The Report - North 24 Parganas

also says that their own pond took about twenty days to be dug and elevenmen worked every day for fourteen and a half days after which there was a gapin the work and then was continued again later. She knows that each day acard holder gets eighty rupees for his work.The Sardars want to buy more land from the money that they get from the jobcard and say that they are trying hard to save but at present, are unable to withso many grandchildren to think of. More land would bring more money.In conclusion it can be said that NREGA Project has had a very positive impacton small land owners like Sahadev Sardar. The family is now able to think of afuture, however small and a secure future at that.It must be noted that the women of this particular family are not aware of thefact that they can replace their husbands or other male members of the familywho are job card holders if they are unable to go to work.Another important factor that has surfaced from this is that the individuals whohave worked can be easily cheated out of their money if there are other familymembers who have job cards, like Sahadev. He is aged and his son has notgiven him any amount of the money that he withdrew in his father’s name. Suchacts must be stopped by the authorities by some means within the NREGAsystem itself or by the bank.No mention of the government having distributed seeds or saplings was madehere which is significant as poor people like the Sardars are unable to buy theexpensive seeds from the market.