Burdwan MGNREGA : Top district in overall expenditure as well as wage employment in India..

As per MIS reports on www.nrega.nic.in Burdwan district is at top in the country in spending highest amount of expenditure and generation of highest wage employment to job card holders.

Burdwan district spent all the amount of Rs 390 Crores received this year and already submitted Utilization reports of Rs 366 crores (94 percent of total available), out of which Rs 361 Crores already uploaded on MIS at www.nrega.nic.in. Though only Rs 336 crores is reflected on website of nrega as server takes few weeks to show the uploaded database.

• Wage expenditure employment generation is Rs 260 crores which is highest in any district in the country since launch of NREGA programme. Burdwan district ranked at number one position spending highest amount in 2011-12 with expenditure of Rs 359 Cr till March 2012 and still remain at top in current year with expenditure of Rs 366 crores already reported to Govt till November 2012.
• Now, district achieved top position in terms of highest employment generation also with wage expenditure of Rs 260 crores, generating 2.10 lakhs mandays in the current year in first eight months only. Six lakhs families provided works under MGNREGA in Burdwan, which is also the highest coverage in any district in India. Last year district ranked at 9th in India in this category, but now at top.
• There are still pending material bills of Rs 45 Crores and wage bills of Rs 11 crores in addition to expenditure of Rs 390 Crores reported above. District authority could not provide funds for payment of pending bills as all the funds released to us are exhausted. As per norms district is eligible to get further installments as our MIS is above 60 percent of available funds, there is no pending audit queries/ adverse reports, norms of NREGA act has been followed strictly and all utilization reports and labour budget submitted to the authority.
• District got last allotment of Rs 58 crores in second week of October which is fully exhausted. State Panchayat department has assured some funds to be released in coming week to clear pending wage bills and start new works. District authority plans to take up new works immediately on getting funds and completion of Paddy harvest and potato sowing. Farmers face problems of labour shortage and higher wage rates if NREGA works are taken up during this time as happened in previous years.
• Special audits of high spending GPs already completed and reports shared with Govt. Now, audit of all GPs is going on. So far, no major irregularities could be found in audit reports. Photographs of completed schemes, inspection reports from blocks and social audits have also been conducted in this district as a special measure and precaution for transparency.

Well done Team Burdwan. We expect Rs 520 crores expenditure and 300 lakhs man days till March 2013.

 

Enrollment of RSBY cards to NREGA works is going on, already completed 50000 and we hope to complete it by end of February 2013.