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About the Gram Panchayat 2
Panelist Note 16
Pandasguda Gram Panchayat comes under the Boriguma block of Koraput district. The Panchayat consists of 6
revenue villages and 6 helmets namely
1. Pandasaguda
2. Rengaliguda
3. Paraja Guda
4. Bada Paraja Guda
5. Jani Guda
6. Gundri Guda
7. Jhankra Guda
8. Jadabandha
9. Biriguda
10. Guchhaguda
11. Luiciguda
12. Pujari Guda
The entire GP has about 883 House Holds out of which 118 house holds belongs to SC category, 649 house holds
belongs to ST category , 46 house holds belongs to OBC category and 46 house holds belongs to general category.
A process of social Audit has been initiated from 22st January 2008 with the help of 13 trained volunteers hailing from
different NGOs of Orissa. During the process volunteers undertook a house hold survey across the Panchayat. The
main objective behind this survey is to collect information at the same time create awareness among the villagers. It
also helped to find out problems and prospects under NREGA.
The volunteers took enormous pain to sensitize the villagers on various aspects of NREGS through various processes
like organizing village meetings, distributing leaflets to every house hold, and also songs and slogans. All the findings
of the team shared in the social audit meeting organized on 31st of January 2008.
The Social Audit team had made effort to communicate the legal provisions related to registration, work demand,
unemployment allowance, worksite facilities during the process of household survey and village meetings. Villagers
were also given information about them in the social Audit meeting. The important implementing officials and Panchyat
functionaries present were
1. Sri Balakrushna Sahoo, Collector, Koraput District
2. Sri Biswajeet Biswal , BDO, Pandasguda
3. Sri R.K.Nayak, JE
4. Sri J.S.N Subudhi
5. Smt Sabita Pujari , Sarpanch
6. Sri Gaura Hari Raut, PEO
Apart from the other employees of GP, Mr Bidut Mohanty, Secretary, SPREAD, all members and representatives of
NGOs were present. About five hundred villagers had participated in the social audit.
Detail findings on the functioning of the NREG Act based on the survey that was carried out are given below.
LAND
POSSION (IN
CASTE POPULATION ACRE) JOB CARD WITH
PERSONS CAN
NO OF GET JOB IN JOB BPL
VILLAGE(REVENUE HOUSE WORK DUE TO TEAM’S HH HOUSE
SL VILLAGE/ HAMLET) HOLDS SC ST OBC OC MALE FEMALE CHILD TOTAL WET DRY REGISTERATION APPLY INTERVATION ITSELF OUTSIDE HOLD
1 Pandasaguda 136 23 50 36 27 153 174 184 511 5.5 95 44 91 223 89 3 120
2 Rengaliguda 187 42 124 15 6 215 238 243 696 16 129 74 106 266 108 3 129
3 Paraja Guda 31 0 31 0 0 30 32 34 96 0 7 12 19 33 19 0 21
4 Bada Paraja Guda 32 0 32 0 0 35 34 58 127 0 16 15 17 38 17 0 22
5 jani Guda 64 0 64 0 0 79 83 78 240 2 36 24 0 8 2 0 64
6 Gundri Guda 55 5 50 0 0 50 55 58 163 13 8 55 34 0 0 0 34
7 Jhankra Guda 48 0 48 0 0 52 59 64 175 9 16 31 0 0 0 0 40
8 Jadabandha 159 26 125 4 4 194 202 284 680 0 102 154 4 6 3 0 117
9 Biriguda 17 1 8 8 0 22 28 37 87 0 22 4 0 0 1 14 17
10 Guchhaguda 34 0 34 0 0 45 44 76 165 0 31 19 13 25 10 4 25
11 Luiciguda 53 0 51 1 1 58 75 69 202 0 28 53 53 88 43 0 41
12 Pujari Guda 67 21 32 6 8 68 80 137 285 0 16 6 7 98 42 22 50
TOTAL 883 118 649 70 46 1001 1104 1322 3427 45.5 506 491 344 785 334 46 680
The process of sensitization not only helped the villagers to have better understanding on NREGA but also help to build
up an environment for the Public Hearing. Finally, all these efforts of the volunteers showed result by way of registering
491 house holds and application for job increased from 334 to 704.
Registration of house The Panchayat took The Panchayat has not taken action to register
holds initiative to register the potential beneficiaries.The people, in general, are
household those applied not aware of the process of registration under
during the social audit. NREGA.
Distribution of job card 1) Some persons have not got job card though they
have already been issued as per records.
2) Some persons have got job card for the first time
with entries in them.
During the social Audit process, 3 completed projects was taken for detail Audit. After collecting of the cash records and
secondary Data from Panchayat, social audit Team member with the help of local youth, verified the fact and presented
that during the social audit.
First of all the given muster roll were consolidated and after that verified with the actual beneficiary, basing on their
statement the labor component was analyzed. All the provided documents like –running bill, voucher, measurement book
were analyzed and again verified with the beneficiaries. When all the documents including muster roll were completely
analyzed. A final report has been prepared to present in the public hearing with the active participation of the
beneficiaries and other dignitaries present.
PROJECT - 1
CONSTRUCTION OF ROAD FROM LOKIGUDA TO SINDHIMUNDA
Material Component
Labor Component
Note: The material component has not been analyzed by the team. So the team can calculate the probable expense on wage. No
expenditure on shed was made as a rest shed have never been constructed.
After consolidation the volunteers started their operation in the field just to cross check and to verify. Fifteen MR has been
used for the said work and as per the MR, 136 workers were employed and 2837 man days has been created. The
volunteers were able to interact with all the laborers during the process of verification, who (According to MR) have
worked in the respective work.
• No payment made
According to the statement of the labor, 80 people have worked on that work and received only
Rs.28140/- as wage, which is only 22.11% of the total wage mentioned in the muster roll in the name
of the labor.
The Rest 77.89 % has not paid, directly or indirectly to the said labor, it shows that a huge sum has
been misappropriated.
According to muster roll 136 labors has been employed and their wage mentioned in muster roll is Rs.4, 13,115. And in
118 sample labor only Rs.79897 has been paid, in fact which should be Rs. 3,61,298/-. So, if all these data is taken into
consideration. Then
1- The total amount which has paid to the labor in this work =
During the process of muster roll verification, the social audit team has got number of discrepancies. The discrepancies
includes
• Name of workers included in the MR who have never worked and get paid. Entries in the job cards have also been
made. Examples are- Tilatama Muduli (JC NO- 11960) and Jema Jani (JC No-11976) of Pandasguda village. Nila
Harijan (JC No-9452) & Tulsi Harijan (JC No-9487) of Biriguda Village
• Some workers have worked but paid less then shown in the MR – it is by increasing the days of work and wages
paid in MR.
• Some workers had actually worked but there is no mention in MR about them. The Examples are Damaru Harijan ,
Lokinath of Biriguda village.
• Money has been withdrawn by making false thumb impression in the MR though the concerned worker is a literate
person. Example is Tankadhar Nayak (JC No-13449).
The team also found some other irregularities while verifying MR. To justify all the discrepancies, the volunteers have
sufficient evidence as they have collected affidavits of the following persons and some of them openly admitted them in
the public hearing. Details on the affidavits are mentioned below
Twelve persons of Pandas Guda have given a joint Affidavit stating that they have never worked and have never received
money. The MR shows that they have worked and have got wage.
DETAILS OF WORKERS
7 persons of Biriguda village have also given a similar joint affidavit stating that they had never participated and got
wage.Mr shows that they have participated and got wage.
DETAILS OF WORKERS
Kuni Rine (JC No-09484) and Nila Harijan had openly stated in the social Audit meeting that they have not worked and
their names has been mentioned in the MR. It should be noted that the Collector present openly asked the concerned JE
about these testimony. The concerned JE had defended by saying that job cards were not distributed in the time of work
and they have adjusted by writing the name of the job cardholders.
Payment for tools: The team found that the laborers were not paid for using their own tools. The records shows new tools
were purchased for the said project on expenditure of Rs7000/-. The JE told that the tools were actually purchased but
the workers present told that they have used their own tools.
Muster roll in the work site: Muster roll was not available in the work site during the work.
The facts on positive and negative sides related to the said work were supported by the villagers present in the social
audit meeting.
Note: As per the utilization certificate, the work started on 29/11/06 and completed on 26/03/07, but as per the MR
(No 138006 to 138009) the work stated on August 1 and the Pakhwada completed on August 10 2007. The
reasons behind could not be ascertained.
The volunteers started their operation in the field just to cross check and to verify. Sixteen MR has been used for the said
work and the work took and as per the MR, 183 workers were employed and 4463 man days has been created and total
wage paid was Rs. 4,00,963/-. The volunteers were able to interact with 128 laborers during the process of verification,
who (According to MR) have worked in the said work. The team found that one Labourer was no more during the work
and his name had been included in the MR.
Details
Remark
On payment of wage :
According to the statement of the labor, 65 people have worked on that work and received only
Rs.59750/- as wage, which is only 18.43 % of the total wage mentioned in the muster roll (Including the
dead labour) in the name of the labor. The Rest 81.57 % has not paid, directly or indirectly to the said
labor.
According to muster roll 183 labors has been employed and their wage mentioned in muster roll is Rs.4,00,963/-. And in
119 (One dead in the time of work) sample labor only Rs.59750/- has been paid, in fact which should be Rs3, 24,090/-.
So, if all these data is taken into consideration. Then
1. The total amount which has paid to the labor in this work =
At last it is concluded that only 18.43% wage money has paid directly to the worked laborer (i.e., Rs.73922/- ) and
81.57% of total wage money has not paid to the laborer(i.e. Rs.3,27,041/-).
During the process of muster roll verification, the social audit team has got number of discrepancies. The discrepancies
includes
• Name of workers included in the MR who have never worked and paid. For example 27 workers of Loukiguda have
claimed that they have never worked but their names are mentioned in the MR.
• Some workers have worked but paid less then the MR by increasing the days of work and wages paid in MR. Even
the workers were paid less then they were promised. It should be noted that the labourers were not aware of the
minimum wage as per the Government rules. While discussing this matter in Palli Sabha, the team found that the
labourer were paid @25 to 30 though they were promised wage @45.
• Some workers had actually worked but there is no mention in MR about them.
A) Twenty seven persons of Lukiguda have given a joint Affidavit stating that they have never worked and have never
received money. The MR shows that they have worked and have got wage.
DETAILS OF WORKERS
JOB
CARD
SL NAME NUMBER
1 Damai Bhumia 13459
2 Kesab Pujari 13491
3 Mana Pujari 13439
4 Mukta pujari 13439
5 Narasing Nayak 13531
6 Ghana Nayak 13525
7 Buduri Bhumia 13471
8 Aaibari Nayak 13456
9 Manima Nayak 13525
10 Subrana Nayak 13531
11 Lachma Nayak 13423
12 Lalita Bhumia 13607
13 Daimati Nayak 13456
14 Mukta Bhumia 13446
15 Brundabati Pujari 13567
16 Bhanumati Bhumia 13604
17 Lalita Gauda 13498
18 Lambudhar Nayak 13474
19 Dhanamati Bhumia 13582
20 Madhu Jani 13611
21 Sunadai Nayak 13570
22 Kamala Nayak 13474
23 Badi Nayak 13574
24 Balikeswar Nayak 13614
25 Damu Bhumia 13496
26 Damu Pujari 13436
27 Damuni Pujari 13436
B) 4 persons of Lukiguda village who were members of vigilance committee have given an affidavit stating that they have
signed the report of the concerned work without knowing the contents. This joint affidavit is given by
1. Rati Bhumia
2. Dhanpati Gauda
3. Mahadev Nayak
4. Smt brundabati pujari
C) Sixteen persons of Lukiguda village have given a joint affidavit on following facts
1. No rest facility was made during the work.
2. No payments made as rents of using own tools.
Details of the workers who have given the joint affidavit are mentioned below
DETAILS OF WORKERS
Time of wage payment: The laborers had told that the wages are paid weekly by a group of 4 persons who, as per the
workers, have employed them.
Tools and Implements: No Rent for using own tools was given to the workers though workers had used their own tools.
(Affidavit discussed earlier)
Work site facility: There was no provision of Drinking water, Rest shed, First Aid. (Affidavit discussed earlier). There was
no provision to take care of the children of women employees and people are not aware of existence of such a provision
in NREGA. Some villagers had complained that non availability of such facility prevented many women to join the work.
Vigilance committee: The social audit team, when contacted the members of vigilance committee, found that they are not
aware of the work. They claimed that they have signed the concerned work report though they are not aware of the
contents. It should be noted that no effort was also made by the officers to communicate the contents of the report.
Muster roll in the work site: Muster roll was not available in the work site
TC Board 1500
VLL 4500
Note: The team could not ascertain the actual expenses on TC board and transportation of material couldn’t be ascertained. No
expense on shed was made as no shed was constructed.
Sixteen MR has been used for the said work and as per the MR, 183 workers were employed and 3312 man days has
been created. The volunteers were able to interact with 127 laborers during the process of verification, who (According to
Details
100-25.53 = 74.47%
According to muster roll 183 labors has been employed and their wage mentioned in muster roll is Rs.283332/-. And in
130 (Including the dead) sample labor only Rs.42765/- has been paid, in fact which should be Rs1, 67,468/-. So, if all
these data is taken into consideration. Then
1. The total amount which has paid to the labor in this work =
In this project only 25.53% wage money has paid directly to the worked laborer (i.e, Rs.72352/- ) and 74.47% of
total wage money has not paid to the laborer(i.e. Rs.216480-)
During the process of muster roll verification, the social audit team has got number of discrepancies. The discrepancies
includes
• Name of workers included in the MR who have never worked and paid. For example 14 workers of Janiguda have
told the team that they had never worked at all.
• Some workers have worked but paid less then the MR by increasing the days of work and wages paid in MR.
• Some workers had actually worked but there is no mention in MR about them. Even people of Janiguda have
submitted an affidavit regarding this.
• Names of dead persons(Dead in the time of work) are included in MR.
The evidence gathered by the volunteers was well supported by the following persons and some of them openly admitted
that in the public hearing. Details on the affidavits are mentioned below
A) Nine persons of Pandasguda have given a joint Affidavit stating that they have never worked and have never received
money. The MR shows that they have worked and have got wage.
DETAILS OF WORKERS
B) Seventeen persons of Khuntaguda village have also given a similar joint affidavit stating that they had never
participated and got wage. MR shows that they have participated and got wage. Names of the villagers are mentioned
below
1. Gobardhan Harijan
2. Harihar Harijan
3. Nabaghan Pujari
4. Balaram Harijan
5. Maker Padhani
6. Parsu Harijan
7. Premanda Pujari
8. Manika Bisoi
9. Debaki Bisoi
Tools and Implements: No Rent for using own tools was given to the workers though workers had used their own tools.
Time of wage payment: The workers were paid in every week during work.
Muster roll in the work site: Muster roll was not available in the work site.
Vigilance committee: The social audit team came to know that a vigilance committee was formed for the said work but the
committee was not given any information regarding estimate, length of the road, rate of wage etc.
Board: The TC board was constructed during the work and not before starting of work.
Panelist Note
The social audit team, in their presentation on the works undertaken has found many discrepancies. They were
discussed and the officials present were given their version.
Some workers had not worked at all and their names had been included in the MR and some workers have done job and
their names have been not included in the MR. As mentioned earlier, Kuni Harijan and Nila Harijan had given testimony
stating that they have not worked and their names have been included in the MR. The defense of the concerned Junior
Engineer was “it was done to adjust some worker who had not got the job card”. He also told that the job cards were not
issued to many at that time and thus the aim was to give job to non job card holders. The collector present had
acknowledged that some wrong things have been done.
In the discussion on vigilance committee, it was found that the people were not aware of the roles and responsibility of
the said committee. Even the members of the said committee were not aware of their duty and responsibility. A testimony
was given by Mr. Brundabati Pujari gave a testimony regarding this fact. Mr Subarna Nayak had told that he has signed
the report as he was told to sign by a low level official.
In the discussion on non payment for tools , the JE defended by saying that they had purchased the tools. Two villagers
protested it by saying that they have never got tools and had used their own tools.
On the issue of mentioning the length of roads more in official records then the actual, the JE defended by saying that this
The people are informed by the administration that a large amount of money (about Rs 150 crore) is going to be
sanctioned for the implementation of NREGA. As per the administrative version, they have shortage of manpower in
implementing NREGA.
The NGO and the implementing officials present were of the view that people should be more aware and cooperate in the
process of implementation of NREGA. The social audit convened by the Gram Sabha ended with a vote of thanks.