Ict in Nrega

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An Act to provide

for theenhancement of

livelihood security

of the households

in rural areas of

the country by

providing at least

one hundred days

of Guaranteed

wage employmentin every financial

year to every

household

National Rural Employment

Guarantee Act 2005

Seminar onGovernment Flagship schemes:

ICT: A key EnablerUsing ICT for NREGA

Dr. Rita Sharma

Secretary, Government of India

Ministry of Rural Development.

21st, October, 2009


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NREGA: Objectives

Process Outcomes

Strengthen grass root processes of

democracy Infuse transparency and

accountability in governance

Auxiliary

Regenerate natural resource base for

sustainable rural livelihoods

o Water conservation & water harvestingo Drought Proofing (afforestation & tree plantation)o Irrigation canals, micro & minor irrigation works

o Works on individual land of SC/ST/BPL/IAY/ Landreform beneficiaries/ Small & Marginal farmers

o Renovation of traditional water bodies

o Land developmento Flood control & protection, drainageo Rural connectivity

Primary

Supplement employment opportunities

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(FY 2008-09)

615 Districts

(FY 2009-10)

upto Sep., 09

619 Districts

Employment provided to households: 4.49 Crore 3.26 Crore

Total: 216.01 128.24

SCs: 63.39 [29%] 38.67 [30%]

STs: 54.78 [25%] 27.86 [22%]

Women: 103.41 [48%] 65.43 [51%]

Others: 97.84 [45%] 61.71 [48%]

Average personday per household 48 Days 39 Days

Budget Outlay (In Rs Crore): 30000 39100

Central Release (In Rs Crore): 29939.60 16524.61

Total available fund [including OB]: In Crore. 37483.94 29182.69

Expenditure (In Rs. Crore.) 27137.88 15737.40

Average wage per day Rs. 84 Rs. 88

Total works taken up (In Lakhs): 27.2 25.21

Works completed: 12.09 6.39

Water conservation: 12.50 [46%] 13.15 [52%]

Rural Connectivity: 4.91 [18%] 4.17 [17%]

Land Development: 3.97 [15%] 3.40 [13%]Any other activity: 0.25 [1 %] 0.33 [1.3

90.5 143.59PERSONDAYS [in Crore]

FINANCIAL DETAIL

36.79 [41%] 61.15 [43%]

22.95 [25%] 39.36 [27%]

32.98 [36%] 42.07 [29%]

2.10 Crore 3.39 Crore

(FY 2006-07)

200 Districts

(FY 2007-08)

330 Districts

34.56 [38%] 62.16 [43%]

8640.85 12610.39

11300 12000

43 Days 42 Days

Provision of Irrigation facility to land owned by

SC/ST/ BPL and IAY benificiaries:0.81 [10%] 2.63 [15 %]

17.88

3.87 8.22

8.35

4.51 [54%]

0.34 [4%] 0.56 [3%]

8.73 [49 %]

1.80 [21%] 3.08 [17 %]

5.56 [20%] 4.15 [16%]

Rs. 75

0.89 [11%] 2.88 [16%]

12073.55 19,305.81

8823.35 15856.89

Rs. 65

WORKS DETAIL

NREGA National Overview


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NREGA: Positive Trends Increase in Agriculture Minimum Wages and wage earned per

day and annual income. Bargaining power of labour has

increased

Earnings per HH has increased from Rs 2795 in 2006-07 to Rs

4060 in 2008-09 & estimated Rs. 5000 in 2009-10

Financial Inclusion: 7.75 crore accounts opened

Distress migration has reduced in many parts Green Jobs created as 70% works relate to water

conservation, water-harvesting, restoration, renovation and

desilting of water bodies, drought-proofing, plantation &

afforestation

Rural assets created led to Productivity-enhancing effects

- Improvement in ground water

- Improved agricultural productivity & cropping intensity

- Livelihood diversification in rural areas.

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ICT and NREGAICT and NREGA

1.1. Implementation: Transparency &Implementation: Transparency &

AccountabilityAccountability

2.2. GrievanceGrievance RedressalRedressal3.3. Financial InclusionFinancial Inclusion

4.4. Public InformationPublic Information

5.5. Employment generation effectsEmployment generation effects6.6. Income impact on telecom sectorIncome impact on telecom sector


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ICT for Implementing NREGAICT for Implementing NREGA

NREGA is Rights based. The basic premise forRights is transparency.

ICT provides an opportunity for enablingtransparency by placing all information in the

public domain.It includes separate pages for approximately 2.5 lakh Gram

Panchayats, 6458 Blocks, 615 Districts and 34 States & UTs.

8 crore Job Cards & 2 crore Muster Rolls in public domain

A transaction level, work-flow based, web

enabled MIS has been developed for NREGAnrega.nic.in

The architecture of software is designed tofollow all the legal and statutory provisions


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Generate all Registers/documents and make them available to public, specially:

Workers entitlements:

o Registration,

o Job cards,o Employment demanded and allocated,

o Days worked,

o Muster rolls,

o Unemployment allowance,

o Payments and compensations due.

Work data:o Sanctioned shelf of works,

o Work progress,

o Measurement,

o Inventory of works/assets

Financial data:

o Financial Proposalso Funds available/spent

o Amount paid as wages, materials and administrative expenses

o Track transfer of fund to various implementing agencies.

o Online processing of Labour Budgets

Grievances:

o Register grievances of workers and Track complaints and action taken Monitoring and Corrective Action: alerts for corrective action, Social Audit findings.

MIS Functions


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Use of ICT in Grievance RedressalUse of ICT in Grievance Redressal

Citizen can lodge complaints online throughCitizen can lodge complaints online throughwebsite www.nrega.nic.inwebsite www.nrega.nic.in

National helpline now being upgraded to ICT basedNational helpline now being upgraded to ICT basednetwork of national helplinenetwork of national helpline

Toll free Helpline No. obtained which is1800110707.

Complaints received through Helplines has beensent to the State Govt through email.

State Governments have been requested to set upHelplines at the State and District levels. Report onestablishment ofhelpline has been received from UP,Gujarat, Bihar, Goa


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Use of ICT for Financial TransactionsUse of ICT for Financial Transactions

NREGA has given a big stimulus to ICTenabled financial transactions in rural areas:Rural ATM,hand held devices,smart cards,

bio-metrics.

ICT enabled business correspondenceservices that use Smart Card / Hand held

devices / Biometrics


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ICT for Peoples InformationICT for Peoples Information

Pilot initiative launched to enable direct worker access to log inPilot initiative launched to enable direct worker access to log inand transact through a Point of transaction.and transact through a Point of transaction. Integration offollowing NREGA processes in Smart Cards or Hand heldDevices with biometric identification:

Registration , Job cards, Demand and allocation of work

Recording of attendance at worksite

Payment of wagesAreas of implementation as Pilot Project Andhra Pradesh,

Orissa, UttarPradesh, Bihar, Kerala

Geographic Information System (GIS): GIS for effectivemanagement and assessment of Natural Resources through GIS-

based A

ssetM

anagement System

.

GIS to evolve appropriatemethodology for collection, collation,storage and processing ofdata on natural resources in a given region and in totality. Area ofimplementation Gujarat, West Bengal,Uttarakhand

Partnership withUIDA for including NREGA workers in the uniquePartnership withUIDA for including NREGA workers in the uniqueidentity project.identity project.


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Employment generation impact on ICTEmployment generation impact on ICT

6907 computer assistants at block6907 computer assistants at block

levellevel

745 IT manager and computer745 IT manager and computer

Assistants at District levelAssistants at District level


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NREGA Income Impact on ICTNREGA Income Impact on ICT

Estimated 10% of wages earnedEstimated 10% of wages earned

expended on mobile phonesexpended on mobile phones

Computers and internet connectivityComputers and internet connectivity Under consideration NREGA labourUnder consideration NREGA labour

for trench digging for laying fibrefor trench digging for laying fibre

optic cables by BSNLoptic cables by BSNL


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