Wage Payment
About
The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) is the Rural Employment Gurantee program of Government and was passed by Indian Parliament in 2005 and scheme was expanded gradually in phase manner. In case of Assam MGNREGA was introduced in the state in 2005-06 in 7 districts as the first phase. The coverage was extended to 6 more districts in the second phase i.e. in 2008-09 and since 2009-10 all 27 districts are being covered under this scheme. The performance of MGNREGA has improved considerably in the recent years.
Objective
The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) aims at enhancing the livelihood security of the people in rural areas by guaranteeing hundred days of wage employment in a financial year, to a rural household whose members volunteer to do unskilled manual work. In Assam, MGNREGA was introduced in the state in 2006-07 in 7 districts as the first phase. The coverage was extended to 6 more districts in the 2nd phase that is in 2007-08 and since 2008-09 all 27 are being covered under the programme.
Who is eligible to work?
National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) 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 minimum wage rate notified for agricultural labour prescribed in the State
Any applicant willing to work may approach Gaon Panchayat / VCDC / VDC or Block Office and submit application in the format below for a Job Card
Form for Job Card under MGNREGA
Whom to contact?
Gaon Panchayat
Development Block
District
State
Gaon Panchayat Secretary
Block Development Officer.
Project Director,District Rural Development Agency
Joint Director & State Nodal Officer (MGNREGA),Office of Commissioner,Panchayat & Rural Development Department.
Achievement of MGNREGA in Assam
Financial Year
Expenditure (Rs. In Cr)
HH provided employment (in Lakh)
Mandays generated (In Lakh)
Avg Mandays
HH completed 100 days (in Nos.)
2013-14
700.46
12.62
299.17
23.70
15784
2014-15
502.89
9.67
210.87
21.81
10449
2015-16
637.56
15.13
495.11
32.73
45780
2016-17 (as on 19th May 2016)
361.77
2.21
33.89
15.31
120
Total
2202.68
39.63
1039.04
72133
About 135125 numbers of Assets have been created under MGNREGA in different sectors.
100% payment under MGNREGA has been made through electronic fund managment system. P&RD is the only Department which is using digital signature for transaction of fund.
Social Audit conducted through SIRD in all the districts covering all the schemes of P&RD Department. by mobilizing more than 10,000 volunteers. The Social Audit conducted during the year 2013-14 is a unique and unprecedented public auditing approach in the whole Country.
Mobile base Monitoring System: Mobile Monitoring System has been introduced in Assam under MGNREGA from 2015-16. By using this mobile application we can capture demand, allocate works, take attendance, upload MB book etc under MGNREGA. All the reports have been placed under public domain and can be accessed by the people.
Wage rate has been enhanced from Rs. 179.00 to 182.00 for unskilled laboures in 2016-17.
The approved Labour Budget for the financial year 2016-17 is 408 lakh persondays.
36% women have been provided job under MGNREGA.
Morigaon district has received National Award for effective implementation of MGNREGA in 2014-15.
Khetri Gram Panchayat has received National Award for effective implementation of MGNREGA in 2015-16.
Dibrugarh District Administration has registered Nation Record under Limca Book of Record by planting 22,084 roadside saplings on either side of the 56.3 km road in 22 minutes on 7th July 2015.
Bongaigaon and Kokrajhar districts two records have been registered under Guinness Book of record for plantation under MGNREGA.