NREGA : Burdwan District

	N.R.E.G.S.

Burdwan district has come under the notification of NREGA from 01/04/2007 with Phase-II Districts. We have already taken steps to implement the act in rural areas and to provide 100 days employment as per act to the rural people.
District Cell has been set up at the 3^rd floor of Unnayan Bhavan, Kachari Road, Burdwan. Similarly in four outlying subdivision (Asansol, Durgapur, Kalna and Katwa) and 31 blocks also NREGS Cells have been opened. Telephone No. 0342-2567486, Fax No. 0342-2550197, Email : nregs_bdn@rediffmail.com, nregs.bdn@gmail.com

District Cell
Name & Designation		NREGA Designation
1	Shri Rajesh Kumar Sinha, IAS District Magistrate	District Programme Coordinator.
2	Shri Sekhar Dutta,Addl. District Magistrate & Addl. Executive Officer,Burdwan Zilla Parishad	Additional District Programme Coordinator.
3	Shri Arindam Niyogi, District Manager, W.B. S.C. & S.T. Dev. & Fin. Corporation, Burdwan	District Nodal Officer
4	All Sub-Divisional Officer,	Sub-Divisional Programme Coordinator
5	All Block Development Officers	Block Programme Officer

Till date our district progress report is as follows.

(A)	Printing :
	Initially to start the scheme the following Forms have been found to be the most essential. Form-I, Form-2 & Form-3 in the form of Register, Form-4, Form-4A, Form-4B and Form-6. We have already printed these forms from Zilla Parishad Press, Burdwan and distributed to all Programme Officers. The campaign to promote the distribution of Form-1 as well as Preparation of shelves of scheme has been started from 21/04/2007 and will continue upto 30/04/2007.
	The quantum of forms Printed are i) Form-1 : 6 lakh ii) Reg.-2 : 4000 iii) Reg.-3 : 8000 iv) Form-4 : 5 lakh (Job card in the form of Passbook) v) Form-4A : 4 lakh vi) Form-4B : 4 lakh vii) Form-6 : 4 lakh
	We requested to all Programme Officers to open Complain Register in the form of Form-12. The printing of Forms is done in Zilla Parishad Printing Press. The forms are received and requisition by the Block Development Officer & Block Programme Officers NREGS form the District NREGS Cell. Till 31/03/2008 the status of Printing of forms is as follows:

NREGS FORMS PRINTING REPORT UP TO 31/03/08

Form No.	Detail	Nos. of Form printed upto 31.03.08	Rate	Cost
1	Form	700000	0.37	259000/-
2	Register	4000	65.60	262400/-
3	(100P)	10500	90.00	945000/-
3	(200P)	4000	120.00	480000/-
4	Job Card	780000	4.50	3510000/-
4A	Form	700000	0.37	259000/-
4B	Form	600000	0.37	222000/-
6	M R	800000	0.64	512000/-
7	Register	80	90.00	7200/-
7A	Register	400	65.60	26240/-
7B	Register	100	65.60	6560/-
8	Register	50	65.60	3280/-
8A	Register	400	65.60	26240/-
9	Register	400	90.00	36000/-
12	Register	52	65.60	23091/-
12	Register	300	65.60	23091/-
GLB	Books	82	12.00	98400/-
GLB 2^nd	Books	60	12.00	720/-
5		200000	0.37	74000/-
Total Cost :				6751131/-

Accounts of NREGS Forms from 01/04/08 to 31/03/09

Printing order issued to Burdwan Zilla Parishad Press

Form No.	No of forms ordered for printing	Quantity Received	Quantity due for printing	Stock at District Cell
Form-2	500 (end of 2007)	---	500	---
Form-3	200 + 1000 (end of 2007), 5000 = 6200< /FONT >< /FONT >< /FONT >	1070	5130	220
Form-4	50000	32000	18000	12800
Form-4A	75000	75000 (is at ZP Press which is to be lifted)	---	---
Form-4B	75000	75000 (is at ZP Press which is to be lifted)	---	---
Form-6	100000 (end of 2007), 200000 = 300000< /FONT >< /FONT >< /FONT >	200000	100000	48000
Form-7A	---	A few nos. is at ZP Press which is to be lifted	---	---
Form-7B	---	A few nos. is at ZP Press which is to be lifted	---	---
Form-6 (New format of MR)	300000	---	300000	---


(B)	Awareness Campaign :
	As this is the most important Part of this scheme for implementing successfully, in 1 st phase we have Planned the awareness Campaign in the following way.
	(i) Extensive wall writing has been completed on the buildings of PRIs and schools in each village. The model write up to be written was given to all BDOs.
	(ii) Gram Panchayats are supplied with leaflets, Cassettes and banners. To cover the most interior Part of the villages, Gram Panchayats have been entrusted with the extensive miking by the van rickshaw.
	(iii) A district level workshop was held on 17/04/2007 and 18/04/2007 with Folk Artists for wide Campaign on NREGS by them. They are attending the Special Camps of Gram Sansad. They will also cover melas, bazars to give wide publicity.
	(iv) Period : 21/04/07 to 30/04/2007 On the days of Special Camps in the Gram Sansads, the banners are being displayed, cassettes are being played and Folk Artistes performed for collecting applications for registration & schemes from the villagers. Campaign is a continuous process and is going on in all Gram Panchayats . After Start of NREGS Work in full swing in all the Gram Panchayats. We have received order of P & RD vide No. 3915(36) - P&RD /P/18-S-01 Date 13/05/2008, whereby proactive disclosure of facts to the general public about monthly performance of Gram Panchayats will be made. So a drive has been taken in July - August 2008 for wall writing at all Gram Panchayats from the District Cell centrally and the make is completed. The B.D.O. office will be covered within October 2008.

(C)	Training :
	Another important part of the successful implementation of the scheme is imparting training stakeholder basis. For this purpose we have prepared the training module also. Already we have Prepared a pool of block level master trainers (@ 8/block). The training has also been completed on 08/04/2007.

Meeting Cum Training with line Department Officials (At district level)	:	12/04/2007
Training of SAEs, Nirman Sahayaks, Accountants (At district level)	:	13/04/2007
Training of Block Informatic Officers, Data Entry Operator (At district level)	:	14/04/2007
Training of PRIs, Gram Panchayat Staff, Gram Unnayan Samity Members (Block level, Gram Panchayat level)	:	10/04/2007 to 18/04/2007
Training of Block Informatics Officers on MIS Data Uploading at RTC	:	17/01/2008
Training of Gram Panchayats Level Staff related to Data Entry at Block Level	:	04/02/2008 to 08/02/2008
Training of Tecnical Assistants @2 nos. per Block for 3 days at MBT, Burdwan	:	08/02/2008 to 10/02/2008
Workshop of Assistant Programme Officer / Computer Assistants on report returns preparation at WBSRDA Hall	:	12/06/2008
Training of Master Trainers, Assistant Programme Officer, Staff dealing with report returns, Computer Assistant for Training of PRI functionaries at Unnayan Bhavan	:	11/07/2008
Two day orientation workshop of PRI Members (Gram Panchayat, Panchayat Samity, Zilla Parishad ) at Block Level	:	24/07/2008, 25/07/2008 & 30/07/2008, 31/07/2008
Training of Nirman Sahayak and G.P. Level NREGA Supervisor on Mesurement Book, Scheme, Muster Roll & Technical matters at Block Level	:	09/07/2008 to 28/07/2008
A one day training Programme of Technical Assistants was held on preparation of labour Budget at WBSRDA meeting hall at Unnayan Bhavan.	:	16/10/2008


(D)	Formation of District Level NREGA Cell :
	District level NREGA Cell has already been set up at Unnayan Bhavan, Kachari Road, Burdwan (3^rd floor). Space : 2000 Sq. ft. Nodal Officer has been designated. District Manager, West Bengal Schedule Caste & Schedule Tribe Development & Finance Corporation, Burdwan, is acting as Nodal Officer now. Other Staffs from regular Govt. employee (1 UDA, 2 LDA & 2 Group-D) have been earmarked. Officer and Staff strength detail is as follows.

Name of the Officer & Staff of Burdwan NREGA Office

Sl.No	Name	Designation	Contact No.
1	Rajesh Kumar Sinha , IAS	District Magistrate & District Programme Co-ordinator, NREGS Burdwan	9434050500(M), 0342-2662428(Office), 0342-2661899(Fax)
2	Sekhar Dutta, WBCS(Exe.)	Additional District Magistrate & Additional Executive Officer, Burdwan Zilla Parishad	9434026882(M), 0342-2662400(Office), 0342-2662400(Fax)
3	Arindam Niyogi, WBCS(Exe.)	District Nodal Officer, NREGS, Burdwan	9434097123(M), 0342-2567486(Office), 0342-2550197(Fax)
4	Tapan Kumar Samanta	Assistant Engineer	9434252663(M)
5	Gobinda Lal Banerjee	Assistant Engineer	9434671099(M)
6	Madhab Ghosh	Accountant	---
7	Tapan Kumar Tarafdar	Accounts Clerk	9434476366
8	Baidyanath Bhattacharya	Programme Manager (Accounts)	9474779006(M)
9	Satyaveer Kumar	Programme Manager (MIS)	9474698549(M)
10	Hirak Jyoti Ghosh	Co-ordinator, Social Audit & Grievances	9434122058(M)
11	Manidipa Chatterjee(Bose)	Technical Assistant	9933100667(M)
12	Khandakar Sahidul Islam	Technical Assistant	9434458063(M)
13	Debabrata Sarkar	Technical Assistant	9903048456(M)
14	Banibrata Mojumder	Accounts Clerk	9332802136(M)
15	Sandip Banerjee	Data Entry Operator	9732100561(M)
16	Subhash Dutta	U.D.C.	---
17	Swapan Dutta	L.D.C.	9475455541(M)
18	Joydeb Bakshi	L.D.C.	9837270658(M)
19	Sk. Faruk Hossain	Computer Assistant	9434326875(M)
20	Durba Samanta	Computer Assistant	---
21	Rabindranath Banerjee	Gr.-D	9800051306(M)
22	Mahadeb Mahato	Gr.-D	---


	For the big district like Burdwan we have Planned for the manning of engineers as per following. (i) BDO have created a pool of SAEs at block level @ one per two GPs who will assist the Gram Panchayat in Preparing the estimate and vetting of the schemes as received at block level. Two Technical Assistants present in the Block will also help the PRIs in their work. (ii) For four out lying Subdivisions a pool of Assistant Engineers have been created for the use as on need basis. In the district cell two Assistant Engineers have been recruited on contractual basis and one Technical Assistant is assisting there in monitoring the overall district activities. (iii) Steps have been taken to recruit Nirman Sahayaks at G.P Level which are still vacant.

(E)	From 02/05/2007, works have been started at all the Blocks of the District. At present NREGA work is going on in all 277 Gram Panchayats.

(F)	Fund Released upto 31.03.2009 to 277 Gram Panchayats Rs. 15798.35 lakh.

(G)	Total Fund Received :- Rs. 7400.00 Lakh (a) Central release Rs.6000.00 lakh. (b) State release Rs.1400.00 lakh.

(I)	Total Accounts open for institution wage payment :- 435648 (a) Bank - 298971 (b) P.O.- 303284 (b) PACS- 28774

Physical & Financial Report :

Detail Progress Report (2007-08)

Households applied for Registration	Households provided Job Cards	Households demanded Jobs	Households provided Jobs	Households provided 100 days of work	One household provided average days of work (approx.)
736348	710606	351251	351251	3274	28

Available fund	Expenditure incurred	Unskilled wage
Rs.13101.325	Rs.10011.98	Rs.7916.42(79.06%)
Above figures in lakh

Persondays	SC	ST	Minority	Women
99.08	52.09 (52.57%)	13.80(13.93%)	14.56 (14.69%)	17.83(17.99%)
Above figures in lakh

Completed Scheme	Ongoing Scheme
9651	1686

2008-09

Households applied for Registration	Households provided Job Cards	Households demanded Jobs	Households provided Jobs	Households provided 100 days of work	One household provided average days of work (approx.)
848161	811529	412065	412065	9152	34

Available fund	Expenditure incurred	Unskilled wage
Rs.15209.53	Rs.14812.34	Rs.10521.25 (71.03%)
Above figures in lakh

Persondays	SC	ST	Minority	Women
138.14	66.10(47.8%)	24.20(24.52%)	20.61 (14.92%)	48.13(34.8%)
Above figures in lakh

Completed Scheme	Ongoing Scheme
11770	6542

NREGA week is being observed throughout the district from 8/9/08 to 14/9/08 & 5/12/08 to 11/12/08 with a target of expenditure of Rs 10 Lakh in each Gram Panchayat.

NREGA week is being observed throughout the district from 3/1/09 to 9/1/09 with a target of expenditure of Rs 10 Lakh in each Gram Panchayat.

Year-2008-2009

NREGS – West Bengal Started in the District of Burdwan with effect from the 1st April, 2007. The actual work in the field started on the 2nd May, 2007. The figures given below are for financial year 2008-09 except application registered and job card issued which have been counted since inception.
Physical Performance :

Application registered for Job Card	:	848161
Job Card issued	:	811529
No. of Household demanded Job	:	412065
No. of Household provided with Employment	:	412065
Total Person days generated	:	138.10 lakh
Person days generated by women	:	48.13 lakh
Percentage of women participation	:	34.84
No. of IAY/Land Reform Beneficiaries Provided employment	:	32606
No. of disabled beneficiaries Provided employment	:	5428
No. of Schemes Completed	:	11770
No. of Schemes ongoing	:	6542
100 days work provided to Households	:	9152
Average no. of days of employment provided per HH	:	33.52

Fund Received for Implementation of NREGS : (In Lakh)

From Government of India	:	Rs. 10779.46
From Government of West Bengal		Rs. 919.94

Fund released to Programme Implementing Agencies (PIA): (In lakh)

(As on31/03/2009)

Panchayat Samity	:	Rs. 1.02
Gram Panchayat	:	Rs. 13833.01436
Total	:	Rs. 13834.03436

Expenditure incurred for Implementation of Schemes: (In lakh)

Expenditure on wage component	:	Rs. 10521.25
Expenditure on non-wage component	:	Rs. 3921.17
Expenditure as contingency	:	Rs. 369.92
Total Expenditure (Schematic + Contingency)	:	Rs. 14812.34

Sector wise No. of Schemes undertaken:

Sector	Activities	Completed Schemes	On going Schemes
01.	Water conservation & water harvesting	1949	1500
02.	Drought Proofing	3256	1337
03.	Micro Irrigation works	967	311
04.	Irrigation facilities on the land owned by SC/ST/ land reform beneficiaries and IAY beneficiaries	152	26
05.	Renovation of traditional water bodies	888	565
06.	Land Development	562	287
07.	Flood Control and protection	1627	654
08.	Rural connectivity	2369	1862
09.	Others	0	0
Total :		11770	6542

SUMMARY OF SECTOR WISE SCHEMES

In Burdwan district, out of Eight sector under NREGS, more works have been executed in sector – 01,02,07,08.
In this district, more backward villagers are benefited due to improvement of village roads under NREGS & this is done under sector – 08 . Outlook of this sector is --- 2369 nos. schemes are already completed & 1862 nos. schemes are presently ongoing. Due to improvement of village roads, now villagers can easily run for urgency. Maximum numbers of roads are now converted from kachha road to Moorum road.
Flood is a major problem to us because due to flooding of water, more agricultural land are affected, more growing crops are destroyed, more kachha village houses are destroyed. But this problems are solved under NREGS & Protect the river side as far as possible. This work has done under sector- 07.

For development of Agricultural land & achieving more crops, more field channel are created under NREGS fund & more plantation are done in sides of field channel. This work has done under sector – 01 & 03.
In village areas, in so many days more ponds could not renovated due to lack of fund. But today it is possible for NREGS & more ponds are renovated & fish culture is done .This work has done under sector – 01.

Complaints & Grievances
Complaint Register (Register – 12) has been opened at the District level, Block level and Gram Panchayat level from 1st April 2007. Every complaint is being entered in that Register and the action taken reports are recorded there. Apart from this complaints are also being received through toll free help line that has already been installed at the District level. The help line bearing no. 1800-345-3204 has been installed at the District NREGS Cell, April 2009.
Statement of complaints received during the financial year and the action taken thereof is given below :

Sl No.	Financial Year	Total No. of complaints received	Disposed of
1.	2007-08	28	28
2.	2008-09	52	52
Total :		80	80

All the complaints have been attended and penal actions have been taken for one case against Chalktentul Gram Panchayat in 2008-09. Beside this we have been receiving complaints regarding NREGS of our District from various news papers i.e. Anandabazar Patrika, Bartaman and The Statesman etc. The paper cutting of which are maintained in separate Register. This type of complaints are also have been enquired by the District NREGS Cell from January, 2008.
Following types of complaints have been received :
Irregularities in distribution of Job Cards.
Lack of publicity before execution of scheme in area.
Acquisition of land for execution of NREGA without permission of the owner.
Non-payment of wages in due time.
Non-allotment of work.
Application for unemployment wages.
Irregularities of NREGA work.
Unauthorized holding of job cards by Supervisor and G.P. member.
Misappropriation of Govt. money with the NREGS scheme.
Non-Cooperation for opening & operating Saving Bank/Post Office Account of the Job Card holder under NREGS in connection with institutionalized wage payment.

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