Dimapur, Sep. 17 (EMN): A public hearing for the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) for five villages was conducted on Sep. 15 in Jalukie.
Addressing the public hearing, the state training co-ordinator for social audit Dr. Kedise Pucho explained the major keys of social audit under MGNREGA to the five villages, namely old Jalukie village, Nkwarew village, Peletkie, Deukaram and Beisumpuikam village.
Updates on Sunday informed that the speaker highlighted the importance of social audit for the MGNREGA. He said that in every gram panchayat such audits should be conducted at least once in six months for verification of quantity and quality of workers at different stages of implementation. This is to promote transparency and accountability, the updates stated. He said that social audit was not about fault finding but fact finding, the updates stated.
Further, he said that all social audit reports will be submitted to the state government and also to the ministry of Rural Development. During the public hearing, DRPs/VRPs presented their findings from the social audit. On issues pertaining to villages, the team found ‘some minor errors’ in the MIS record, the updates stated. However, according to available information, the issue has been clarified by the block officers that they were ‘double entries and was given justification accordingly during public hearing.’
Mon
The first social audit and public hearing of the MGNREGA for Mon district was held on Sep. 15 at the DRDA resource centre in Mon. The programme was attended by village functionaries from five audited villages; district administration, nongovernmental organisations, Block staffers and officers and the media, the updates stated. The findings of the social audit team were presented by the SAU team and tabled for discussion. All the findings were thoroughly deliberated and ‘resolved satisfactorily’ with the relevant documents produced by the respective BDOs and staff, the updates added.
