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Focus on Rural Development in Bangaru Telangana
Highlights
As per the 2011 census, rural population of Telangana is 215.85 lakh representing 61.3% of the total population. The high population concentrated in the rural areas of the State, makes their development and livelihood a necessary condition for the overall development of the State. The Rural Development department is implementing programmes like Watershed Development, Self Help Groups and Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme in the State.
Rural Development
As per the 2011 census, rural population of Telangana is 215.85 lakh representing 61.3% of the total population. The high population concentrated in the rural areas of the State, makes their development and livelihood a necessary condition for the overall development of the State. The Rural Development department is implementing programmes like Watershed Development, Self Help Groups and Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme in the State.
Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS)
The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) was notified on September, 2005. The Act provides a legal guarantee of 100 days of wage employment in a financial year to every rural household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work at the notified wage rate. The objectives of this act are to supplement wage employment opportunity in rural areas and to build up durable assets in the process, proactively ensuring social inclusion and strengthening Panchayat Raj Institutions.
Implementation of MGNREGS in Telangana
• MGNREGS is being implemented in 8880 gram panchayats in 443 mandals of 9 districts in the State. About 55 lakh job cards were issued covering 1.3 crore wage seekers since the inception of the scheme.
• About 3.6 lakh Srama Shakti Sanghas have been formed with 29.7 lakh households covering 64 lakh wage seekers.
Key Initiatives
The following are the key initiatives for effective Implementation of MGNREGS
• Rashtriya Grameen Abhivruddi Samacharam (RAGAS):An end-to-end transaction based application that provides convenience for the field staff and makes the work of the administrative officials easier at the same time.
• Electronic Fund Transfer System (eFMS): Electronic Fund Transfer system (eFMS) has been estab¬lished with the objective of putting in place an efficient mechanism to generate transmission of funds through online money transfers. This system helps in avoiding the parking of funds in some places and empowers all blocks and Panchayats to access funds uninterruptedly.
• Electronic Muster & Measurement System (e-MMS): e-MMS is a mobile phone based technology that has been customized for the MGNREGS field staff which includes mobile applications like Demand Capture, Work Allocation, e-Muster, e-Measurement, e-Check Measurement and e-Muster Verifica¬tion.
• Biometric authenticated payments: Disbursement of wages is done at the pre-designated Govern¬ment premises (usually the Gram Panchayat building) by the CSP, appointed by the bank. The CSP is equipped with a biometric reader networked to the bank and MGNREGA server so that any transac¬tion made is directly updated in the database. The current mode of payment will be migrated from the biometric authenticated payment system to Aadhaar based payments through postal dept. and banks.
• HRMS: Apart from the well laid out Institutional Arrangement at Village, Mandal, District and State Level, there is a HR policy in place. The HR policy complements the institutional arrangement and safeguard employee interests for all those working with CRD.
• Shrama Shakti Sanghas (SSS groups): All serious labourers are grouped into SSS groups with group size of 10 to 30 with an objective to ensure 100 days of wage employment to all its members and for ensuring transparency.
• Work Motion Studies and RSSR: CRD undertakes work, motion studies for all kinds of proposed tasks, to bring out a special Rural Standard Schedule of Rates for the tasks taken up under MGNREGS every year
• Quality Control Wing: For ensuring the quality of works taken up, separate Quality Control cell is formed for inspecting works regularly. Quality Control Officers who not only check the quality of works but also support in capacity building of the technical staff.
• Grievance Redressal / Call Centre: A call centre with a toll-free number 1800-200-1001 established to register complaints on various issues in the implementation of the scheme.
• Special Provisions to PwDs: Separate groups (Vikalangula SSS) are formed for persons with disabilities and provisions like 30% additional wage rate, preference to PwDs in the selection of mates, separate schedule of rates for PwDs and exclusive works for PwDs identified.
Key decisions taken during the year
Aadhar Linkage: Out of the total target of 75 lakh beneficiaries to be enrolled, 56.9 lakh beneficiaries were seeded with Unique Identification Number (UID) or Enrolment Number (EID), i.e., 76% and 47.8 lakh beneficiaries demo details were authenticated by Programme Offi cers.
Revamped eFMS: All the wage payments will be directly credited into the wage seekers accounts and are paid based on biometric authentication. Telanganaku Haritha Haaram has been announced for improving the green cover in the State by taking up plantations. To improve the role of Gram Panchayats in the implementation of MGNREGS, State Government has taken a decision to actively involve Gram Panchayats in planning and execution of works.
In convergence with SERP and PanchayatiRaj Department, Government has announced a flagship program to support agriculture sector in addressing post harvesting issues. Therefore, construction of 181 rural go downs along with drying platforms are to be taken up, where ever the IKP centers are active.
G.Rajendera Kumar
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