Mahatma Gandhi National Rural

Employment Guarantee Act

Ministry of Rural development,

Government of India
 OVERVIEW
 Background

 Processes

 Performance

 Thrust Areas
 Challenges

 Action Taken on recommendation of

CRM-2
For the enhancement of livelihood
security of rural households by
providing at least one hundred
days of guaranteed wage
employment in every financial
year to every household whose
adult members volunteer to do
unskilled manual work
Fishery Pond; Dhalai, Tripura 4
 BACKGROUND
 Several initiatives taken earlier for providing wage
employment
 Statutory Right through an Act of Parliament passed
in August 2005, came into force on February 2, 2006
 Shared liabilities between Centre and State
 Implemented in a phased manner.
 In Phase-I it was introduced in 200 most backward
districts of the country.
 130 districts added in Phase II (2007-2008).
 All remaining rural districts of India from April 1, 2008
in Phase III.
 COVERAGE
Total Districts 685
Total of Blocks 6,865
Total of GPs 2,62,703
Jobcard/ Worker
Total Job Cards issued [In Cr] 12.60
Total Workers [In Cr] 25.02
Total Active Job Cards [In Cr] 7.16
Total Active Workers [In Cr] 11.06
Farm Pond, Tamil Nadu
 SALIENT FEATURES OF THE ACT

1. Right based Framework

 Right to demand work - up to 100 days by a rural household
 Right to employment - within 15 days of application, else unemployment
allowance
 Right to wages - within 15 days
2. Labour Intensive Works
 60:40 wage and material ratio for works at district level
 No contractors or labour displacing machinery allowed
SALIENT FEATURES OF THE ACT …2

3. Decentralized Planning
 Principal role of Village Administration in planning, monitoring and
implementation
 Gram Sabhas (local councils) to recommend works
4. Work site facilities
 Crèche, drinking water, first aid and shade provided at worksites
5. Women empowerment
 At least one-third of beneficiaries should be women
6. Transparency
 Proactive disclosure: Social Audits, Citizen Information Boards, Grievance
Redressal Mechanism, Ombudsman
 Playfield

Rajgath, Madhya Pradesh

Construction of steel girder

footbridge over Fresthar Nallah
in convergence with 13th FC

at Waripora, Block Waripora,

District Baramulla, Jammu &
Kashmir.
PRIMARY STAKEHOLDERS
Stakeholders
Wage seekers
Gram Sabha
PRIs, specially the gram panchayat
Programme Officer at the block level
District Programme Coordinator
State Government
Ministry of Rural Development
ADMINSTRATIVE STRUCTURE

Ministry of Rural Development

(Central Employment Guarantee Council)

State Government
(State Employment Guarantee Council)

District Panchayat
(District Programme Coordinator [DPC])

Block/ Intermediate Panchayat

(Block Officer, Technical Assistant etc.)

Gram Panchayat
(Gram Rozgar Sahayak, Mates etc.)
FUND FLOW FOR WAGE PAYMENT
Non eFMS NeFMS
Center
Center

State Treasury 
(SEGF) State- SEGF
(Notionally)

District
Worker

Block/ other
implementing agency

Gram Panchayat

Worker
Thudikotukonam Pond; Village Puliveedu; District Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
 E-PAYMENTS COVERAGE
•EXPENDITURE:
•97% Wages, 95% Material and 88% Admin
expenditure through e-FMS
•GEOGRAPHICAL:
•eFMS implemented in 97% GPs for wages, 95%
for Material and Admin.
•BANK/PO Accounts of active workers:
•Total 9.65 cr
•Banks: 8.89 cr (92%)
•Post Office: 0.76 cr (8%)
 E-PAYMENTS
UNDER MGNREGA
Electronic Fund Management System (eFMS):
The fund are first released into the SEGF through treasury. Based on
the FTO generated by the field functionaries, the required amount is
pulled from the SEGF ac at State level and credited into the
beneficiaries Account in Bank/ Post Offices.

National Electronic Fund Management System (NeFMS):

NeFMS under national electronic fund management system, the fund
are released into the SEGF account directly from the Ministry
bypassing the treasury root based on the FTO generated by the field
functionaries on a daily basis. The amount is notionally credited into
SEGF account on real time basis credited into the beneficiaries Account
in Bank/ Post Offices.
 Processes of
Mahatma Gandhi NREGA
 APPLICATION FOR
REGISTRATION
 Unit of entitlement is the household.

 Registration application to be made to local

Gram Panchayat.

 Application may be in a prescribed form or

a plain paper or oral

 Prescribed form is free of cost & easily

available at GP
 VERIFICATION OF THE
REGISTRATION APPLICATION
 GP verifies the application on the basis of:
 local domicile
 All household members applying for registration
are adults
 No discrimination is made in registration in
terms of caste, creed, gender
 Single Women living alone may register
independently
 After verification, the Job Card is registered &
issued Job card
 JOB CARD
 Every rural household is entitled to a JobCard
which contain name and photograph of all adult
members.
 Job Card is a legal document that indicates
‘Right to Work’ under Mahatma Gandhi NREGA.
 All Job Card holding households are eligible to
apply for work.
 Job Card is the basis for labour budget
preparation
 Job Card must be in custody of worker concerned
WORK DEMAND/ APPLICATION FOR WORK

 Apply to GP, Block and District level

 Demand of work must be followed by issuance of
dated receipt.
 Agencies may ensure that work is provided on
demand within 15 days.
 Worker may apply either individually or in
group through different mode like Oral/ Written/
Telephonic/ online application etc.
 Worker may choose & indicate the time &
duration when the employment is sought
 Advance applications, multiple applications for
work in different periods can be submitted.
Aanganwadi Kendra, Block, Jagdalpur Baster, Chhattisgarh
 PROVISION OF WORK
 If work is not provided within 15 days of applying for work,
worker is entitled to get daily unemployment allowance
 Panchayats to prepare a shelf of works which can be
offered on demand
 Work to be provided to only adult members
 Worker has right to obtain the work within 5 km radius
 If worksite is beyond 5 km, workers has a right to get
travelling allowance.
 Persons older in age & women to be given preference for
work nearer to village
 Each work should have at least 1/3rd of women workers
 Transparency
& Accountability
 SOCIAL AUDIT &
MAHATMA GANDHI NREGA

 A process in which the details of Mahatma Gandhi

NREGS resources (financial & non financial) are
shared with the community.
 The community scrutinizes/ verifies the
authenticity of all records/ procedures of works &
expenditure
 Social Audits to be held atleast once in every 6
month
 PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY
 All accounts & records relating to the Scheme
are to be made available for public scrutiny
 A copy of muster roll for each work is to be
made available at GP & to PO
 Citizen information boards at worksite
indicating the details of work, persondays of
employment ,funds etc
 Display of key information, in local language,
on the GP notice board & PO office
 Data is freely accessible to public in
www.nrega.nic.in
Mukhyamantri Jal Swavlamban Abhiyan, Rajasthan
 WORKERS ENTITLEMENT
 Basic worksites facilities like:
 Safe drinking water
 Shade for children & for workers during rest
 First aid box for emergency treatment of minor
injuries
 One caretaker to look after 5 or more children below
the age of 6 years
 Workers are entitled to check the muster rolls at any
time
 Workers have a right to ask the measurement details
 If not provided work within 15 days of demand,
workers are entitled to receive unemployment
allowances
 If wages are not paid within 15 days, workers are
entitled to receive delay compensation
Permissible works
under
MGNREGA
 PERMISSIBLE WORKS
Category A: PUBLIC WORKS RELATING TO
NATURAL RESOURCES ANAGEMENT
(i) Water conservation and water harvesting structures
(ii) Watershed management works such as contour trenches, terracing, contour
bunds, boulder checks, gabion structures and spring shed development]
(iii) Micro and minor irrigation works and creation, renovation and
maintenance of irrigation canals and drains;
(iv) Renovation of traditional water bodies including desilting of irrigation
tanks and other water bodies;
(v) Afforestation, tree plantation and horticulture in common and forest lands,
road margins, canal bunds, tank foreshores and coastal belts
(vi) Land development works in common land.

Contd…
 Irrigation well (individual)
Vill.-Dhakora,G.P.-Dhakora, Block- Baiora,Distt.-Rajgarh,M.P 32
Category B:
INDIVIDUAL ASSETS FOR VULNERABLE SECTIONS
(i) Improving productivity of lands by providing suitable infrastructure for
irrigation including dug wells, farm ponds and other water harvesting
structures;
(ii) Improving livelihoods through horticulture, sericulture, plantation, and farm
forestry;
(iii) Development of fallow or waste lands
(iv)Unskilled wage component in construction of houses sanctioned under the
Indira AwaasYojana or such other State or Central Government Scheme;
(v)Creating infrastructure for promotion of livestock such as, poultry shelter,
goat shelter, piggery shelter, cattle shelter and fodder troughs for cattle; and
(vi)Creating infrastructure for promotion of fisheries such as, fish drying yards,
storage facilities, and promotion of fisheries in seasonal water bodies on
public land;
Contd…
 Check Dam

Vill.-Dadpaju,
G.P.-Godari,
Block-Khajuri Pada,
Distt.-Kandhamal, Odisha

Megha Nursery Plantation-

MGNREGA & Forest Deptt.

Vill.-Molagodari,
G.P.-Pirikudi,
Block-Khajuri Pada,
Distt.-Kandhamal, Odisha
Category C: COMMON INFRASTRUCTURE
FOR NRLM COMPLIANT SELF HELP GROUPS
(i) Works for promoting agricultural productivity by creating
durable infrastructure required for bio-fertilizers and post-harvest
facilities including pucca storage facilities for agricultural produce;
and
(ii) Common work-sheds for livelihood activities of self-help
groups.

Category D: RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE:

(i) Rural sanitation related works
(ii) Providing all-weather rural road connectivity
(iii) Construction of play fields;
(iv) Works for improving disaster preparedness or restoration of
roads or restoration of other essential public infrastructure
Aanganwadi Kendra, Block, Jagdalpur Baster, Chhattisgarh
Category D: RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE:
(v)Construction of buildings for Gram Panchayats, women self-help groups’
federations, cyclone shelters, Anganwadi centres, village haats and
crematoria at the village or block level
(vi) Construction of Food Grain Storage Structures

(vii) Production of building material required for construction works under

the Act as a part of the estimate of such construction works.

(viii) Maintenance of rural public assets created under the Act; and

(ix) any other work which may be notified by the Central Government in
consultation with the State Government in this regard.
MONITORING
INDICATORS
MGNREGA OVER THE YEARS SO FAR

Total Job Card issued (in cr) 12.60

Employment provided to households (in cr) Avg 5 cr / year
Total Persondays generated (in cr) 2473
SCs personadys (in cr) 620
% SC participation 25%
STs personadys (in cr) 504
% ST participation 20%
Women personadys (in cr) 1248
% Women participation 50%
Expenditure (In Rs. cr) 4,32,189
Expenditure on Wages (In Rs. cr) 2,93,744 (68%)
 NATIONAL AT A GLACE
No. of Districts 685
No. of Blocks 6,865
No. of GPs 2,62,704
Job Cards issued [In Cr] 12.61
Workers [In Cr] 25.13
Active Job Cards [In Cr] 7.17
Active Workers [In Cr] 11.14
Progress FY 17-18 FY 16-17 FY 15-16 FY 14-15 FY 13-14
Total Households Worked [In Cr] 4.55 5.12 4.81 4.14 4.79
Total Individuals Worked [In Cr] 6.63 7.67 7.23 6.22 7.39
Persondays Generated so far [In Cr] 175.19 235.75 235.15 166.21 220.37
Average days of employment per Household 39 46 49 40 46
Works Taken up (New+Spill Over)[In Lakhs] 161.17 167.2 123.12 97.65 93.52
Completed Works[In Lakhs] 39.25 64.74 36.18 29.44 27.42
Total Expenditure [In Cr] 48,990 58,525 44,003 36,025 38,553
Wage expenditure [In Cr] 33,875 40,787 30,891 24,187 26,491
Average Wage rate per day (Rs.) 167 162 154 144 133
Average Cost Per Day (In Rs.) 240 225 202 206 183
% Total Exp through eFMS 96% 92% 91% 77% 37%
% payments generated within 15 days 85% 44% 37% 27% 50%
 Construction of poultry shed
at village Ektali, Block Jashipur, District Mayurbhanj, Odisha
 SIKKIM
No. of Districts 4
No. of Blocks 31
No. of GPs 176
Job Cards issued [In Lakh] 0.8
Workers [In Lakh] 1.3
Active Job Cards [In Lakh] 0.73
Active Workers [In Lakh] 0.94
Progress FY 17-18 FY 16-17 FY 15-16 FY 14-15 FY 13-14
Total Households Worked [In Lakhs] 0.55 0.68 0.65 0.57 0.62
Total Individuals Worked [In Lakhs] 0.61 0.83 0.81 0.68 0.79
Persondays Generated so far [In Lakh] 19.47 46.12 43.84 24.12 43.28
Average days of employment per Household 35 68 67 43 70
Works Taken up (New+Spill Over)[In Lakhs] 0.08 0.07 0.07 0.05 0.04
Completed Works [In Lakhs] 0.014 0.025 0.031 0.021 0.018
Total Expenditure [In Cr] 81.60 137.72 95.23 76.43 108.89
Wage expenditure [In Cr] 53.55 83.02 55.34 34.85 58.50
Average Wage rate per day (Rs.) 179 174 169 156 136
Average Cost Per Day (In Rs.) 291 261 250 319 240
% Total Exp through eFMS 54% 13% 13% 2% 0%
% payments generated within 15 days 67% 57% 42% 43% 71%
Cattle Shed in Khandwa, Madhya Pradesh
 WEST BENGAL
No. of Districts 23
No. of Blocks 341
No. of GPs 3347
Job Cards issued [In Lakh] 117.16
Workers [In Lakh] 265.87
Active Job Cards [In Lakh] 85.22
Active Workers [In Lakh] 140.05
Progress FY 17-18 FY 16-17 FY 15-16 FY 14-15 FY 13-14
Total Households Worked [In Lakhs] 49.18 58.25 61.11 51.19 61.33
Total Individuals Worked [In Lakhs] 72.7 85.33 91.58 73.53 91.69
Persondays Generated so far [In Lakh] 2338.64 2355.62 2864.97 1696.29 2296.34
Average days of employment per Household 48 40 47 33 37
Works Taken up (New+Spill Over)[In Lakhs] 24.43 22.5 16.86 7.73 5.79
Completed Works [In Lakhs] 5.487 5.402 3.442 2.099 1.825
Total Expenditure [In Cr] 6,307.65 7,246.17 4,847.72 4,010.02 3,724.04
Wage expenditure [In Cr] 4,650.52 5,658.80 3,643.12 2,712.35 2,493.80
Average Wage rate per day (Rs.) 173 171 170 164 147
Average Cost Per Day (In Rs.) 225 219 197 216 193
% Total Exp through eFMS 100% 100% 100% 28% 0%
% payments generated within 15 days 88% 24% 16% 4% 19%
 Brick Soling & both side Plantation

Vill.-Paighambarpur,
G.P.-Paighambarpur,
Block-Sakra, Distt.-Muzaffarpur,
Bihar

construction of Platform

Vill.-Muryari Naya Tola,

G.P.-Paighambarpur,
Block-Sakra,
Distt.-Muzaffarpur, Bihar
 ODISHA
No. of Districts 30
No. of Blocks 314
No. of GPs 6801
Job Cards issued [In Lakh] 62.8
Workers [In Lakh] 161.92
Active Job Cards [In Lakh] 32.1
Active Workers [In Lakh] 52.33
Progress FY 17-18 FY 16-17 FY 15-16 FY 14-15 FY 13-14
Total Households Worked [In Lakhs] 18.54 20.35 19.97 14.69 17.1
Total Individuals Worked [In Lakhs] 29.53 32.9 31.48 21.27 24.94
Persondays Generated so far [In Lakh] 626.19 775.14 894.46 535.40 711.82
Average days of employment per Household 34 38 45 36 42
Works Taken up (New+Spill Over)[In Lakhs] 8.27 8.94 5.94 3.01 2.6
Completed Works [In Lakhs] 1.644 2.553 1.257 0.490 0.646
Total Expenditure [In Cr] 1,798.94 2,135.97 2,051.44 1,060.20 1,281.68
Wage expenditure [In Cr] 1,259.99 1,411.07 1,576.72 711.97 924.55
Average Wage rate per day (Rs.) 174 172 188 161 141
Average Cost Per Day (In Rs.) 244 248 227 218 192
% Total Exp through eFMS 100% 100% 100% 100% 66%
% payments generated within 15 days 79% 34% 37% 19% 50%
Vermi Compose, Vill.-Molagodari, G.P.-Pirikudi, Block-Khajuri
47
Pada, Distt.-Kandhamal, Odisha
 JHARKHAND
No. of Districts 24
No. of Blocks 263
No. of GPs 4403
Job Cards issued [In Lakh] 41.89
Workers [In Lakh] 77
Active Job Cards [In Lakh] 21.34
Active Workers [In Lakh] 26.6
Progress FY 17-18 FY 16-17 FY 15-16 FY 14-15 FY 13-14
Total Households Worked [In Lakhs] 12.62 17.43 11.26 11.11 11.39
Total Individuals Worked [In Lakhs] 16.55 24.7 15.68 15.73 17.06
Persondays Generated so far [In Lakh] 467.37 707.48 585.61 453.34 436.22
Average days of employment per Household 37 41 52 41 38
Works Taken up (New+Spill Over)[In Lakhs] 7 6.79 2.71 2.17 2.04
Completed Works [In Lakhs] 2.026 2.204 0.714 0.628 0.655
Total Expenditure [In Cr] 1,214.12 1,839.64 1,331.57 1,025.94 911.75
Wage expenditure [In Cr] 792.93 1,184.44 882.97 701.74 580.01
Average Wage rate per day (Rs.) 168 167 162 158 138
Average Cost Per Day (In Rs.) 262 258 238 230 214
% Total Exp through eFMS 100% 100% 100% 99% 10%
% payments generated within 15 days 95% 80% 71% 68% 95%
 UTTAR PRADESH
No. of Districts 75
No. of Blocks 823
No. of GPs 59153
Job Cards issued [In Lakh] 157.97
Workers [In Lakh] 225.09
Active Job Cards [In Lakh] 78.67
Active Workers [In Lakh] 97.09
Progress FY 17-18 FY 16-17 FY 15-16 FY 14-15 FY 13-14
Total Households Worked [In Lakhs] 40.97 50.14 54.36 39.15 49.89
Total Individuals Worked [In Lakhs] 49.98 62.53 68.54 47.17 61.43
Persondays Generated so far [In Lakh] 1243.44 1576.75 1822.39 1312.27 1751.61
Average days of employment per Household 30 31 34 34 35
Works Taken up (New+Spill Over)[In Lakhs] 15.6 12.62 12.58 10.16 14
Completed Works [In Lakhs] 2.003 5.139 4.711 4.444 5.778
Total Expenditure [In Cr] 3,262.17 4,254.86 2,976.10 3,130.67 3,446.18
Wage expenditure [In Cr] 2,281.97 3,320.39 2,324.37 1,961.75 2,227.56
Average Wage rate per day (Rs.) 175 174 161 156 142
Average Cost Per Day (In Rs.) 230 210 188 235 213
% Total Exp through eFMS 99% 100% 100% 98% 12%
% payments generated within 15 days 62% 24% 20% 18% 74%
Renovation of Doling Lake; Village Dolling; Block Ravangla; District South
51
Sikkim, Sikkim
 RAJASTHAN
No. of Districts 33
No. of Blocks 295
No. of GPs 9894
Job Cards issued [In Lakh] 97.98
Workers [In Lakh] 228.29
Active Job Cards [In Lakh] 62.5
Active Workers [In Lakh] 95.91
Progress FY 17-18 FY 16-17 FY 15-16 FY 14-15 FY 13-14
Total Households Worked [In Lakhs] 40.18 46.35 42.21 36.87 36.15
Total Individuals Worked [In Lakhs] 56.97 66.53 60.23 51.43 50.22
Persondays Generated so far [In Lakh] 1784.83 2596.76 2341.25 1686.19 1838.56
Average days of employment per Household 44 56 55 46 51
Works Taken up (New+Spill Over)[In Lakhs] 8.64 8.13 4.82 4.63 4.33
Completed Works [In Lakhs] 1.107 1.775 0.913 1.920 1.056
Total Expenditure [In Cr] 4,050.56 5,155.41 3,267.38 3,251.35 2,624.73
Wage expenditure [In Cr] 2,559.85 3,377.90 2,498.87 2,103.91 1,817.22
Average Wage rate per day (Rs.) 138 126 116 109 107
Average Cost Per Day (In Rs.) 200 172 142 160 142
% Total Exp through eFMS 100% 100% 100% 100% 22%
% payments generated within 15 days 93% 80% 46% 41% 15%
 Tanka Nirman
53
Vill.-Dholia, G.P.-Lathi, Block- Sankara, Distt. Jaisalmer
 KARNATAKA
No. of Districts 30
No. of Blocks 176
No. of GPs 6024
Job Cards issued [In Lakh] 54.54
Workers [In Lakh] 134.81
Active Job Cards [In Lakh] 28.45
Active Workers [In Lakh] 63.01
Progress FY 17-18 FY 16-17 FY 15-16 FY 14-15 FY 13-14
Total Households Worked [In Lakhs] 16.54 18.18 12.36 10.94 14.5
Total Individuals Worked [In Lakhs] 34.03 44.18 30.27 30.08 42.33
Persondays Generated so far [In Lakh] 681.75 914.12 598.38 433.28 718.86
Average days of employment per Household 41 50 48 40 50
Works Taken up (New+Spill Over)[In Lakhs] 10.57 9.9 7.47 7.08 8.79
Completed Works [In Lakhs] 2.066 3.470 3.223 4.243 1.908
Total Expenditure [In Cr] 2,426.79 3,309.22 1,821.94 1,665.86 2,062.97
Wage expenditure [In Cr] 1,628.15 2,155.89 1,120.48 989.01 1,423.92
Average Wage rate per day (Rs.) 235 223 204 190 174
Average Cost Per Day (In Rs.) 380 340 304 301 232
% Total Exp through eFMS 100% 100% 96% 96% 94%
% payments generated within 15 days 78% 48% 30% 11% 28%
Cattle shelter; Village Mararikulam North; Block Kanjikuzhy;
District Alappuzha, Kerala 55
 ANDHRA PRADESH
No. of Districts 13
No. of Blocks 661
No. of GPs 12944
Job Cards issued [In Lakh] 86.08
Workers [In Lakh] 175.38
Active Job Cards [In Lakh] 47.84
Active Workers [In Lakh] 81.46
Progress FY 17-18 FY 16-17 FY 15-16 FY 14-15
Total Households Worked [In Lakhs] 37.2 39.8 36.07 33
Total Individuals Worked [In Lakhs] 59.81 65.64 60.63 55.59
Persondays Generated so far [In Lakh] 1722.06 2058.02 1992.10 1559.04
Average days of employment per Household 46 52 55 47
Works Taken up (New+Spill Over)[In Lakhs] 17.22 22.34 14.09 14.59
Completed Works [In Lakhs] 6.915 13.410 4.328 5.839
Total Expenditure [In Cr] 4,975.52 4,565.90 4,706.48 2,881.23
Wage expenditure [In Cr] 2,928.78 2,641.16 2,624.99 1,728.33
Average Wage rate per day (Rs.) 147 145 130 116
Average Cost Per Day (In Rs.) 249 239 234 190
% Total Exp through eFMS 100% 100% 100% 100%
% payments generated within 15 days 86% 78% 79% 41%
Irrigation Channel; Village Bardeva; Block Padma; District
57
Hazaribagh, Jharkhand
BASIC INDICATORS (PHYSICAL)
Physical Progress
Persondays Generated
Performance against approved LB
SC persondays % as of total persondays
ST persondays % as of total persondays
Women Persondays out of Total (%)
Average days of employment provided per HH
HHs completed 100 Days of Wage Employment
payments generated within 15 days
Total Households Worked
Total Individuals Worked
Disabled Persons Worked
BASIC INDICATORS (FINANCIAL)
Financial Progress
Total Wages
Material and skilled Wages
Total Admin Expenditure
Total Expenditure
% Total Expenditure through eFMS
Material Expenditure (%)
Admin Expenditure (%)
Average Wage rate per day per person (Rs.)
Average Cost Per Day Per Person (In Rs.)
BASIC INDICATORS (WORKS)

Works Details
Number of GPs with NIL exp
Works Taken-up (New + Spill Over)
Number of Ongoing Works
Number of Completed Works
% of Expenditure on Agriculture &
Agriculture Allied Works
% of Expenditure on Natural Resource
Management Works
% of individual category works
OUR EMPHASIS
• Focus on good quality and durable assets leading to
sustainable livelihood.
• GeoMGNREGA: Tagging of all Assets/ Works
• Direct Benefit Transfer: Aadhaar number seeding of
active workers and conversion of workers for ABP
• Implementation of Good Governance initiatives
• Citizen Information board
• Maintenance of Case record/ Work file for each work
• Job card verification
• 7 registers
• SECURE & Time and Motion Studies
• SAKSHAM: Training of Technical Personnel
• Emphasis on research and evaluation studies
• Inter State Exchange Programme & field visit from the
Ministry to be emphasized further.
• Training of about 8000 Barefoot Technicians
• Jobcard provisioning to all willing landless HHs (SECC)
• GIS based planning
• Completion of incomplete works
• Mission Water Conservation
KEY CHALLENGES
 KEY CHALLENGES
• Capacity Building of field functionaries
• Quality, durability and usefulness of assets
• Delays in wage payment
• Shortage of dedicated field staff for
MGNREGA
• Improper Planning of work and limited
availability of Fund
• Lack of Outcome-based Monitoring
Path & Footbridge from PWD Road to Gujrara Paristhan
Block Ukheral District Ramban under Convergence
with MGNREGA
 KEY CHALLENGES
• Non-compliance with Transparency & Accountability
Provisions (Social Audit)
• Lack of ICT Infrastructure at the GP level
• Limited reach of financial institution in rural area
• Poor maintenance of records, including Muster Rolls,
Job Cards
• Inadequate availability of shelf of work
THANKS
 ACTION TAKEN
ON
RECOMMENDATION
OF
COMMON REVIEW MISSION - II
# Recommendations
1 The delay in payment to the States, espeatially
the material component, due to shortage of funds
at the center has to be resolved. In a demand
driven programe, that too, backed by an Act, fund
flows should not be a constraint. This issue was
raised as a recommendation in 1st CRM report,
but still remains unresolved.
2 In specific reference to section 4.3, the selected
beneficiaries for category B assets must have
mandatorily worked in MGNREGA as GP asset
register and must be verified using the jobcard
data from the NREGA Soft. This issue was raised
as a recommendation in 1st CRM report, but has
been addressed by sending a letter to the States,
rather than using the capability of the NREGASoft
to address it.
Action taken
The Ministry is has been making efforts and is in
constant engagement with the Ministry of
Finance for availing adequate funds for
implementation of the Programme. During the
FY 2017-18, budget to the tune of Rs. 48,000
crore was allotted which is highest ever since its
inception. Further, in the supplementary budget,
Rs. 7,000 Crore more has been made available
which totaling Rs. 55000 for the MGNREGA
Programme. It is expected that more funds will
be allocated in the demand for second
supplementary grant.
Instruction in this effect has been sent to the
State Governments/ UTs. Following steps have
been taken. (1) In the Job Card Application and
Household Employment register, column
(12) indicating “ Individual Assets if any” has
been incorporated. (2) In the Fixed Asset
Register maintained at GP level, details of
beneficiary (Name and JC number) is being
maintained against the Asset.
# Recommendations
3 The Central and State Governments should plan
to strengthen the implementation machinery at
the GP level for better planning, execution,
supervision and maintenance of register. This
issue was raised as a recommendation in 1st CRM
report, but still needs to be done.
Action taken
Major steps taken by the Ministry in this regard:
SAKSHAM; Capacity building initiative for
training 65000 technical personnel. 521 STRT,
3138 DTRT & 18068 BTRT have been trained so
far on Samarthya Manual & GIS based planning.
18 States have completed the training of 3670
social audit resource persons .
Bare Foot Technicians Project: So far 6339 BFTs
have been trained and 3339 have been
deployed.
For standardizing the process of preparing
appropriate work estimates based on the
prevailing SOR, a software “SECURE” has been
developed and field functionaries are being
trained to make use of the software.
JanMANREGA mobile application has been
launched to popularize the Scheme and also
inviting feed back on the assets created under
MGNREGS.
# Recommendations Action taken

4 The engineering input in design and “SAKSHAM”, Training of field level technical
execution of the scheme should be officers training is going on . So far 521 STRT,
improved to enhance the utility and 3138 DTRT & 18068 BTRT have been trained .
Addition to this about 6300 barefoot technicians
durability of the assets.
are trained so far.
5 Attempts should be made to make the In FY 2015-16; 16 States, 20 States in FY 2016-
scheme demand driven from being supply 17 have crossed their LB and in current FY so far,
driven. Awareness of the people about the MoRD have revised LB of 3 States, shows that it
is demand driven only.
fact that they can demand work and GP
Further States have been impressed upon to
has to provide them the work within prepare Labour Budget planning in a
stipulated time period should be created. participatory mode.
6. In most of the cases, GP does not have As of now, almost 100% location are entering
internet connectivity. The state the data online at block level and somecases at
governments must ensure internet GP level except very few GPs of A&N and HP. As
well as more than 97% of GPs are under
connectivity at least till the block level.
ePayment.
# Recommendations Action taken
7. The Central Government should ensure that the Ministry has taken steps to increase the speed of
speed of the MGNREGA server is increased. the servers by way of optimization of code and
internal BPR. However, to ensure seamless
performance of the servers, procurement and
installation of new servers are in process.
8. Unavailability of the material cost in the funds also 75 per cent of payment of materials is ensured
includes a portion of administrative cost. Therefore, while making releases under MGNREGA to
unavailability of material cost also causes delay in States/UTs.
payment of field staff involved in the execution of
the scheme. This impacts scheme execution. The States are also advised to pay the entitlements
Centre and State Governments must ensure some of MGNREGA officials on time.
mechanism of insulating the staff from the vagaries
of funds availability. Some sustenance allowance at
least should be paid to the staff till the funds are
released.
9. The Centre and State Government must strengthen Certificate Course on Social Accountability and
local monitoring system including having regular Social Audit (30-day) training program for the
social audits and making the ombudsman more Social Audit Unit (SAU). A total of 3670 resource
persons in 18 States trained.
effective. Since the progress of social audits is very
4 day SHG-VRP training programme: to create a
low in most states, the same may be monitored community cadre of SHG members for effective
more rigorously by the Central Government. conduct of social audits. a total of 40900 SHG
members have been trained as VRPs across 9
states.
# Recommendations
10 For increasing transparency, the Centre and State
Governments should ensure that there should be a
copy of the approved shelf of projects available at the
GP level. The translated copy of Annual Master Circulars
in local language should also be made available in all
GPs, Blocks and District Offices.
11 The Centre should take action on the Mahendra Dev
Committee report on MGNREGA wage rate indexation.
This committee has submitted its report to the MoRD in
the year 2014, but the same has not been accepted nor
rejected by the MoRD. Since it addresses an important
aspect of wage fixation under MGNREGA, a decision has
to be taken by the MoRD so that the rural poor who
work under MGNREGA get wages that are inflation
adjusted. Under no circumstance should the
government end up underpaying the most vulnerable
workers under MGNREGA due to delays in its internal
decision making.
Action taken
It has been Advised to States/ Uts to circulate
the latest copy of Annual Master Circular in
Regional/ Local language to each GP.
States are also advised to maintained the
enough shelf of work after due approval at each
GP.
It is to inform that the recommendations of the
Mahendra Dev Committee were not accepted
by the Ministry of Finance.
Further, the Ministry constituted a Committee
under the chairpersonship of Dr. Nagesh Singh,
with representatives from relevant Ministries of
Government of India and five States. The
Committee deliberated for over three months
and even set up a sub-committee of engineers
to study the Schedule of Rates being followed in
different States/UTs.
 # Recommendations
12 The Schedule of Rates for the same kind of
works vary from State to State. MoRD may
get the same collected from all the States
and compare to ensure that there is some
similarity in the schedule of rates across
similar States with similar working
conditions.
13 MoRD may consider the feasibility of
permitting part time work (say half day) in all
work sites and correspondingly extra days
over and above 100 days to those
households. The issue is particularly in case
of women, as their household
responsibilities often do not allow them to
do more than 3-4 hours of work, even
though they need the income. (There would
be no difficulty regarding payment as that is
done by measurement).
Action taken
The Ministry has advised all the State Governments/ UTs to
carry out Time and Motion Study and prepare the
Schedule of Rate. The template for conducting the Time
and Motions study has been designed by an expert
committee at the Ministry level. States have engaged
technical institutions as resource agency for conducting
the Time and Motion Study by following the standardized
template .
Further to help the States in preparing appropriate work
estimate, a Software “SECURE” has been developed and
rolled out.
The Act provides guaranteed employment of 100 days to
every rural household who are willing to unskilled manual
work and the payments are made based on the
measurement of work. The Master Circular Clause 9.6
mentions that “The working hours of an adult shall be
flexible, but shall not spread over more than 12 hours in
any day”.
Further, the additional days of employment can be
provided by the State governments.
In the current scenario, it would be difficult to measure
the hours of work per day and apportion it with the
mandated 100 days of employment.
# Recommendations
13 The Central Government ought to insist that the State
Government put in place grievance redressal rules (see
Section 19 of the MGNREG Act) and an effective
mechanism for their implementation (Section 23 (6)
regarding registration and prompt disposal of complaints
and Section 25 related to penalties for persons held
responsible).
14 The Central Government should also modify the penalty
under Section 25 of the Act upwards from the current
maximum of Rs.1000 which was fixed in 2006.
15 The Centre may please extend the Geo-tagging of assets
created under MGNREGA to before start of work, and
then on periodic basis during the progress of the work
and then at the completion of the work. This may be
done for all assets being created w.e.f 1st Apr 2017
onwards. (Similar to the process mandated for PMAY-G).
One-time Geo-tagging of all assets created so far under
MGNREGA may be continued till all the assets are Geo-
tagged.
Action taken
The Ministry has impressed upon the
State Governments to formulate
Grievance Redressal Rules.
So far, 19 States have framed the
Grievance Redressal rules.
The matter will be taken up by the
Ministry.
The Ministry has rolled out the Phase-
II of Geo-MGNREGA initiative,
wherein provisions have been enabled
to geo-tag assets at three different
stages i.e Before starting of the work,
during execution of work and after
completion of work for all the works
commencing from the FY 2017-18.
# Recommendations
16 The centre may also have a flag for the quality
assessment of the asset-along with the one-time geo-
tagging of the existing assets under MGNREGA. E.g. some
assets created 5 years ago may not be of usable quality
now. This tag shall allow for easier classification of
existing assets. Rather than doing some kind of image
recognition assessment of assets geo-tagged. It can also
be used for triangulation on the quality of existing assets.
17 All good quality assets geo-tagged under MGNREGA to be
made available to other Government funded programs so
that no duplication of asset creation is done.
Action taken
the Ministry has been emphasizing
the State Governments/ UTs to
strength the technical wing so that the
estimates/ designs etc are of required
quality. Further States have been
oriented in the process of Monitoring
of MGNREGS.
The Geo-tagged assets have been
placed in public domain and on need
basis, the data is also shared with
other departments.