MGNREGA Burdwan : updates as on 31st January 2013 and some facts on present fund position

Fund Position

• Funds available Rs 453 crores, out of which Rs 437 crores were released in 2012-13 financial year.
• Rs 54 crores were released in last week of January 2013 only, so Rs 399 crores were available for expenditure as in first week of January 2013.
• Fund released to GPs/ PIAs is Rs 445 crores till 31st January 2013 and rest is allotted for administrative expenditure on staff at block, GPs and district plus cost of implementation.
• Funds utilised as per provisional MPR reports is Rs 415 crores, which may be on higher side once actual reports are collected on 6th February 2013.
• Funds reflected in online MIS on www.nrega.nic.in is Rs 393 Crores against uploading of Rs 415 crores.
• It may be seen that funds now released are uploaded immediately on making payments against the ongoing works and material bills of works completed earlier. There is hardly any funds actually available for ongoing works but MIS shows around Rs 60 crores as it's either under payment process or not reflected after upload. This is more than 90 % of available funds, much higher than bench mark of 60 % for next allotment.
• This creates an impression that district has this fund for new works but in reality it is already spent and there is very small fund available at GPs for making wage payments of ongoing works.

Employment generation

• Man days to be generated as per Annual Labour Budget is 227 lakhs
• Man days projection till 31st January 2013 is 196 Lakhs
• Man days already generated 212 lakhs as on 31st January 2013
• Man days as shown in MIS on www.nrega.nic.in is 180 Lakhs in 2012-13 financial year and 24 lakhs in 2011-12 year as payments were made in the current year. That means, 8 lakhs is yet to be reflected in the MIS.
• Now, the funds of Rs 453 crores made available this year can generate Rs 453 crores/Rs 226.67 man days i.e.199.85 lakhs. Balance Labour Budget available to district is only 27 lakhs for which only Rs 61.20 crores may be further required to be released to the district.
• It is obvious from the above calculations that Labour Budget Proposed by the district at 240 lakhs must be allowed and spill over labour payments of 24 lakhs man days for 2011-12 must be allotted additional in the current year so as to get additional budgetary allocation of Rs 54.40 crores in the current approved budget of Rs 515 crores to create 227 lakhs man days.
• District can achieve man days of 300 lakhs only if further funds of Rs 12 crores are made available before March 2013.
• All blocks have been advised to take up works against sanction of Programme Officers and after confirming approved budgetary allocations as no spill over liability should be encouraged.

Burdwan district incurred highest ever expenditure by any district in the country in any financial year since inception and also disbursed highest ever funds on wages to create employment generation in the current year covering maximum families in rural areas. We hope to get adequate funds to meet the present requirement during the peak season of February to June 2013.