MGNREGA_SAMEEKSHA

92 Bibliography
Abstract: IIM Shillong undertook a study of five districts in Meghalaya and five in Sikkim. The practices and processes of
implementation of NREGA in the States of Sikkim and Meghalaya are largely transparent across regions. This is primarily due
to the well conceived in-built transparency and monitoring mechanisms of the Act and subsequent improvements in it.
Women form a majority of the work force. Sixty-nine per cent women in Meghalaya and 72 per cent in Sikkim work in
NREGA. The provision of equal wages for men and women in the Act, the opportunity to share information during the course
of work on a NREGS worksite, the opportunity and necessity of interacting with the bank/post office/government officials have
all, in a fundamental way, empowered the rural tribal women by enhancing their confidence levels and by ensuring some
degree of financial independence. Further, in Khasi traditional societal arrangement, there is no place for the women in the
village durbars. Now because of NREGA, they can have a minimum of 30 per cent representation in the Village Employment
Council (VEC).
In terms of asset creation, the study found that public assets/properties are prone to destruction because of neglect of the
common man in maintaining it. When the workers under NREGA work in private orchards, the ownership of the property
is well taken care of. The convergence of the institution of private property with the interventionist ethos and practices of the
Government in the form of MGNREGA ensures that the property is well taken care of along with employment generation and
social capital building and reduction in moral hazard in community living.
IIT-(Chennai), ‘NREGA in Districts of Dharmapuri, Erode, Nagapattinam, Perambalur, Thanjavur, Theni, Thoothukudi,
Tiruvallur, Vellore, Villupuram of Tamil Nadu’, Report submitted to Ministry of Rural Development/UNDP, Chennai:
Indian Institute of Technology, 2010.
Abstract: The study assesses the MGNREGS activities with relevance to village requirements. The report dwells on six key aspects,
viz. effective tracking of job requests, wage difference across districts, impact of MGNREGA on agriculture, high participation
of women in MGNREGS, human rights and MGNREGA, effectiveness of GS in decision making and reasons for low BPL
participation in MGNREGA. The findings of the assessment reveals that MGNREGA has become a blessing for the poor and has
benefited a major section of rural people by providing a 100 days of employment to demanding households. It also highlights
good practices including prompt wage payment, protection of the rights of rural women and provision of a helpline.
IIT-(Kharagpur), ‘Appraisal of Processes and Procedures of NREGS in Orissa: A Study of Balasore and Mayurbhanj
Districts’, Report submitted to Ministry of Rural Development/UNDP, Kharagpur: Indian Institute of Technology,
2010.
Abstract:The study looks at processes and proceudres adopted for the implementaion of MGNREGA in Balasore and Mayurbhanj
districts, Orissa. The major issues dealt with in the study are methods for awareness generation, levels of awareness among
the workers about MGNREGA, modes of payments and issues related to JCs and work. The findings of the study show that the
major source for information about MGNREGA to workers were PRIs. The study also identifies problems like lack of awareness
among workers about unemployment allowance and the number of wage employment days provided under MGNREGA
IIT-(Roorkee), ‘Concurrent Evaluation of National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme in the State of Uttarakhand’,
Report submitted to Ministry of Rural Development/UNDP, Roorkee: Indian Institute of Technology, 2010.
Abstract: The study looks at the implemenation of MGNREGS in two distsricts, one in the plains and the other in the hilly
regions. Chamoli (hill area and mostly agriculture based) and district Udham Singh Nagar (plains area and most developed
district) of Uttarakhand. The findings of the study shows that the share of SC/STs JCs issued was lower in the hills district than
the plains district, participation of women was more in the hill district (Chamoli) than in the plain. It also shows that due to
independent wage earning from MGNREGS the participation of the women in decision making has improved. The study also
identifies problems like in a large number of cases, the JCs were found to be incomplete without photos and signatures/thumb
impressions of the card holders. The labour budget was limited to only three to four activities in both the districts.
International Labour Organization (ILO), ‘MGNREGA: A Review of Recent Work and Green Jobs in Kaimur District in
Bihar’, Geneva: ILO, 2010.
Abstract: The study attempts to quantify decent work elements and environment-related aspects in the execution of
Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA). The study reveals that the works in Kaimur
district should be considered green and decent, although there is scope for improvement in the areas of social protection and