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SYNTHESIS OF IMPORTANT DICUSSIONS ON Employment, Governance and Microfinance issues under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme SPECIAL THANKS We are grateful to the following members of Solution Exchange for their responses to the discussions related to Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme – Abdul Rahman Ilyas Jagdish Sharma Rajaratnam Abel Abha Mishra Jos Chathukulam Rajesh Kr. Sinha Abhishek Mendiratta Jyoti Gupta Rajesh Kumar Verma Ajay Kumar Jyotsna Bapat Rajesh Sinha Ajay Singh Gangwar K Rajasekhar Rajeshwar Mishra Alok Pandey K V Peter Rajpal Amit Choubey K. Gireesan Ramesh S. Arunachalam Amitabh Mukhopadhyay K. Rajasekharan Ramit Basu Amitabh Pandey K. S. Gopal Ranjit Kumar Maiti Amlan Biswas Kalika Mohapatra Ravi Kumar Anjana Dube Kalpana Ravishwar Sinha Anshuman Karol Kamal Kumar Gaur Rishu Garg Anurag Mishra Kashi Metya Ritesh Dwivedi Ardhendu S. Chatterjee Keya Chatterjee S. K. Khanduri Arif Hussain Kris Dev S. Malik Arun Jindal Krishna Kumar S. Saheerudeen Ashok Kumar Pathak Krishna Srinivasan S.N. Pandeya Ashok Kumar Sinha L.P.Semwal Sachin Mardikar Ashwini Kulkarni Lingaraj Panda Samir Garg Asmita Kabra Lolichen P.J Samir Garg B.K Joshi M. A. Arun Sandeep Khanwalkar B.P Syam Roy Mahi Pal Sanjay Bedi Banamali Dash Mandakini Devasher Sanjay Singh Bandyopadhyay Manju Panwar Sanjeev Kumar Banku Bihari Sarkar Maroti A. Upare Sanjiv Kumar Barenyo Chowdhury Megha Phansalkar Sarit Kumar Rout Bedprakas Syam Roy Mihir Kumar Jena Seema Kakade Bhushan Ambadkar Mohd Adil Shailendra Nath Pandey Bhushan Ambadkar Mukul Chandra Gogoi Shakeb Nabi Bidyut Mohanty N. Satish Chandra Shalini Kumar Binu K. Puram N. Sudhakar Shambhu Ghatak Bonani Dhar Nalini Ranjan Kumar Soumen Ray Ch. N. V. Srinivas Rao Neelkanth Mishra Sridhar Kolluru Chandreyee Das Neha Sakhuja Subhadra Channa Chhaya Kunwar Netra Prasad Osti Subhankar Tripathi D K Ghosh Nikhil Dey Subhash Mendapurkar D K Mohanty Niranjan Upadhyay Subhransu Tripathy ii D. K. Raju Nitin Bembalkar Sumeeta Banerji D. Narendranath Nivedita Varshneya Sumit Jha D. Narsimha Reddy Om Kumar Sunil Kaul Debasis Mohapatra Oommen John Suraj Kumar Debasish De P. K. Chaubey Surendra N. Tripathi Devanshu Chakravarti P. K. Thampan Surojeet Chandan Devika Biswas P. Madhava Rao Susanta K. Roy Dhirendra Krishna P. V. Thomas T. Gangadharan Dhruva Tiwari P.Lakshmanan T. N. Anuradha Dilnawaz Mahanti P.Mohammad Nizar Tankadhar Parida Dinabandhu Karmakar P.P Balan Tapas Kumar Dalapati Dr. Ashok Sircar P.S Yadav Teki Surayya Dr. Megha Phansalkar Pradip Pradhan Thamanna Reddy Dr. Nilakantha Panigrahi Pradosh Ranjan Jena Tomojeet Chakraborty Dr. V.D.Sharma Prakash Bacharwala Toms K. Thomas G V Ramanjaneyulu Pramel Gupta Tushar Dash G. V. Krishnagopal Pramel Kumar Gupta U.C Pandey Govind Dhaske Pramod Kumar Pradhan Uma Shankar Sharma Gyanendra Mishra Prasen Raptan Umesh Chandra Gaur H. Vageeshan Pravas Ranjan Mishra Venkatesh Hanumantha Reddy Puran Singh Yadav Vidhya Das Harathi Vageeshan Purushothaman P. Vineeta Dixit Harshavardhan Puthumai A. Nazarene Vinod Kumar Himanshu Radha Gopalan Vinod Vyasulu J.C Sharma Radhika Desai Viren Lobo J.N. Singh Rahul Banerjee The Consolidated Responses in this document are the outcome of the expertise and skills of Resource Persons and Research Associates. We profusely thank Joy Elamon, Tina Mathur, Sumeeta Banerji, Bonani Dhar, Radhika K. Jung, Sarika Dhawan, Rano Bhogal, Gopi N Ghosh, Bidisha Pillai, Shavika Gupta, Ruchi Khurana, T.N. Anuradha, Alok Srivastava, Arif Hussain, Jeevan Mohanty, Nupur Arora, Sajan Venniyoor, Gitanjali Sah and Monika Khanna. We acknowledge their valuable contributions in preparing some of the consolidate replies incorporated in this document. Selection and Compilation of Consolidated Replies Swati Dogra Warisha Yunus Navin Anand Resource Person Moderator Resource Person and Moderator Decentralization Community Work and Employment Community Microfinance Community Solution Exchange, Solution Exchange, Solution Exchange, United Nations United Nations United Nations iii iv Contents No. Particulars Page Numbers 1. Draft Report of Task Force on Convergence 1-20 (Consolidated Reply) 2. Participation of Women in NREGP Works 21-38 (Consolidated Reply) 3. Taking NREGA beyond Wages to Sustainable 39-69 Livelihoods (Consolidated Reply) 4. Integrating Sustainable Agriculture and Asset 70-91 Building within NREGA (Consolidated Reply) 5. Revival of CPRs – Convergence with NREGS and 92-118 Sustainable Use (Consolidated Reply) 6. State-specific Policies and Practices in NREGS 119-141 and their Impact (Consolidated Reply) 7. Inputs to the Committee re-examining NREGA 142-179 Operational Guidelines (Consolidated Reply) 8. Query: Implementation of NREGS in Panchayats, 180-211 from Maithri, Palakkad (Consolidated Reply) 9. Grievance Redressal Mechanism in MGNREGS 212-228 (Consolidated Reply) 10. Improving Muster Roll Design and 229-242 Measurement Procedures in NREGA (Consolidated Reply) 11. Use of ICT for NREGP Implementation 243-261 (Consolidated Reply) 12. Innovative ways for Wage Payments under 262-286 MGNREGA (Consolidated Reply) v vi See Hindi Version of the Query See Hindi Version of the Summary (available from 14 March 2009) Decentralization Community Solution Exchange for the Decentralization Community Consolidated Reply FOR COMMENTS: Draft Report of Task Force on Convergence Compiled by Joy Elamon, Resource Person and Tina Mathur, Research Associate Issue Date: 09 March 2009 From Jos Chathukulam, Centre for Rural Management, Kottayam Posted 13 January 2009 I work with the Centre for Rural Management, Kottayam. We are engaged in promoting awareness generation about NREGA. The Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India, has constituted a Task Force to explore more comprehensive and effective possibilities of convergence (of programmes/schemes, institutions and funds) under NREGA. The Task Force has submitted its Report and the Ministry has invited comments on the same. (Please see http://nrega.nic.in/Report_TF_Convergence.pdf ; Size: 1MB) The document is now under public domain. As we all know, convergence is the hallmark of NREGA and majority of stakeholders at all levels are not very clear on it. According to the Task Force Report, convergence through NREGA will have the advantage of: • A wide range of works • Untied funds for local area planning • The provision of decentralized planning which enables comprehensive need assessment at grassroots and greater ownership of projects • Facilitating sustainable development through natural resource management • Facilitating effective targeting and development of human capital and physical capital through institutional linkages No doubt, it is a complex exercise. Convergence has to work out at the Panchayati Raj Institutions’ (PRIs) level and the report says NREGA is the entry point for convergence, especially in the context of decentralized planning and the merging of funds available to PRIs from other sources to help create durable assets. We would request members of the Decentralization Community to provide their comments on the Report, specifically on: • The Framework suggested for convergence • Steps suggested for Convergence: o formation of Consortium o convergence at planning level o convergence of specific activities 1 Your commen ts would add value to the Report and we would send a compilation of the same to the concerned Ministry for their attention. Responses were received, with thanks, from 1. Jyoti Gupta, Public Health Consultant, New Delhi 2. U.C Pandey, School of Good Governance and Policy Analysis, Bhopal 3. Puran Singh Yadav, Haryana Institute of Rural Development, Karnal 4. K. Rajasekharan, Kerala Institute of Local Administration, Thrissur 5. Anshuman Karol, PRIA, New Delhi 6. Oommen John, SIRD, Kerala 7. A.S. Malik, Kurukshetra University, Haryana 8. S. Saheerudeen, State Institute of Rural Development, Kerala 9. K. Gireesan, Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development, Sriperumbudur 10. Ravishwar Sinha, Independent Consultant, New Delhi 11. Jos Chathukulam, Centre for Rural Management, Kottayam 12. Suraj Kumar, UNDP, New Delhi 13. Rajesh Sinha, PRIA, New Delhi 14. H. Vageeshan, Centre for World Solidarity, Secunderabad 15. Ashok Kumar Pathak, Development Consultant, Uttar Pradesh 16. Toms K. Thomas, Evangelical Social Action Forum (ESAF), Thrissur* *Offline Contribution Further contributions are welcome! Summary of Responses Comparative Experiences Related Resources Responses in Full Summary of Responses Members responded enthusiastically to the query inviting comments on the Draft Report of the Task Force on NREGA. They welcomed the creation of a Task Force on NREGA convergence and referred to the Report as a unique exercise undertaken by the Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) for improving implementation and widening the scope of NREGA. They observed that NREGA could be the entry point for convergence as it covers a wide range of works, funds for local area planning and legal safeguards. Comments on the Framework Commenting on the Framework, respondents observed that the suggested convergence model will not only make available funds for creating durable assets but will also help better utilization of available resources under different programmes. The present non-convergence of centrally sponsored schemes with NREGA has been due to lack of a suggested model. Members cited past experience to say that convergence of programmes has been made difficult by structural issues like hierarchical command structure of departments, departmentalism,