Whenever in doubt apply the following test. Recall the face of the poorest and the weakest man whom you may have seen, and ask yourself, if the step you contemplate is going to be of any use to him. Will he gain anything by it? Will it restore him to a control over his own life and destiny?....then you will find your doubt and your self melting away.

Presentation on Rural Area under the scheme of MGNREGA

INTRODUCTION: TheNational Rural Employment Guarantee Act 2005(or, NREGA) was later renamed as the "Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act" (or, MGNREGA), is anIndian labour lawandsocial securitymeasure that aims to guarantee the right to work It aims to ensure livelihood security in rural areas by providing at least 100 days of wage employment in a financial year to every household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work.

GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE ON 5 RURAL PROGRAMMES DURING 2011-12KEY FEATURESLegal right to workTime bound guarantee of work and unemployment allowanceDecentralised planningWork site facilitiesTransparency and accountabilityFundingFACTORS AFFECTING PERFORMANCE OF NREGA AT GP LEVELPovertyAgricultural labourAwarenessMigration Infrastructural back wardness of GPAdequate Planning Capacity of the GP Availability of money in proper timeA GPs performance on NREGADEMAND SIDE FACTORSSUPPLY SIDE FACTORSREASONS FOR FAILUREILL thought provisions: 1.Unemployment allowance system 2. Who wants to work if money can come without it as well?Extremely Inefficient Implementation: There were constant delays in payments even for monthsdue to late measurement of work.Inadequate administrative machinery: 1.Lack of administrative and technical power. 2. dependency upon the local self government 3. role of villagers is very high in theoraical terms but minimal in practical terms 4. High levels of corruptionUnfulfilled objectives: The scheme was designed for an overall rural development but ended up with only some more roads and ponds.Lack of social audit

THE GOOD THE BAD AND THE UGLY OF NREGAThe Good: The best part of this is it guarantees employment to millions of rural people across the nation. The scheme has achieved its main goals- decreasing the unemployment rate in rural India and increase the consumption power of many in the villages.The Bad: Local supervisors are making money by puttingfake attendanceof an employee and then taking money from that person, as nowadays money is directly transferred to their bank accounts.There is corruption at every level of management. The Ugly:This scheme is making most of the people lazy as the government is paying lot of money for the work that is not monitored. It is reducing the productivity of the country on a whole. We are taking MGNREGA as a charity. Jobs are allotted only with vision of providing employment,value making jobsare not selected, makes this work unproductive. .FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE ON MGNREGA:Achievements: 1.Ensuring livelihood 2. Ensuring participation of people3. Increasing the wage rate in rural areas and strengthening the rural economy through the creation of infrastructure assets4.Facilitating sustainable development5. Strengthening PRIs by involving them in the planning and monitoring of the schemeChallenges:1.Fabrication of job cards2.Delay in payment of wages3.Large number of incomplete works4.Other key challenges

RECOMMENDATIONSCONCLUSION: It was an extremely promising scheme which was implemented by us in the worst way possible. I saidusbecause the people who were in-charge of delivering their duties properly, were from amongst us only, didnt do their duties. The landlord, the sarpanch, the contractor, the bureaucrat and everyone who could have contributed his/her part in making this scheme a success,but didn't, came from no where else, but amongst us.Whenever in doubt apply the following test. Recall the face of the poorest and the weakest man whom you may have seen, and ask yourself, if the step you contemplate is going to be of any use to him. Will he gain anything by it? Will it restore him to a control over his own life and destiny?....then you will find your doubt and your self melting away.

.......M.K.Gandhi