SIRD & PR organized the two day training programme on “Mahatma Gandhi NREGA” for 4

Districts (Cuttack, Puri, Nayagarh & Ganjam) during 05th -06thSeptember, 2018 at SIRD & PR Training Hall.

The participants of this training programme include 15 participants from each of the 4 districts (five

participants each from Sarpanch, PEO & GRS from each districts). Fifty One number of participants

participated in the training programme organized during 05th -06thSeptember, 2018. The training

programme was coordinated by Ms. Namrata Das, SIRD & PR. Odisha.

OBJECTIVES OF THE TRAINING PROGRAMME:.

To equip the participants with the features & objectives of Mahatma Gandhi NREGA.

To acquaint the participants regarding the Convergence of Mahatma Gandhi NREGA with other

Schemes.

To equip the participants regarding the Permissible works under Mahatma Gandhi NREGA.

To sensitize the participants regarding Planning and Labour Budget.

At the outset participants were welcomed by Ms.

Namrata Das, Course Coordinator, SIRD & PR. After

that Mrs. Amita Patra, Asst. Director (Trg), SIRD & PR

explained about the objectives of the training

programme and how it will help them in discharging

their duties efficiently and successful implementation

of the MGNREGA at the field level in their respective

districts.

TECHNICAL SESSIONS

The technical sessions of the Training are as follows;

Objective & Salient Features of Mahatma Gandhi NREGA

Resource Person- Dr. Subrat Mishra, Asst. Director (Trg), SIRD&PR

Methodology Followed- Lecture and PPT

Major Points of Discussion

In this session Dr. Mishra gave an overview about Mahatma Gandhi NREGS where he discussed

regarding the core objective & salient features of the scheme. He gave an insight into its key stake holders

and the implementation process of MGNREGS. He also briefly discussed regarding the Focus of the

Scheme i.e

Public works relating to NRM

Individual Assets for vunerable sections

Common Infrastructure for NRLM compliant SHGs

Rural Infrastructure In this session lecture also included brief description regarding the labour budget, grievance

redressal mechanism, Transparency, Accountability & Social audit, PIM (project initiative meeting),

Worksite Management etc.

DAY - I

Entitlements under Mahatma Gandhi NREGA

Resource Person- Mrs. Amita Patra ,Asst. Director (Trg), SIRD&PR,

Methodology Followed- Lecture & PPT

Major Points of Discussion

During the session Mrs. Patra discussed regarding the

following entitlements under Mahatma Gandhi

NREGA:

Entitlement 1- Right to job card

Entitlement 2- Right to demand work and receive

within 15 days

Entitlement 3- Right to unemployment allowance

Entitlement 4- Right to prepare and plan for Shelf of project

Entitlement 5- Right to obtain work within radius of 5 KM

Entitlement 6- Type of work

Entitlement 7- Right to work site facilities

Entitlement 8&9- Right to notified wage rate and right to receive wage within 15 days

Entitlement 10- Right to time bound redress of grievances, right to conduct concurrent Social Audits and

Social Audits of all Mahatma Gandhi NREGA Expenditure.

Planning & Labour Budget under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS

Resource Person- Mrs. Bela Jena, Asst. Director, MIS, MGNREGA

Methodology Followed- Lecture and PPT

Major Points of Discussion

Mrs Jena discussed that Labour Budget is an estimation on of anticipated demand for unskilled manual

work and preparing the plan for engagement of these Labourers in the works covered under MGNREGS &

it is prepared to estimate the amount of requirement of funds on the basis of projection of Labour Budget.

She also explained that In a Nutshell

i. The plan must assign priorities to the various identified works.

ii. The sub steps in this are:

a. Estimation of Demand

b. Identification of Needs

c. Identification of Resource Envelope

d. Preparation of Draft Development Plan

e. Approval by the Gram Sabha

In this session she also touched upon Labour Budget Time Line : A Time Bound Coordination, how to do

Online entry of Labour budget in the MIS of NREGA Website, Scrutinizing parameters of the Annual Plans and Preparation of Labour Budget etc.

She explained that the assessment of the Labour Budget will be based on the following factors:

Projection of Rural households Demanding Employment and Average Person days to be

generated per Household

Cost per person day

Her discussion also includes Recent Modifications of planning for works and preparation of Labour Budget

and the Labour Budget Format which designed to project the expected number of households demanding

work month-wise, projected persondays to be generated month-wise and the distribution of permissible

works in each district.

PART I: Projected month-wise labour demand, persondays and cost (for each district).

PART-II: Works to be taken up, generated persondays and total cost

Convergence of Mahatma Gandhi NREGA with other schemes

Resource Person- Mr.Saroj Dash, Joint Director, SIRD&PR

Methodology Followed- Lecture, Video and Evidence –based discussion

Major Points of Discussion

Mr. Mishra started the session with showing video about the success of MGNREGA in Bankura, West

Bengal, focussing on convergence strategy adopted at district level.

Initially he discussed regarding the convergence strategy in MGNREGA:

Individual

Institutional

Integrated National Resource Management

Infrastructure

The various modes of convergence like sharing of funds, sharing of technical expertise and value

addition was also the stressed in the session.

He discussed that addressing the challenges of Poverty depends on four pillars of high economic

growth, increasing agriculture productivity, Skilling of youth and better targeting & implementation of safety-

net schemes.

• Right convergence of infrastructure development, entitlement and social mobilization programme

would have spiral and multiplier outcomes.

• Economic growth can accelerate poverty alleviation, but better execution of Government schemes

are imperative to reduce the inequality and inequity.

• Schemes like MGNREGS, PMAY-G, DAY-NRLM and DDU-GKY has strong potential for poverty

alleviation with proper & effective planning, prioritization & implementation

He said the Poverty Alleviation Interventions can be done in the following way:

Convergence and Rural Housing:

Eligible beneficiaries under Housing Schemes to be identified as per their need to provide at least any one

of the following individual assets out of MGNREGS:

Vermi-compost pit, Nadep Compost Pit, Goat Shelter, Cattle shed, poultry shed etc.

Convergence & Odisha Livelihoods Mission

All extension services will be provided by OLM to the beneficiaries of individual asset under MGNREGS in

the 750 “Mission Samrudhi” Gram Panchayats

Convergence CFC/SFC

Funds available under CFC/SFC may be converged to create following assets to mitigate scarcity of water

and to arrest ground water depletion:

Creation of New Water Bodies

Renovation of Existing Water Bodies

Development of Water Harvesting Structure

Labour component of the cost of these assets may be met out of MGNREGS Funds

Own Building for New GPs

Convergence Drinking Water & Sanitation

Community Toilet

Common Garage Pit

Magic Pit

Mr. Dash ended his session with a Mantra – Successful Convergence for Livelihood

▶ Committed leadership

▶ Doing different things (diversification)

▶ Doing things differently (boundary management)

▶ Multiple activities

▶ Multiple convergence, even in single sets of activities

Permissible Activities under Mahatma Gandhi NREGA

Resource Person- Mr. Santosh Ku. Swain, Faculty, SIRD& PR

Methodology Followed- Lecture and PPT

Major Points of Discussion

In this session Mr. Swain gave an insight into the following permissible activities under mahatma Gandhi

NREGA

I. Public works relating to Natural resources management – (directly linked to agriculture through

land, water and trees )

II. COMMUNITY OR Individual assets for vulnerable sections (only for households in

Paragraph 5) (Directly linked to agriculture through land, water and trees )

III. Category C: Common infrastructure INCLUDING for NRLM compliant self help groups.

IV. Category D: Rural infrastructure

In addition to these above mentioned activities he also explained regarding Works Not To Be Taken Up in

MGNREGA:

Works which are:

• non-tangible,

• not measurable,

• repetitive such as, removing grass, pebbles, agricultural operations.

He also discussed that:

• Inter-departmental convergence till the last mile implementation level to improve the quality and

productivity of assets.

• ongoing or incomplete works are completed first.

• It is in conformity with the processes specified under the Act.

As per Para 22 of Schedule-1, MGNREGA, “As far as practicable, works execution shall be

performed by using manual labour and no labour displacing machines shall be used”. There may be

activities which cannot be carried out by manual labour, where use of machine may become essential for

the quality and durability of the works. Hence he briefly stressed on the suggestive list of machines which

can be used during the MGNREGA work. And he explained that in all such cases, the estimate of

MGNREGA work should contain machine rate, as per the prevailing SOR of the line departments in the

area and such items should be specifically social audited.

Transparency, Accountability and Social Audit in MGNREGA

Resource Person-Mr. Binay Kishore Dash, Director, OSSAAT

Methodology Followed- Lecture and PPT

Mr. Dash initiated his session by stating that Social accountability is an obligation and responsibility

on the part of the government to be answerable to the citizens for its actions. Social accountability ensures

the fulfillment of democratic and human rights for improving the efficiency of social programmes of

Government of India including MGNREGA, IAY, SRLMs and others. He explained the following social

accountability principles:

i. Information(Jankari)

ii. Involvement and participation (Bhagidari)

iii. Time bound action (Karyawahi)

iv. Protection of Citizens (Surakshya)

v. Citizen’s right to be heard ( Sunwai)

vi. Collective Platform ( Janta Ka Manch)

vii. Report Dissemination (Prasar)

Mr. Dash that Social Audit is the process by with an attempt is made to find out whether the

benefits of the project/activities reach the people for whom it is meant. It is a democratic process in which

all stakeholders involved in a particular project takes part. It is a verification of government records with

people and the work/project executed at the field level in great detail. He explained in detail about the

social objective, how it can help in Plug the loopholes within the governance system and Empower

Community as Performance Monitors. In his session it was mentioned that our state Odisha has

constituted an autonomous society called Odisha Society for Social Audit, Accountability and Transparency

(OSSAAT) to facilitate the conduct of social audit in MGNREGS. For the first time, OSSAAT has made

provisions for social audit to be undertaken at village level and mandated palli sabha to organize social

audit of MGNREGS in the village.

Process of Social Audit Consolidation of Records Consolidate and collate information Door to door verification Cross check of Records with beneficiaries (100%) Physical verification of works 100% verification of all works Gram Sabha At the end of verification - social audit gram sabhas will be organised. Findings of audit will be read out and discussed in GS Public Hearing

Process culminate with Public Hearing (Open Forum) at block level where social audit teams collectively share their findings

It provides the platform for immediate and effective grievance redressal

MIS and Mahatma Gandhi NREGA

Resource Person-Srimanta Ku. Samal, IT Expert MGNREGA

Methodology Followed- Lecture and PPT

In his session Mr. Samal he explained in detail on MGNREGSoft. In this he discussed regarding the

online MGNREGA module, implementation process of MGNREGA, registration and application of work GP

module, beneficiary module, how to do new work and sanction by DPC online including Work Module (GP/

PO / DPC), Works management module in MG NREGA, Entry/ Edit New Work, Steps for implementation e-Muster

Roll etc. He showed in detail the online format of demand for work, Demand For Work Entry At GP Login, work

allocation, work allocation at GP log in, how to do e-muster role data entry, online e-muster roll attendance , entry of

measurement book, entry of muster roll Wage, generation of wage list etc. He also explained about Electronic Fund

Management System (e-FMS) under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS in Odisha.

He in exhaustively mentioned about the MGNREGS: Activity Flow (Online) & generation of online reports of

the various activities under the same

Question and Answer Session

Resource Person-Namrata Das, Consultant, SIRD&PR

Methodology Followed- Question and Answer session and Prize Distribution

In this session the participants were given 20 multiple choices questions and answer sets on Mahatma

Gandhi NREGA. and the highest scorers were awarded prizes.

Feedback, Open house discussion and Valedictory

Resource Person-Namrata Das, Consultant, SIRD&PR

Methodology Followed- Question and Answer session and Prize Distribution

In this last session the participants were given the evaluation / feedback sheets. And there was an open

house discussion regarding the challenges /difficulties they face while having a healthy convergence of

Mahatma Gandhi NREGA at the field level.

The training programme was ended with the vote of thanks, certificate distribution and group

photograph distribution.