Collaborating with State Rural Development Department to build up capacity of community on accessing MGNREGA@JEEVIKA Umariya

The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) is an Indian job guarantee scheme, enacted by legislation on 25 August 2005. The scheme provides a legal guarantee for at least one hundred days of employment in every financial year to adult members of any household willing to do public work-related unskilled manual work at the statutory minimum wage of 120 (US$2.20) per day in 2009 prices. If they fail to do so the govt. has to pay the salary at their homes. The Central government outlay for scheme is 4000 billion (US$73 billion) in FY 2010–11. This act was introduced with an aim of improving the purchasing power of the rural people, primarily semi or un-skilled work to people living in rural India, whether or not they are below the poverty line. Around one-third of the stipulated work force is women. The law was initially called the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) but was renamed on 2 October 2009. To strengthen the concept of MGNREGA ( especially in terms of accessing work through written application and timely payment) JEEVIKA Pali team has organized a one day Training program on MGNREGA in support with Rural development Department ( madhya Pradesh) at Barhai village ( Umariya-Pali) where in JEEVIKA project team of , SHGs member ,farmer club member and PRI member have attended it and on the spot applications fililing has been done to demand work.

In the program JEEVIKA-Umariya Project Coordinator Mr. Rjesh and Mr. Gouri Shanker Pal ( MNREGA Manager from JILA PANCHAYAT BALAGHAT ) have oriented community and CBMOs ( Community Based and Managed Organizations). Mr. Gauri has suggested to all participants to develop connectivity with Jan pad Panchayat, Gram Panchayat and other Rural Development agency for improving their information and develop knowledge for the holistic development of our rural area as the growth in better way.

During the training session, Mr.Pal also emphasized on the following points- Gramsabha, Role of Panchayat, Sachive, Gram Sahayak,, Village level Document, Social Audit Process, formation of labor Group, Mate and their responsibility, Linkages between Gram Panchayat and other Line Deportment.. This is the first time JEEVIKA team at Umariya conducted a training programme cum workshop for targeted community in collaboration with rural development department.

By JEEVIKA UMARIYA (JDSSS-Jabalpur) team on 25th/May/ 2013