1 An Act to provide for the enhancement of livelihood security of the households in rural areas of the country by providing at least one hundred days of.

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An Act to provide for

the enhancemen

t of livelihood security of

the households

in rural areas of the country by providing at

least one hundred days of

Guaranteed wage

employment in every financial year to every

household

National Rural Employment Guarantee

Act 2005 Seminar on

“Government Flagship schemes:ICT: A key Enabler”

Using ICT for NREGA

Dr. Rita Sharma

Secretary, Government of IndiaMinistry of Rural Development.

21st, October, 2009

NREGA: ObjectivesNREGA: Objectives

Process OutcomesStrengthen grass root processes of democracy Infuse transparency and accountability in governance

Auxiliary Regenerate natural resource base for sustainable rural livelihoodso Water conservation & water harvesting o Drought Proofing (afforestation & tree plantation)o Irrigation canals, micro & minor irrigation works o Works on individual land of SC/ST/BPL/IAY/ Land reform beneficiaries/ Small & Marginal farmerso Renovation of traditional water bodieso 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:   216.01 128.24SCs:  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 39100Central Release (In Rs Crore): 29939.60 16524.61Total available fund [including OB]: In Crore. 37483.94 29182.69Expenditure (In Rs. Crore.) 27137.88 15737.40Average wage per day Rs. 84 Rs. 88

Total works taken up (In Lakhs): 27.2 25.21Works 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 12610.3911300 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 19,305.818823.35 15856.89

Rs. 65WORKS DETAIL

NREGA National Overview

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. Grievance RedressalGrievance Redressal

3.3. Financial InclusionFinancial Inclusion

4.4. Public InformationPublic Information

5.5. Employment generation effectsEmployment generation effects

6.6. Income impact on telecom sectorIncome impact on telecom sector

ICT for Implementing NREGAICT for Implementing NREGA NREGA is Rights based. The basic premise for

Rights is transparency.ICT provides an opportunity for enabling

transparency 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 NREGA nrega.nic.in

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

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/spento 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

Use of ICT in Grievance Redressal Use of ICT in Grievance Redressal

• Citizen can lodge complaints online through Citizen can lodge complaints online through website www.nrega.nic.inwebsite www.nrega.nic.in

• National helpline now being upgraded to ICT based National helpline now being upgraded to ICT based network of national helplinenetwork of national helpline

• Toll free Helpline No. obtained which is 1800110707.

• Complaints received through Helplines has been sent to the State Govt through email.

• State Governments have been requested to set up Helplines at the State and District levels. Report on establishment of helpline has been received from UP, Gujarat, Bihar, Goa

Use of ICT for Financial Transactions Use of ICT for Financial Transactions

• NREGA has given a big stimulus to ICT enabled financial transactions in rural areas: Rural ATM, hand held devices, smart cards, bio-metrics.

• ICT enabled business correspondence services that use Smart Card / Hand held devices / Biometrics

ICT for People’s Information ICT for People’s Information

• Pilot initiative launched to enable direct worker access to log in Pilot initiative launched to enable direct worker access to log in and transact through a Point of transaction. and transact through a Point of transaction. Integration of following NREGA processes in Smart Cards or Hand held Devices with biometric identification:

Registration , Job cards, Demand and allocation of work Recording of attendance at worksite Payment of wages

Areas of implementation as Pilot Project –Andhra Pradesh, Orissa, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Kerala

• Geographic Information System (GIS): GIS for effective management and assessment of Natural Resources through GIS-based Asset Management System. GIS to evolve appropriate methodology for collection, collation, storage and processing of data on natural resources in a given region and in totality. Area of implementation – Gujarat, West Bengal, Uttarakhand

• Partnership with UIDA for including NREGA workers in the unique Partnership with UIDA for including NREGA workers in the unique identity project.identity project.

Employment generation impact on ICT Employment generation impact on ICT

• 6907 computer assistants at block 6907 computer assistants at block levellevel

• 745 IT manager and computer 745 IT manager and computer Assistants at District level Assistants at District level

NREGA Income Impact on ICT NREGA Income Impact on ICT

• Estimated 10% of wages earned Estimated 10% of wages earned expended on mobile phonesexpended on mobile phones

• Computers and internet connectivityComputers and internet connectivity

• Under consideration NREGA labour Under consideration NREGA labour for trench digging for laying fibre for trench digging for laying fibre optic cables by BSNLoptic cables by BSNL

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