TY  - BOOK
AU  - Paulose, N.K.
AU  - Ray, Chandranath N. (Guide)
TI  - Study of the implementation of the national rural employment guarantee act-2005 ; a case of Wayanad district, Kerala  (Also available on CD)
U1  - P TH-1065 
PY  - 2009///
N1  - CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARYi CONTENTS  i List of Figures  vi List of Tables  vii CHAPTER 1INTRODUCTION  1 1.1  INTRODUCTION  2 1.2  GDP GROWTH IN INDIA  2 1.3  POVERTY TRENDS  2 1.4  EMPLOYMENT PERSPECTIVE  3 1.5  RECENT EXPERIENCES  5 1.6  WAGE EMPLOYMENT VS SELF EMPLOYMENT  7 1.7  WAGE EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMMES IN INDIA  8 1.8  NATIONAL RURAL EMPLOYMENT GUARANTEE ACT-2005  8 1.9  NEED FOR THE STUDY  9 1.10  AIM  10 1.11  OBJECTIVE  10 1.12  RESEARCH QUESTIONS  10 1.13  SCOPE  11 1.14  METHODOLOGY  11 1.14.1  Analytical Framework  12 1.14.2  Data sources can be classified as:  12 1.15  LIMITATIONS  13 1.16  ORGANISATION OF THE REPORT  13 CHAPTER II REVIEW OF RURAL EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMMES  15 2.1  INTRODUCTION  16 2.2  QUESTION OF WAGE EMPLOYMENT OR SELF EMPLOYMENT  16 2.3  WAGE EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMMES  18 2.3.1  The Rural Manpower Programme  18 2.3.2  Crash Scheme for Rural Employment (CSRE)  19 2.3.3  Pilot Intensive Rural Employment Programme (PIREP)  19 2.3.4  Employment Guarantee Scheme of Maharashtra  20 2.3.5  Food for Work Programme (FWP)  21 2.3.6  The National Rural Employment Programme  23 2.3.7  Rural Landless Employment Guarantee Programme (RLEGP)  25 2.3.8  Jawahar Rozgar Yojana (JRY)  25 2.3.9  Employment Assurance Scheme (EAS)  26 2.3.10  Jawahar Gram Samriddhi Yojana (JGSY)  27 2.3.11  Integrated Rural Development Programme (Self Employment Programme)  28 2.4  LESSONS LEARNED  29 CHAPTER III OVERVIEW OF NATIONAL RURAL EMPLOYMENT GUARANTEE ACT  30 3.1  INTRODUCTION  31 3.2  OBJECTIVE OF THE NREGA  31 3.3  FUNDING  32 3.4  KEY ISSUES  32 3.4.1  Articulation of Demand for Employment  33 3.4.2  Preparing a Labour Budget, Annual Shelf of Projects, and Perspective Plan  33 3.4.3  Record of Work Done and Payment of Wages  34 3.4.4  Vigilance and Transparency  34 3.4.5  Public Accountability  35 3.4.6  Grievance Redressal  35 3.4.7  Strengthening Administrative Systems  36 3.4.8  Financial Management  36 3.5  ROAD AHEAD  37 3.5.1  Empowering Workers  37 3.5.2  Linkages with Other Development Programmes  37 3.5.3  Exploring the Possibility of Other Works  37 3.6  CRITIQUE OF THE NREGA  38 CHAPTER IVWAYANAD-DISTRICT PROFILE  42 4.1  INTRODUCTION  43 4.1.1  Location  43 4.1.2  Climate  44 4.1.3  Topography  44 4.1.4  Geomorphology  45 4.2  BIO DIVERSITY  45 4.3  ADMINISTRATION  45 4.4  POPULATION  45 4.4.1  Demographic profile  46 4.4.2  Work participation  47 4.5  LAND USE  47 4.6  AGRICULTURE  47 4.6.1  Land holding  49 4.6.2  Rural Agrarian Crisis  49 CHAPTER- V IMPLEMENTATION OF NREGA AT DISTRICT LEVEL  51 5.1  INTRODUCTION  52 5.1.1  Development Plan  52 5.1.2  Types of Projects undertaken  52 5.1.3  Gram Panchayats efficiency in the implementation  54 5.1.4  Capacity Building for Gram Panchayats  54 5.1.5  Monitoring and Vigilance of Works  55 5.1.6  Job Demanded Vs Job Provided  55 5.1.7  Women Participation in NREGS  56 5.1.8  Participation of SCs and STs  57 5.1.9  Mandays Generated  58 5.1.10  The Wage and Material Ratio  59 CHAPTER VI PEOPLE'S PERCEPTION ABOUT NREG ACT AND ITS IMPACTS  61 6.1  SAMPLE  62 6.2  SELECTED GRAM PANCHAYATS  62 6.3  PRIMARY ANALYSIS  64 6.3.1  Age of the participants  64 6.3.2  Education Status  64 6.3.3  Household Size  65 6.3.4  Social Category  66 6.3.5  APL/BPL  66 6.3.6  Land Holding  66 6.3.7  Primary Occupation  68 6.3.8  Secondary Occupation  68 6.3.9  Household Amenities  69 6.3.10  Number of Earning Members in the Family  69 6.3.11  Annual Income of the Family  70 6.3.12  Market Wage Rate  71 6.3.13  Monthly Family Expenditure  71 6.3.14  Information Dissemination about NREGA  72 6.3.15  Awareness about the NREGA  73 6.3.16  Delay in Job Card  74 6.3.17  Availability of Jobs within 15 Days of Application  74 6.3.18  Wages within 15 days of work done  75 6.3.19  Facilities available at the work site  76 6.3.20  Availability of Muster Rolls for Public Inspection  77 6.3.21  Social Audit Participation  77 6.3.22  Work Days Availed before Joining NREGS  78 6.3.23  Total Work Days under NREGS  79 6.3.24  Work Days Availed After Joining NREGS  80 6.3.25  Employment at Migrated Location  81 6.3.26  Has It Helped To Cross BPL?  82 6.3.27  Who is responsible for Grievance Redressal?  82 6.3.28  Ward Level Vigilance and Monitoring Committees  83 6.3.29  How important is NREGS Work  83 6.3.30  Usage of NREGS Wage  84 CHAPTER VII ISSUES AND DISCUSSION  85 7.1  VEXATIONS ABOUT THE NREGA  85 7.2  PROBLEMS IDENTIFIED IN THE IMPLEMENTATION  87 7.2.1  Deployment of PRI Functionaries  87 7.2.2  Non-compliance with the Transparency Measures  87 7.2.3  Failure of Gram Panchayat's Development Plans  88 7.2.4  Failure of Awareness programme  88 7.2.5  Failure of Grievance Redressal  88 7.2.6  Contradictions with the Market Wage  88 7.3  ECONOMIC IMPACT OF NREGA  89 7.3.1  Impact on Agriculture  89 7.3.2  Income Addition and Saving  91 7.3.3  Has it curbed Migration?  91 7.3.4  Lack of Criteria in selection of Beneficiaries  92 CHAPTER VIII SUGGESTIONS AND CONCLUSIONS  93 8.1  MEASURES TO BE TAKEN  94 8.1.1  Need for Strengthening of PRIs  94 8.1.2  Special Measures to Prevent Migration  94 8.1.3  Need for More Technical Staff  94 REFERENCE  96 APPENDIX-I  100
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