SOIL Report 2011 - ACCESS Development Services

94 State of India’s Livelihoods Report 2011Table 4.4: From convergence to divergenceNREGA wage rate2006–07 2009–10 Min agricultural wage rateNREGA above minimum wagesMaharashtra 47 127 100–120Gujarat 50 124 100Orissa 55 125 90Arunachal Pradesh 55–57 118 80Uttar Pradesh 58 120 100Tripura 60 118 100Chhattisgarh 63 122 122Madhya Pradesh 63 122 110Assam 66 130 87Nagaland 66 118 80Bihar 68 120 109West Bengal 69 130 96Jammu & Kashmir 70 121 110Meghalaya 70 117 100Manipur 72 126 81Uttaranchal 73 120 114HimachaI Pradesh 75 120–150 110Jharkhand 77 120 111Tamil Nadu 80 119 85–100Sikkim 85 118 100Haryana 99 179 167NREGA below minimum wagesKarnataka 69 125 134Rajasthan 73 119 135Andhra Pradesh 80 121 125Mizoram 91 129 132Punjab 93–105 124–130 143Kerala 125 150 200Goa NA 138 157Source: Ministry of Rural Development.Comptroller and Auditor General [CAG])to ensure that the findings of the social auditsbe taken seriously by the state governments.As a way forward, transaction-basedmanagement information system (MIS)as practiced in Andhra Pradesh, and thehabitation-level MIS as demonstrated inRajasthan (Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sanghatan[MKSS]), are considered a solution as everytransaction from the application for work tothe payment slip can be stored in the MISand it will restrict fudging of any data.An ongoing CBI probe in Orissa is investigatingthe allegations of corruption in implementingthe scheme. The probe follows a2007 report by the Centre for Environmentand Food Security (CEFS) which allegeda `500 crore scam in the implementationof the NREGS in Orissa. Reports from theCAG of India and National Institute of RuralDevelopment indicated a misappropriationof 88 per cent of the funds in some districtsof Orissa. About 77 per cent of the very poorin Orissa did not get even a single day’s workunder the rural employment scheme in theprevious year. The report further revealsthat the yearly average employment perhousehold in the district of Ganjam (ChiefMinister’s district), which was declared the‘Best Practice District’ in MGNREGS, andwas declared the ‘Best Performing ModelDistrict’ by the central government, wasless than half a day. Similarly, in anothercase, the MoRD has sought a detailedreport from the Government of MadhyaPradesh on alleged financial irregularitiesworth several crores of rupees in worksdone under MGNREGS, and is consideringa CBI enquiry.