West Bengal Institutional Strengthening of Gram Panchayats Program II (P159427)

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1 Public Disclosure Authorized SOUTH ASIA India Social, Urban, Rural and Resilience Global Practice Global Practice Requesting Unit: SACIN Responsible Unit: GSU12 IBRD/IDA Program-for-Results FY 2017 Team Leader(s): Uri Raich, Rajni Bajpai Seq No: 4 ARCHIVED on 21-Aug-2018 ISR32881 Created by: Uri Raich on 01-Jun-2018 Modified by: Jyoti Sriram on 10-Aug-2018 Public Disclosure Authorized Program Development Objectives Program Development Objective (from Program Appraisal Document) The development objective of the proposed project is to further strengthen the institutional and financial capacities of Gram Panchayats across the State. Overall Ratings Name Previous Rating Current Rating Progress towards achievement of PDO Satisfactory Satisfactory Public Disclosure Authorized Overall Implementation Progress (IP) Satisfactory Satisfactory Implementation Status and Key Decisions Program implementation is progressing satisfactorily with all the first-year and most second-year targets of the Key Performance and Intermediate Indicators being met. The second-year targets for Disbursement Linked Indicators 1, 2 and 6 have also been achieved and the remainder are currently under review by the Independent Verification Agency. Data on Financial Performance Disbursements (by loan) Public Disclosure Authorized Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed % Disbursed P IBRD Effective USD % Key Dates (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Orig. Closing Date Rev. Closing Date P IBRD Effective 15-Mar Mar Apr Dec Dec-2022 Program Action Plan The Panchayat Act 1973 and West Bengal Panchayat (Gram Panchayat Accounts, Audit and Budget) Rules 2007 to be amended to revise the devolution framework, financial management systems and procurement systems in GPs 8/21/2018 Page 1 of 10

2 Client No 31-Dec-2018 Delayed This activity is not yet due, but there is indication that the agreed deadline will not be met. The new target date for this activity will be July Internal Audit in GPs -Establish internal audit processes, train PAAOs/PDOs and jointly conduct internal audits under risk-based principles in GPs, as part of on-the-job training by ISGPP cell Client No 31-Aug-2017 Delayed This activity is undergoing. An internal manual for risk-based auditing has been prepared, but the systems has not yet been put in place nor the PAAOs/PDOs trained. This is expected to be complete by December New three element Grievance Redressal and Complaints Handling Mechanism to be effectively implemented by PRDD Client No 28-Apr-2017 Completed Enhancing the negative list of activities by ISGPP cell. Client Yes Yearly Completed Share with GP and other relevant stakeholders the approach and methodology for securing lands for civil works by ISGPP cell/prdd. Client No 08-Feb-2017 Completed ESMF capacity building for all the development entities - PRIs and Line Departments - through appropriate orientation programs by ISGPP Cell/PRDD 8/21/2018 Page 2 of 10

3 Client No 31-Dec-2017 Completed Risks Systematic Operations Risk-rating Tool Risk Category Rating at Approval Previous Rating Current Rating Political and Governance Moderate Moderate Moderate Macroeconomic Moderate Moderate Moderate Sector Strategies and Policies Low Low Low Technical Design of Project or Program Moderate Moderate Moderate Institutional Capacity for Implementation and Sustainability Substantial Substantial Substantial Fiduciary Substantial Substantial Substantial Environment and Social Moderate Substantial Substantial Stakeholders Moderate Moderate Moderate Other Low Low Low Overall Substantial Substantial Substantial Results PDO Indicators by Objectives / Outcomes PDO level indicators IN Total number of GPs that qualify BMCs and EMCs annually in APAs (Percentage, Custom) Value IN Average Percentage of performance based untied grants utilized by the GPs (Percentage, Custom) Value /21/2018 Page 3 of 10

4 IN Total number of GPs that qualify BMCs and EMCs annually in APAs (Percentage, Custom) Value IN Average percentage of performance based untied grants utilized by the GPs (Text, Custom) Value To be determined To be determined To be determined cumulative increase of 20% over the baseline value Intermediate Results Indicators by Results Areas Establishing a state wide unified performance based grant allocation system for all discretionary funds available for GPs IN Annual performance assessment of at least 95% GPs conducted (Date, Custom) Value 19-Apr Feb Sep-2020 IN Performance based grant allocation (as per APA results) completed annually (Date, Custom) Value 31-Jan Mar Oct-2020 Improved local government finances and financial management systems in GPs IN Improved PFM systems (accounting, financial reporting and audit) in the GPs (Percentage, Custom) 8/21/2018 Page 4 of 10

5 Value IN Increase in GP s own source revenue (Amount(USD), Custom) Value 18,000, ,307, ,353, IN Annual performance assessment of at least 95% GPs conducted (Text, Custom) Value N/A Completed in January 2017 Completed in January 2017 Completed IN Performance based grant allocation (as per APA results) completed annually (Text, Custom) Value N/A Completed in March 2017 Completed in March 2017 Completed IN Improved PFM systems (accounting, financial reporting and audit) in the GPs (Percentage, Custom) Value IN Increase in GP s own source revenue (Amount(USD), Custom) Value /21/2018 Page 5 of 10

6 IN Improved participation, transparency and accountability in the GPs (Percentage, Custom) Value IN Number of vacancies (in 3 key GP staff positions) filled annually in the GPs (Text, Custom) Value 0.00 HR Plan and budget prepared and approved HR Plan and budget prepared and approved 1, IN Improved project execution and service delivery capacity at GP level (Percentage, Custom) Value IN Improved planning and budgeting capacity at the GP level (Percentage, Custom) Value IN Total number of ST GPs qualifying for EMC (Percentage, Custom) Value IN Total number of SC GPs qualifying for EMC (Percentage, Custom) 8/21/2018 Page 6 of 10

7 Value IN People provided with access to improved water sources (Number, Corporate) Value ,272, ,272, ,571, Improved local governance and HR capacities for increased transparency and accountability in local government functioning IN Improved participation, transparency and accountability in the GPs (Percentage, Custom) Value IN Number of vacancies (in 3 key GP staff positions) filled annually in the GPs (Percentage, Custom) Value Improve the decentralized & participatory planning and budgeting mechanisms at the local level IN Improved project execution and service delivery capacity at GP level (Percentage, Custom) Value IN Improved planning & budgeting capacity at the GP level (Percentage, Custom) 8/21/2018 Page 7 of 10

8 Value IN Total number of beneficiaries, disaggregated by gender (male and female) (Number (Thousand), Custom) Value , , IN Total number of ST GPs qualifying for EMC (Number, Custom) Value IN Total number of SC GPs qualifying for EMC (Number (Thousand), Custom) Value Disbursement Linked Indicators DLI_IND_TABLE DLI 1. Number of phase II Gram Panchayats (GPs) that have qualified Basic Mandatory Conditions (BMCs) in Annual Performance Assessment (Output, 43,530,000.00, 61%) Value , , /21/2018 Page 8 of 10

9 DLI 2. Number of phase II Gram Panchayats that have qualified Expanded Mandatory Conditions (EMCs) and got access to performance rewards in Annual Performance Assessment (Output, 95,770,000.00, 49%) Value , DLI 3. Percentage of activities implemented as per PRDD s annual learning and training plan (Output, 11,475,000.00, 21%) Value DLI 4. Average number of annual mentoring input days per Gram Panchayat with performance assessment (Output, 26,000,000.00, 20%) Value Achieved -- DLI 5 a) Core institutional systems implemented by PRDD across all GPs for Gram Panchayat Management System (GPMS), Web-Based Monitoring System (WBMS) & GIS (Process, 7,000,000.00, 20%) Value GPMS core module under implementation 2,506 Not achieved -- DLI 5 b) Core institutional systems implemented by PRDD across all GPs for Grievance Redressal Management System (GRMS) (Process, 2,700,000.00, 11%) 8/21/2018 Page 9 of 10

10 Value Roadmap for GRMS developed -- Achieved -- DLI 6. Annual Performance Assessments (APA) conducted by PRDD (Process, 16,000,000.00, 40%) Value APA under progress Completed for 100% GPs in January 2017 Completed for 100% GPs in January DLI 7: Targeted number of vacant core Gram Panchayat positions filled for a) Executive Assistant b) GP Secretary c) Nirman Sahayak (Process, 2,500,000.00, 20%) Value , , /21/2018 Page 10 of 10