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Performance Review Committee (PRC) meeting. 28 th May, 2013 (MGNREGA Division) Group-II. Structure of Presentation. Part: A C &AG Performance Audit Report 2013 (30 min) Part: B Programme Overview (45 min) Part: C - Focus Areas for 2013-14 (45 min) Part D
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Performance Review Committee (PRC) meeting 28th May, 2013 (MGNREGA Division) Group-II
Structure of Presentation Part: A • C &AG Performance Audit Report 2013 (30 min) Part: B • Programme Overview (45 min) Part: C - Focus Areas for 2013-14 (45 min) Part D • State specific issues
Audit Scope & Sample Period Covered: 2007-08 to 2011- 12 Sample Size: 28 States & 4 Uts • 182 districts • 458 blocks • 3,848 GPs
Issues with regard to Planning 1. Documented Annual Plan not prepared or is incomplete in 100% the surveyed GPs Tamil Nadu & Gujarat 2. State Specific Issues SEGC not functional: Himachal Pradesh, Goa 3. Other Issues -Lack of training -District Perspective Plans not prepared -Labour Budget not being prepared properly -Door to door survey not conducted -Works taken up were outside the Annual Plan
Capacity Building 1. % shortage against required posts for GRS Guj (61%), Har (7%), HP (67%), J&K (78%), UP(20%) 2. % shortage against required post for Tas Bihar (41%), Gujarat (54%), J&K (69%), UP (31%) 3. Other issues -Inadequate training given to key functionaries -Part time functionaries deployed in some states like Maharashtra -SEGC not formed -IEC budget un-utlized, IEC plans not formulated -State Government ruled not formulated
Fund Management 1. Irregular claim by Karnataka on pending liabilities 2. Short release of State ShareRaj (10.1 crore) 3. Expenditure on inadmissible items Or (.14 cr) –furniture, repairs of vehicles Bih (.86 cr) – BPL survey J & K (1.06 cr) –activities not related to MGNREGA Raj (.02 cr) –furniture, Acs TN (.49 cr)- pay of non- MGNREGA staff 4. Diversion of Funds Orissa (2.07 cr), UP ( 1.51 cr), Kar (1.98 cr) Raj (128.7 cr) – KeshavBadiYojana, pay arrears, honorarium etc.
Fund Management (contd.) 4. Suspected/ confirmed misappropriation of funds Bih (.23 cr), Guj (6.08 cr), Har (.08 cr), Raj (.21 cr), UP (2.6 cr), Kar (.22 cr) 5. Other Issues-Non creation of SEGF -Utilisation of interest income -Irregularities in management of administrative expenses -Monthly Squaring of Accounts not done -No format for maintaining accounts
Registration & Job Cards • Issue of multiple Job Cards (No. of duplicate JCs) Bihar (2899 JCs), Rajasthan (40 JCs) • JCs missing photographs, signatures/JCs not in custody of HH Bihar(3158 JCs), HP (3332), UP (960) Rajasthan (10992) 3. Other Issues -Door to door survey not done -Non-updation/display of registration list -Non-issue/delay in of Job Cards -Employment Guarantee Day not observed
Employment Generation & Wage Payment 1. Dated receipts not maintained (GPs) not given in almost 100% of the surveyed GPs Bih, Guj, TN, UP 2. Non-payment of wages (Rs. Lakh) Bih (117.85), Guj (.43), Har (207.47),UP (1.3), WB (503.8) 3. Tampering of Muster Rolls (No. of MRs) UP (259), Bih (213), Or (78), Ker (26) Har (22), Kar (127)
Employment Generation & WagePayment (contd.) • Ghost Workers (No. of GWs) • Or (170), Raj (82), WB (29), Kar (3077) • Engagement of workers under different MRs for same period • Or (170), Bih (159), Ker (48), Kar (3081) • Suspected misappropriation of wages (in Lakhs) • Guj (607.39), UP (22.33), Bih (7.47), • Kar (592.94) 7. Other Issues • -Non-maintenance/poor maintenance of records • -Non-issue of Wage slips
Works • Incomplete Works • Raj (869), Bih (754), Gu (392), Or (266), Kar (733897) • 2. Use of contracts and machinery (Exp, for works in Rs. cr) • Bih (.23) • 3. Non-issue of completion reports (no. of works) • HP (15366), UP (3091), Guj (923), TN (322), Raj (307), Kar (569000) • 4. Execution of suspect/duplicate woks/doubtful payment (no. of works) Bih (549) • 5. Other Issues • -Wage material exceeded the prescribed level • -Works on personal land of Ineligible beneficiaries • -Creation of non-durable assets • -Poor executions of convergence activities • -Deficient Stock maintenance practices • -Lack of technical support at Gram Panchayat
Monitoring & Evaluation 1. VMC’s not constituted in any GP out of the surveyed area: Bih, Or 2. Social Audits (% done out of required) Bih (22), UP (23), HP (43), Or (50), Raj (87), Kar (16) 3.Other findings Bih: Expenditure of Rs 34.19 crore overstated in MPR 4. Other Issues -Ineffective monitoring through State Quality Monitors (SQM) and District Quality Monitors (DQM) -Non appointment of Ombudsman in some district -Discrepancies in MIS -Inadequate training of functionaries -Ambiguos users making data entry
States to furnish replies / ATR PAC Scheduled on 29th May Letters to States Only Sikkim, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu & Uttarakhand have furnished replies.
OUTCOMES: Average Persondays per HH National Average: FY 2011-12: 43 Days FY 2012-13: 46 Days
Performance in drought Affected Blocks Average Persondays per HH
Performance in drought Affected Blocks % HHs Provided employment of 100 & More than 100 days
Women Participation rate in Persondays (FY 2012-13) At least 1/3rd of the beneficiaries shall be women who have registered and requested for work under the Scheme (MGNREGA ACT, Schedule II, Section 6) FY 2012-13: 52% FY 2011-12: 48%
SC Participation rate (FY 2012-13) Share of SCs in rural Population (census 2011): 18.5% SC participation rate under MGNREGA : 22%
ST Participation rate (FY 2012-13) Share of STs in rural Population (census 2011): 11.3% ST participation rate under MGNREGA : 17%
SC HHs registered and provided employment as compare to SC HHs as per census 2011 (FY 2012-13) HHs figures in Lakhs
ST HHs registered and provided employment as compare to ST HHs as per census 2011 (FY 2012-13) HHs figures in Lakhs
Suggestion States to share experiences & problems if any • State to ensure atleast one work in each SC/ST habitation of the Panchayat during preparation of Annual Shelf of Project. • State to update the SC/ST status of beneficiaries in the NREGASoft. • Works on the land of SC and ST HHs will be taken on Priority. (Circular no. 11060/3/2009-NREGA dated 1st September, 2009)
Status of SC/ST updation in Jobcards Issue : As per last PRC States to update the SC/ST status of beneficiaries in the NREGASoft but no progress reflected.
Performance against approved LB (FY 2012-13) Issue : State to analyse low performance against Labour Budget
Performance against approved LB Persondays generated (In Lakhs) (FY 2012-13) Issue : State to analyse low performance against Labour Budget
Social audit • MGNREGA Audit of Schemes Rules notified in June, 2011 • Social audit in every GP once in 6 months • Need to operationalize social audit mechanism in all States • Anchoring & Facilitation by an independent Society/Directorate. • Progress so far • 14 States have completed Pilot Social audit: AP, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, MP, Maharashtra, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, TN, UP and West Bengal • 7 States have setup SAU (either Society or Directorate).: Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Odisha, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Tamil Nadu (either Society or Directorate). • 3 States have outsourced Social Audit : Gujarat (NGO- Unnati), Himachal Pradesh (SIRD) and Punjab (SIRD) • 8 States have appointed the director of SAU : AP, J& K, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu andUttar Pradesh
Focus Areas: 2013-14 A) Deepening processes for: • Demand Registration • Capacity Building • Quality Aspects in Assets • Maintenance of Assets B) Suggested list of indicators for performance monitoring
Means • Phone Services • SMS • IVRS • Helpline • Kiosk • H/H devise (Biometric / card based) • Paper Application. Demand Registration- Possible Channels & Means Channels GP/PO office AW, SHG, Teachers, ward members 3rd Party (e.g. CSC operator) Mate at the worksite Self (directly in the system or through an intermediary)