Lok Sabha Question No. 433 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-02-25
Subject: Appraisal of MGNREGS
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: HARIOM SINGH RATHORE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 433

TO BE ANSWERED ON 25.0 2.201 6

## APPRAISAL OF MGNREGS

## 433. SHRI HARIOM SINGH RATHORE:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme(MGNREGS) and  other  rural  development schemes  have  not  been  able  to  achieve  their aims  and objectives  upto  the  desired  level due  to  lack  of  technical  and  appropriate supervisory officers during the last threeyears and the current year;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State/UTwise; and
- (c) the remedial steps taken/being taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI SUDARSHAN BHAGAT)

(a)&(b): Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) has (i) reduced distress migration among rural poor, ( ii) smoothened rural consumptio season  (iii)  set  high  standards  in  transparen cy,  (iv)  addressed  under - employment  problem  (v) created  assets  that  improved  livelihoods  (vi)  gave  boost  to  the  financial  i strengthened  Gram  Panchayats  (viii)  improved  the  wage  levels  in  rural  areas  an increasing  the  income  levels  o f  the  poorest  of  poor  (xi)  set  standards  for  decent conditions and (x) helped in bringing fallow lands into cultivation.

The programme has also faced challenges of (i) delays in payment of wages (i practices in implementation (iii) denial of entitlements (iv) poor technical capacity to imp large number of works and (v) poor quality of assets created.

(c): Major steps taken by the Government to improve the programme implementation MGNREGA is given in Annexure - I.

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## Annexure referred to in reply to part ( c) of Lok Sabha Uns tarred Question No. 433 dated 25.02.2016

## Major  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  improve  the  programme  implementation MGNREGA

## Better planning and asset identification

- An Intensive Participatory Planning Exercise (IPPE) /Mission Antyodaya has been launched  in  2569  most  backward  blocks.  This  exercise  has  helped  in  ide better quality assets that need to be created.
- For improving convergence with the lin  departments, and thereby to improve t quality of assets, the State Convergence Plans have been formulated.

## Improving the quality of works

- The  associated  outcomes  of  each  work  are  being  recorded  before  taking work, and the same is being measured after completion of the work - thereby bringing in more focus on outcomes.
- Ministry would conduct training of Technical Resource Persons from the Sta on different technical aspects of works which can be taken up under the scheme.
- The States/UTs have been asked to deploy State Quality Monitors to ins quality of assets created under the Scheme.
- States  have  been  advised  to  engage  technical  assistants/barefoot engineers  for better technical planning and supervision of works under MGNREG.
- Mobile  Monitoring  Systems  have  been  introduced  in  35000  GPs  for  b implementation of the scheme.

## Better transparency, accountability and grievance redres sal

- States/UTs  have  been  asked  to  strengthen  Social  audits  of  MGNREGS  work accordance  with  the  provisions  of  the  Audit  of  Schemes  Rules  2011  is consultation with the Comptroller and Auditor General of India. In order to suppor t the States to conduct the Social Audits as laid down under the Rules, decided to provide technical assistance of Rs.147 crore under a special Pr
- All States have been requested to set up an independent Social Audit Un t (S U) and appoint Ombudsman at the district level for grievance redressal.
- The  Ministry  has  established  a  comprehensive  system  of  monitoring  and mechanism for MGNREGA, which, inter alia, include visits of the Officers Ministry and National Level Monitors.
- With a view to avoid bogus attendance and to check instances of temper misuse of muster rolls, the e - Muster system has been introduced.

## Fund management and avoiding delays in payment

- The  Ministry  has  initiated  Electronic  Fund  Management  System  (e - FMS)  which directly credits the wages into the respective beneficiary's accounts using the core banking  system. States  have  been  asked  to  universalise  the  operationalisa of electronic Fund Management System to ensure smooth flow of funds from the to the wage seekers and to eliminate delays in payment of wages.