National Rural Employment Guarantee Act- Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policy

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1 Ten Crucial Questions NREGA An Experience National Rural Employment Guarantee Act- Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policy Yogesh Bandhu Arya & Arundhati Dhuru

2 196 s Rural Work Programme (RWP) 197 s Crash Scheme for Rural Employment (CSRE) Food for Work Programme (FWP) 198 s National Rural Employment Programme (NREP) Rural Labour Employment Guarantee Programme (RLEGP) 199 s Jawahar Rojgar Yojana (JRY) Employment Assurance Scheme (ERY) Sampoorn Grameen Rojgar Yojana (SGRY) February,26 National Rural Employment Guarantee Act

3 Structure of the Study: 22 District in First Phase Survey Conducted in 15 Districts 112 Gram Panchayat 129 Villages 653 Households Muster Roll Verification in One Blocks of Five Districts

4 1. Job Cards & Application for Job 2. Application for Work, Work Allotment 3. List of Work Selected 4. Facilities at Worksite 5. The Muster Roll 6. Problem with Wages 7. Women s Participation 8. Participation of SC/ST & Other Weaker Community 9. Transparency and Accountability

5 Awareness, Application for Job/Job Card & the Job Awareness Re garding NREGA Applied for Job card Got the Job Card Applied for Job Got the Job (Figures in Percentage) % 1% 2% 3% 4% 5% 6% 7% 8% 9% 1% Yes No Not Responded Persons Who Got The Job (Number & Percentage) Total Male Female Total No. of Surveyed Persons Total No. of Persons, got the Job 25 (31.4%) 122 (33.8%) 83 (28.5%)

6 List of Work Selected District Water Cons. Drought Proof. & Plan. Flood Control Rural Connectivity Other Works Total Nos. of works Azamgarh Chandauli Chitrakoot 1 3 Gorakhpur Hamirpur Hardoi Kushinagar Pratapgarh Raebareli Sonbhadra Total

7 Facilities at Worksite Complaints Related to Facilities at Worksite Lack of Shade Lack of Drinking Water Facility Lack of First Aid Lack of Cretch Non of these Total Number of Villages/Worksite Number 59/119 87/119 12/ /119 73/ Percentage ****

8 Number of Working Days & Wages Number of Working Days Days in Payment One Day Percentage 9 Numbers 13 Within One Month Percentage 42 Persons 58 Three day After One Months One Week 7-15 Days Days After Two Months After Three Months More than Three Week 29 4 Not Even After Three Months 2 3 Total Total 1 139

9 Ten Crucial Questions Muster Roll District In Muster Roll Record Number of Work Days Wage rate (in Rs.) Amount (in Rs.) Number of Work Days Actual Amount Paid (in Rs.) Difference of Amount (in Rs.) * Chitrakot /- 3,51, ,836 (2%) 2,81,5 Jaunpur /- 2,76, ,541 (13%) 2,4,61 Hardoi /- 96, ,34 (2%) 77,578 Sitapur /- 1,44, ,1 (24%) 1,1,726 Total 15,4 58/- 8,7, ,6,817 (18%) 7,9,415

10 Women Labourers District Percentage District Percentage Azamgarh 1.77 Kaushambi 3. Banda 31.5 Kheri.4 Barabanki.89 Kushinagar.34 Chandauli 3.68 Lalitpur Chitrakoot Mahoba 3.99 Fatehpur 26.9 Mirzapur Gorakhpur 5.19 Pratapgarh Hamirpur 29.2 Rae bareli Hardoi.8 Sitapur.87 Jalaun 8.88 Sonbhadra Jaunpur Unnao 13.73

11 Participation of SC/ST (Figures in Percentage) District SC ST District SC ST Azamgarh.58 Kaushambi Banda 4.25 Kheri 71.1 Barabanki 6.47 Kushi nagar 7. Chandauli Lalitpur Chitrakoot 62.3 Mahoba Fatehpur 71.9 Mirzapur Gorakhpur 59.8 Pratapgarh 58. Hamirpur Raebareli Hardoi Sitapur 48.1 Jalaun Sonbhadra Jaunpur 51.7 Unnao 59.75

12 Some Special Feature of NREGA in Uttar Pradesh Basudev -Village Badwar,, Dist. Mahoba: : Issued Job Card in October, 27 and got Job of 124 days till December, 27? Ramlal - Village Madwara,, Dist. Lalitpur: : Applied for Job Card in December 27 and got the Card in February, 28? Kamal (12 yrs.) -Village Panchpehar,, Dist. Jalaun: Got the Job Card?? Sadar Block, Dist. Chitrakot: : 19 families got Job for more than 1 days???? Sandila Block, District Hardoi: : Job Card and Job (according to muster roll) provided to the families, which migrated two year earlier?? Sandila Block, Dist. Hardoi: : Job Card issued on the name of dead person

13 Suggested Action: Proper awareness Job Card to every rural (at least to BPL, Antyodaya Card holders and IAW beneficiary) families Proper Measurement of Work Wage my be paid through Bank /Post Offices Developing long term livelihood options through NREGS works Preparation and implementation of Perspective Plan Inclusion of Women and Socially Marginalised People in decision making

14 16, Crore 5 Crore Families = 3,2 Rupees per family per year 32 Rs. = Rs. Per family per month 12 Months Rs. 3 days = 8.88 Rs. Per family per day 8.88 Rs. 5* = 1.77 Rs. ($.4) Per person per day (*Average no. of member in a family)

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