Devolution of Funds, Functions and Functionaries

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Devolution of Funds, Functions and Functionaries

• Biswajit Padhi
• SRUSTI
• Khariar, .Ph 09437072910
• Mail greensrusti_at_yahoo.com

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Centralism is a system inconsistent with non
violent structure of society.

• GANDHIJEE
• I can establish true SWARAJ ( Self Rule ) only
  when I am able to eradicate poverty from the
  villages.

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PANCHAYATS THE SMALLEST UNIT OF GOVERNANCE

• Functions Must prioritise their focus area
  concentrate on it.
• Needs Capacity building to handle broad spectrum
  of functions.
• Need Fund management skills
• Involve community in planning execution while
  sharing risks responsibilities

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C R s Taken up

• 1. Universal Birth Registration
• Functionaries deprived of exercising their power
  for lack of credibility of the institution.
• 2. National Rural Employment Guarantee Act.
• The same Functionaries are entrusted with funds
  functions to execute a programme which has legal
  implications.

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• Identity of Child is
• compromised due to non
• registration of birth
• issuance of certificate
• Children are our greatest wealth. Every child
  born in the nation should be allowed to blossom.
  This is the responsibility of the state. To
  enable us, to fulfill this responsibility the
  first action is identification of the child soon
  after birth.
• Dr. A.P.J.Abdul Kalam

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BIRTH REGISTRATION

• Lack of awareness of the need to register, the
  process thereof, and the personnel authorised to
  register at the village level,
• Lack of demand and low utility of registration
  certificates,
• Large percentage of non-institutional deliveries,
  
• Complex nature of form, requirement of a name for
  registration (while in India a baby is given a
  name after 10-12 days of birth),
• Lack of coordination between registering
  authority and frontline or field worker,
  transitional gap from village to registering
  point, absence of periodic review of progress,
  and
• lack of follow-up and monitoring in reporting
• Low priority to RBD in government hence low
  allotment of funds

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BIRTH REGISTRATION STATUS IN INDIA

• DELHI Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), has
  made the entire process computerized and made
  online.
• WEST BENGAL , MADHYA PRADESH , KERALA TRIPURA
  G.P. s register the birth .
• HIMACHAL PRADESH Gram panchayats have been
  maintaining a Parivar Register (Family Register)
  since 1967.
• TRIPURA Tehsildar panchayat secretary
  register births and deaths at the sub-district
  level in TTAADC area non TTAADC area
  respectively
• KHAMMAM , A.P. Panchayat Secretary is the
  registration authority and coordination between
  him, ANM and the AWW proved to be crucial for
  100 registration.
• UTTAR PRADESH Gram Panchayat Vikas Adhikari is
  the registering authority but registration is low
  lack of funds , stationary etc..
• ORISSA Coordinated effort between aanganwadi
  health department had shown results but suffers
  due to lack of close monitoring.

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PAKISTAN

• Secretary of the Union Council, a junior
  government official, is responsible for
  maintaining birth registration record, who also
  sends monthly reports to the Zila / District
  Councils.
• Double record is maintained at two levels .
• National Database and Registration Authority
  (NADRA), a federal body having the primary
  function of issuance of National Identity Cards
  has also started
• birth registration but at a comparatively much
  lower scale.

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NREGA

• Implemented in 200 backward districts of India .
• It Gurantees 100 days of work to each BPL family.
• Panchayats have an approved action plan provide
  employment to registered labourers on demand
  within 15days.
• The focus will be on labour intensive work
  creation of durable assets.
• R. Labourer to get unemployment allowance if
  work is not provided to them.
• The act is justiciable.

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DEVOLUTION OF FUNDS

• 29 subjects have been listed for devolution. Only
  11 subjects in Orissa has been given to PRI-
  health , agriculture , Fishery vetinary,
  education , cooperation, WCD, PDS, ST/SC
  development but without any financial power.
• No financial administrative control vested
  with the PRI .

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FUND ALLOCATION

• SGRY NREGA
• 50 share to GP 50 share to GP
• 30 share to Samittee 25 share to Samittee
• 20 share to Z.P. 25 share to Z.P.

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FINANCIAL POWERS OF PANCHAYAT

• Sarpanch has independent fund handling capacity.
• S(H)e signs on the cash book of the panchayat
  is responsible for it, whereas the Samittee
  chairman has no such power.
• BDO is the chief Executive Officer at Block
  level.

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ACTION RESEARCH CUM PILOT

• Identify gaps in birth registration- area
  specific also study best practices.
• Build the capacity of PRI for registration of
  Birth, Death , Marriage.
• Community based approach to tackle key indicators
  like IMR,MMR, female foeticide, Immunisation,
  Institutional delivery etc. after successful UBR
  .
• Run on-line registration in selected Panchayats
  of atleast 100 backward districts of India .

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SEX RATION IN NUAPADA

• Male Female
• 1000 1007
• RURAL URBAN  
• 1009 970  

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