Recasting Citizenship for Development - File UPI

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with a family card immediately in the prescribed form. This card contains
details of family members and the employment provided to each registered
person under works sanctioned by the EAS or under other Plan or
non-Plan schemes (that is, newly-initiated schemes). Data relating to this
requirement are very discouraging, with 97.64 per cent of the total respondents
replying in the negative (Table 6.6). The reasons for the cards
not being issued are: (a) that officials, particularly field staff, take the fulfillment
of the formalities for granted; (b) villagers, particularly women,
are not aware of the formalities to be fulfilled; and (c) the lackadaisical
approach of the elected representatives and officials.
Table 6.6
Family Card
Family Card No.
Respondents
Per cent
Yes 04 02.36
No 166 97.64
Total 170 100.00
Facilities
As per the guidelines of the EAS, at each work site certain facilities have to
be provided. The responses of the workers with regard to each such facility
were collected during the field work. An examination of the data presents
a picture of the dismal performance of the implementing agencies concerned,
as out of five facilities, only one, drinking water, was provided according
to 75.29 per cent of the respondents. The rest of them stated that
even drinking water was not available at the work site. As far as indicating
the minimum wages prescribed for unskilled work and the schedule of
rates at the work site are concerned, responses are very disheartening, as
100 per cent of the respondents replied in the negative. The facilities of
first-aid and creches for the small children of workers were also not provided,
according to almost all respondents (Table 6.7). This clearly indicates
that the implementing agencies are not serious about providing these
facilities to female workers. The women have no knowledge about the
different provisions of the various schemes that are meant for them; this
results in their being exploited in one way or the other.