The Report - North 24 Parganas

Due to the lack of the job card, Dhirendranath has not been able to retrieve anybenefits of the program. The 100 day work is not available to his sons becausethey do-not stay at home. The tribal society that Dhirendranath belongs to hasalso not provided any benefits to their own people. None of the family membersalso possess a ration card that provides money at times.The work on pond excavation had however taken about 3 days and about 10people worked on it.Dhirendranath says that NREGA is beneficial to villagers who have their own landand where in pond excavation can be done. Then of-course, there is reason forthe government to lend loans for cultivation purposes. But without a loan, it ishard to make a decent living off 100 days of work only. “There is no way a loancan be received on the basis of daily wages. A house and a piece of land aretherefore absolutely essential for being able to take full advantage of NREGA.”