Comments on: Will trained workers in Panchayats improve the quality of NREGA? http://viveks.info/will-trained-workers-in-panchayats-improve-the-quality-of-nrega Current affairs, books, movies and some gossip from my life Thu, 17 May 2012 04:12:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: K.ARUMUGAM http://viveks.info/will-trained-workers-in-panchayats-improve-the-quality-of-nrega/comment-page-1#comment-1723 K.ARUMUGAM Wed, 20 Jan 2010 01:24:54 +0000 http://viveks.info/will-trained-workers-in-panchayats-improve-the-quality-of-nrega#comment-1723 sir tamilnadu panchayat working panchayat asst ant makkalnalappaniyalar.we are working panchayat works panchayt asst work ****************** he was appoiment by his panchayt president he was working all records of panchayt and nregs work any time he attend panchayat problems he was controled by president and bdo his qulification 12 th standard pass M.N.P work ******** he was appoiment by his district collector he was working nregs his qulification 10 th pass/fail above the worker salary 2500-500 but tamilnadu office helper(beun) salary was basic5200 why? sir
tamilnadu panchayat working panchayat asst ant makkalnalappaniyalar.we are working panchayat works
panchayt asst work
******************
he was appoiment by his panchayt president
he was working all records of panchayt
and nregs work
any time he attend panchayat problems
he was controled by president and bdo
his qulification 12 th standard pass
M.N.P work
********
he was appoiment by his district collector
he was working nregs
his qulification 10 th pass/fail
above the worker salary 2500-500

but tamilnadu office helper(beun) salary was basic5200
why?

]]> By: Vivek http://viveks.info/will-trained-workers-in-panchayats-improve-the-quality-of-nrega/comment-page-1#comment-1138 Vivek Fri, 04 Sep 2009 11:43:24 +0000 http://viveks.info/will-trained-workers-in-panchayats-improve-the-quality-of-nrega#comment-1138 Hi Kris. Thank you for your comment. I have been lamenting about the quality of works in NREGA and that is something we should work on collectively. That said, I am unwilling to say that it has been totally unproductive. In Northern TN where I spent most time last year, a lot of supply channels have been cleared and some lakes and ponds have been delisted remarkably. I hear the quality of work in Cuddalore was very good on the whole. In many other cases, people saw NREGA as a way of making money without doing much work and this situating was changing as I left the field last year (July 2008). I believe that we have to use technology optimally. In a labour intensive country like India I would prefer methods that use labour extensively and complement it with productivity enhancing technology. Poclains were made for labour scarce areas and they have a high social cost in rural India. Secondly, if the problem is that people take money and do not do the work, why would the use of machines be immune to this? After all, for the last few decades we have tried to manage our water resources primarily using machinery, is it not? Hi Kris. Thank you for your comment. I have been lamenting about the quality of works in NREGA and that is something we should work on collectively. That said, I am unwilling to say that it has been totally unproductive. In Northern TN where I spent most time last year, a lot of supply channels have been cleared and some lakes and ponds have been delisted remarkably. I hear the quality of work in Cuddalore was very good on the whole. In many other cases, people saw NREGA as a way of making money without doing much work and this situating was changing as I left the field last year (July 2008).

I believe that we have to use technology optimally. In a labour intensive country like India I would prefer methods that use labour extensively and complement it with productivity enhancing technology. Poclains were made for labour scarce areas and they have a high social cost in rural India. Secondly, if the problem is that people take money and do not do the work, why would the use of machines be immune to this? After all, for the last few decades we have tried to manage our water resources primarily using machinery, is it not?

]]> By: Kris Dev http://viveks.info/will-trained-workers-in-panchayats-improve-the-quality-of-nrega/comment-page-1#comment-1133 Kris Dev Fri, 04 Sep 2009 05:27:55 +0000 http://viveks.info/will-trained-workers-in-panchayats-improve-the-quality-of-nrega#comment-1133 The Panchayat Assistant is appointed by the Panchayat President. He assists the PP in all activities of the Panchayat. The Makkal Nala Panialar (a lady) is exclusively appointed to assist in NREGA work. The person is trained for a few days. But most activities are controlled by the PP and directed by the BDO. From my observations, very little genuine work gets done under NREGP. It is yet another dole scheme of the government extended thro' a notional 'work for food' program. It is better to create genuine work opportunities by assigning land on lease thro' cooperative horticulture / farming / tree cultivation than to do notional community development work, as no assets of long term value gets created and there is demand for payment without doing work. If machinery can be optimally used, why not? In some cases, it is reported, machinery is used overnight to complete pending works. More offline...... The Panchayat Assistant is appointed by the Panchayat President. He assists the PP in all activities of the Panchayat.

The Makkal Nala Panialar (a lady) is exclusively appointed to assist in NREGA work. The person is trained for a few days. But most activities are controlled by the PP and directed by the BDO.

From my observations, very little genuine work gets done under NREGP. It is yet another dole scheme of the government extended thro’ a notional ‘work for food’ program.

It is better to create genuine work opportunities by assigning land on lease thro’ cooperative horticulture / farming / tree cultivation than to do notional community development work, as no assets of long term value gets created and there is demand for payment without doing work. If machinery can be optimally used, why not? In some cases, it is reported, machinery is used overnight to complete pending works.

More offline……

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