Report of Working Group II:

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Report of Working Group II

• TRANSPARENCY IN IMPLEMENTATION
• with regard to selection of beneficiaries,
  identification of works, preparation of
  estimates etc

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Members of Group II

• Mr K S Gopal
• Dr Indira Rajaraman
• Mr Brajendra Ganesh
• Mr Pankaj Hazarika
• Mr D Bandyopadhyay (Chairperson)
• Mr A P Mukherjee (Member, ARC)
• Dr Lekha S Chakraborty (Rapporteur)
• Dr H K Amarnath

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Question I Selection Criteria

• Interpreting Section III of Act.
• Delimiting Household
• Rigidly enforce Kitchen definition/ Census
  information.
• When more than three adults in a household,
  SECOND JOB CARD should be provided.

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QII How to ensure no Elite Capture

• Anybody entitled/ volunteering should be
  provided jobcards.
• If Panchayats does not give jobcards, the
  programme implementation officer must ensure
  this.
• Distribution of Jobcards based on Census listing.

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QIII Procurement of Materials

• OPEN TENDER
• DISPLAY TENDER NAMES, PRICING, MATERIALS ETC AT
  EGAS WEBSITE (village public display).

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Q IV DATA IN PUBLIC DOMAIN

• MUSTER ROLL should be available for anyone to
  inspect.
• Create website at village level and present the
  details
• Record every WEEK, the details in the website.
• Tracking the entire process through IT and making
  the database available to the public.

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Q V Checks and Balances

• Strengthen Panchayat system.
• Use SHGs in taking up works.
• NGOs to be used, only if Panchayat system is not
  effective.
• Corresponding check between Panchayat and NGOs.

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Q V Checks and Balances (contd..)

• Each block to have Citizens Monitoring
  Committee
• involving local Doctors, Teachers, Journalists,
  Human Rights Activists with Review every three
  months and facility for inspection and report to
  the State Councils.
• Synergy with RTI
• at every step and pro-active information sharing
  by Govt. agencies.

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Q VII WAGES

• Not less than minimum wage safety Clause to be
  included.
• Wages to be EQUAL across gender and to be ensured
  by Programme Implementation Officer.
• Task should be fair, reasonable and according to
  the capacity of an average man/woman.

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Q VII WAGES (contd)

• TIME AND MOTION study to be the basis for
  outturn schedules.
• Engineering Staff College of India study.
• Gender specific works study to ensure minimum
  wages.
• Schedule of rates of all Departments to be
  aligned with NREGI schedule of rates.

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Q VII WAGES (contd)

• Ensure period-specific schedule of rates to
  determine variations in seasonality.
• LEAD to be determined with Panchayat works having
  local lead.
• Gender dimensions of LEADs must be included in
  deciding the schedule of rates.

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Q VIII Quality of Work

• Entrust work to LABOUR BANKS.
• Provide advance to Labour Banks to take up work.
• No involvement of Contractors.
• QUALITY OF LIFE TO WORKERS at worksite should be
  ensured including crèches, shades and water.