantee Council.
Set up the Employment Guarantee Fund.
Budget provision for and release of State share.
Planning and Implementation of EGS.
Training.
Pay Unemployment Allowance if Employment not
given in 15 days despite adequate funds being
available.
Monitoring and Evaluation and Research.

State Employment Guarantee Council
Advising the State Government on all matters
concerning the Scheme and its Implementation in
the State.
Determining the Preferred works.
Reviewing the Monitoring and Redressal Mechanisms
from time to time and recommending improvements.
Promoting the widest possible dissemination of
information about this Act and the Schemes under
it.
Contd..

Monitoring the implementation of this Act and the
Schemes in the State and coordinating such
implementation with the Central Council.
Preparing the Annual Report to be laid before the
State legislature by the State Government.
Any other duty or Function as may be assigned to
it by the Central Council or the State
Government.
The State Council shall have the Power to
undertake an Evaluation of the Schemes Operating
in the State and for that purpose to collect or
get collected Statistics pertaining to the Rural
Economy and the implementation of the Schemes and
Programmes in the State.
Terms and Conditions of the Chairperson and
Members of the State Employment Guarantee Council
shall be described by the State Government.

District Level
Role of Panchayati Raj Institutions.
The Village, Intermediate and district Panchayats
shall be the Principal Authorities for Planning
and Implementation of the Scheme made under the
NREG Act.
The Panchayats at all levels can be the
Implementing Agencies under the Act.
At least 50 works in terms of cost will be
allotted to Gram Panchayats for Implementation.
Contd..

The Gram Panchayat shall be Responsible for
identification of the Project to be taken up in
its area under the Scheme as per the
Recommendations of the Gram/Ward Sabha and the
same shall be forwarded to Programme Officer for
scrutiny and preliminary approval.
The Gram Panchayat shall prepare a development
Plan and maintain shelf of possible works to be
taken up under the Scheme as and when demand for
work arises.
The Intermediate Panchayat shall approve block
level plan and forward the same to District
Panchayat for approval.
The District Panchayat shall finalise and approve
block-wise shelf of projects to be taken up for
Implementation under the scheme.
The Plan approved by District Panchayat will
assign implementation responsibilities to various
agencies like Panchayats, Line Departments, NGOs
etc.

District Programme Coordinator
To assist the District Panchayat in discharging
its functions under this act and any Scheme made
there under.
To consolidate the plans prepared by the blocks
and project proposals received from other
Implementing agencies for inclusion in the shelf
of projects to be approved by the Panchayat at
District Level.
To accord necessary sanction and administrative
clearance, wherever necessary.
Contd.

To coordinate with the Programme Officers
functioning within his jurisdiction and the
implementing agencies to ensure that the
Applicants are provided employment as per their
entitlements under this Act.
To review, monitor and supervise the performance
of the Programme Officers.
To conduct periodic inspection of the works in
progress.
To redress the Grievances of the Applicants.
To prepare in the month of December every year a
labour budget for the next financial year
containing the details of anticipated demand for
unskilled manual work in the district and the
plan for engagement of labourers in the works
covered under the scheme and submit it to the
district panchayat.

Programme Officer
Responsible for matching the demand for
employment with the employment opportunities
arising from projects in the area under his
jurisdiction.
Overall supervision and coordination of
registration of applicants for employment and for
providing wage employment in accordance with the
provisions of the Act and the scheme notified by
the State.
Prepare a plan for the block under his
jurisdiction by consolidating the project
proposals prepared by the Gram Panchayats and the
proposals received from Intermediate Panchayats.
Contd.

Receive resources from District Programme
coordinator and the release them to the
implementing agency in accordance with these
guidelines and the scheme of the State
Government.
Maintain proper accounts of the resources
received, released and utilized.
Monitoring of projects taken up by the Gram
Panchayats and Other Implementing/Executing
Agencies within his jurisdiction.
Sanctioning and ensuring payment of unemployment
allowance to the eligible households.
Contd

Ensuring prompt and fair payment of wages to all
labourers employed under a programme of the
scheme within his jurisdiction.
Ensuring that regular social audits of all works
within the jurisdiction of the Gram Panchayat are
carried out by the Gram Sabha and that prompt
action is taken on the objections raised in the
Social Audit.
Dealing promptly with all complaints that may
arise in connection with the Implementation of
the Scheme within block.
Any other work as may be assigned to him by the
district programme coordinator or the State
Government.
The Programme Officers shall-function under the
Direction, Control and Superintendence of the
District Programme Coordinator.