Innovations

Daily Reporting System through SMS - improving quality of NMR under NREGSA at viluppuram District - Tamil Nadu
The Districts Administration in Viluppuram, Tamil Nadu introduced the SMS based daily reporting system, which has changed the quality of muster roll and also ensuring better monitoring of the programme. To ensure this, at Viluppuram district, tried to put in a system (at work sites in Village) in place which will reflect timely closing of NMR by the authorised person by 11.00 a.m. The information regarding this is passed on from Village to Block level and subsequently to District level by taking advantage of good network of communication in the Telecom Sector in the state of Tamil Nadu through telephone message.more>>

Toll free help line - Ganjam District, Orissa
One of the important requirements for implementing NREGA in letter and spirit is an effective grievance redressal mechanism. Towards this objective Ganjam district administration has started a toll free help line for receiving complaints on NREGA. more>>

Empowering people -Project Initiation Meeting under NREGA, Ganjam, Orissa
The District administration in Ganjam district of orissa introduced project initiation meeting to create awareness among the stakeholders. The paper look at the process of conducting project initiation meeting (PIM) in the in the village/ worksite on the first day of starting of a project. more>>

Financial inclusion under NREGA: Payment through cheque
To increase transparency and accountability in the NREGA process, the district administration is trying a simple experiment at villages, Taharpur and Niswapur, of Block Kadora. Under the scheme, the administration has distributed shramik coupons, designed to look like a commercial bank's cheque book. Each cheque, with a counterfoil, has a value of Rs 100 (Minimum wages in Uttar Pradesh). more>>

Implementation of NREGA - Experience of Kerala
NREGA policy focus on natural resource management and corruption-free implementation. The administrative measures introduced in Kerala to operationalise the policy especially the involvement of the Kudumbasree network have resulted in a strong foundation being laid and opened up space for pro-poor innovations.more>>

IEC initiative in Jalore, Rajasthan
NREGA in Jalore has been able to provide increased employment to rural households, create durable asserts. This paper looks at the IEC initiative under NREGA and its impacts in Jalore in Rajasthan. more>>


Gulbarga
This paper looks at the implementation process of NREGA and its performance in Gulbarga District in Karnataka. The scheme has an impact in raising the standards of living and the agricultural wage level in the villages. It is leading to the creation of durable community assets. More importantly, wage payment through banks and post offices has inculcated savings habit in the minds of people. Experiences from the field and early positive outcomes validate that if implemented well, NREGA has the potential to change the landscape of rural India.more>>


Pakur
NREGA in Pakur has been able to provide increased employment to rural households,create durable assets. These durable assets strengthen rural infrastructure and livelihood resource base. NREGA has reduced distress migration in the district and the expenditure pattern is also changing with assets buying/ creation taking priority. The employment generated under the Act has the potential to transform the geography of poverty. more>>


Jalore
The District Administration in Jalore introduced the new Groupwise task/napi/measurement/payment system, which has changed the entire work culture of Jalore.Key to this success, lies in the introduction of a Mate- one of the workers assigned to supervise a group of 20-25 workers. Special emphasis was laid in selecting women as mates. With intensive training and community support,the new system has encouraged the workers to work even harder, resulting a better quality of work and making Jalore a model district for worksite management. more>>