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Memo No. 626(29) /MGNREGA Date: 27th May, 2014
To The Block Development Officer ………………….Dev. Block (All)
Sub:- Organization of Gram Rozgar Diwas at every Gram Sansad
Ref:- (i) Letter of the Commissioner (MGNREGS) & Special Secretary, Govt. of West
Bengal, P&RD Department vide Memo No. 1622(22)-P&RD/PAC(NREGA)/P/18S-04/06 dt. 31.03.2014.
(ii) Memo No. 535(29)/MGNREGA, dt. 3rd April, 2014.
Madam/Sir,
Enclosed please find herewith the letter of the Commissioner (MGNREGS) & Joint
Secretary, Govt. of West Bengal, P&RD Department, which speaks for itself.
You are requested to organize Gram Rozgar Diwas at every gram sansad at earliest.
Yours faithfully,
Enclo : As stated
Sd/-
District Nodal Officer MGNREGA Cell Paschim Medinipur
Memo No. 626(29)/1(4) /MGNREGA Date: 27th May, 2014
Copy forwarded for information and necessary action to:-
1. The Sub-Divisional Officer, Midnapore Sadar / Kharagpur / Jhargram / Ghatal Sub-Division.
Sd/- District Nodal Officer MGNREGA Cell Paschim Medinipur
Office of the D,fU, & D,P.C,
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Government of West Bengalts & Rural Development Department
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No, 1622(22)*p& RD/PAC (NREGA)/P1 1 85-04/06
Dibyendu SarkarCommissioner, MGNREGS
&Special Secretary
The Principal $ecretary, GTAThe District Magistrate & District Programme Coordinator (All Districts)The Additional Executive Officer, Siliguri Mahakuma Parishad
Date: 31,03"2014
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Sub: Organization of Sram Rozgar Diwas at every Gram SansadReference: Letter No. J-1 101210212012-MGNREGA dated 17.1A.2A13 of the Ministry
of Rural Development, Government of lndia (MGNREGA Divisron)
Madam / Sir,
You are certainly aware of the guidelines issued by the Government of lndia for organization of Gram
Rozgar Diwas at every ward of the Gram Panchayats. A copy of the said guideiines is attaitreOlor
favour of lour perusal. The same was earlierfonruarded to you as well vide this office no. 5822 dated
20 November 2014. Now, on the basis of the set of guidelines issued by the Ministry, lwould like to
indicate the State's plan of action for organization of Gram Rozgar Diwas which will be effective
immediately after the election process is complete and applicability of the tvlodel Code of Conduct for
the Partiamentary General Election, 2014 ceases.
2. Objectives:
To cater to the primary objectives of guSanteerng hundred daVs !! erlPlly**liin a financial year to
the interested rurai households having adult members, Gram Rozgar Diwas seeks to achieve the
following:
a. Generation of awareness among the rural families regarding their entitlements under Mahatma
Gandhi NREGA whictr shall include, among others, the wage-seekers right to get employment
within fifteen days from preferring demand for employment either individually or jointly with others,
right to unemployment allowance if the demand for employment is not met within fifteen day, right
to getting payment within fifteen days frorn the date of closure of the muster roll, right to
compensation for delayed payment of wages if the payment is not made within fifteen days from the
date of closure of musler roll, the right to minimum facilities at the work-site including drinking water,
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first-aid, rest shed for the workers and cr6che for the children accompanying mother at the work-
slte, right to redress of grievances etc. '
b. Registration of Job-cards for inclusion of new households as well as inclusion of new members in
existing households
c. Giving special emphasis to the needs and requirements of the vulnerable group of wage-seekers
d, Receiving work application from interested households and provide datecJ receipts 0n the spot
e, Discussing potential works in the area and their time of execution (seasonality)
f. Reoording grievances and submit the same to the appropriate authorities for action on grievances
g. To diseuss and resolve the issues relating to wage disbursement and ensure clearance of backtog
in wage disbursements in respect of different payment agencies like banks, BCs, Post Qffices etc.
h. Responding to the needs of the Job-card holding households and coordination of activities for
effective implementation of works under MGNREGS
3. $chedule of Gram Rozgar Diwas:
Gram Rozgar Diwas shall be organizedat'cvery_gam $anse{,{location to be decided by the Gram
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be decided by the respective Gram Panchayat. However, while fixing time convenience of the wage
seekers should be the primary deciding factor, Moreover, time should be identical for every month. We
would prefer organization of Gram Rozgar Diwas during the afternoon hours,
4. Organizational arrangements:
The guidelines issued by the Ministry indicate that the G:t l9ff{'gyut (GRS) should be the
cjlyglg for the Gram Rozgar Diwas and.should be present during the Proceedings. Since the
meetings will be organized on fixed days, there is no problem in making the GRS convener for the
meeting. However, since in our State we have several Gram Sansads going up to twenty five in the
Gram Panchayats, it is not physically possible for the GRS, Nirman Sahayak and the Secretary /
Executive Assistant to be present in all the proceeding*. They may develop a rcster of and attend the
meetings in systematic manner. Accordingly the following structure will be followed in the State:
a. Concerned Gram Panchayat member will act as the Chairperson for the meeting. Where there are
two members, the senior in age will be the Chairperson
b. The GRS associated with the Gram Panchayat shall be the convener (in absentia)
c. One leading Self Help Group (SHG) of the Gram Sansad will be identified for providing Secretarial
support to the forum. lnstead of identifying individual members and assigning individual
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responsibilities, the entire set of activities will be entrusted to the Iead SHG. The lead SHG in turn
will identify inclividual members for lEC, demand registration, work allocatiorr and other necessary
activities.
d, The Programme Officer shall issue specific authorization in favour of the leacl $HG for receiving
applications for new job-cards or adding new members against existing job-cards, accepting
demand for work, giving dated receipt and also allocating work, wherever feasible.
5. Participants:
The lead SHG shall contact every household of the area for parlicipation in the Grarn Rozgar Diwas
meetings, Special efforls will be made to involve women in the households, l-louseholds with no job-
cards but interested in having should also be persuaded to attend the meetings, From the official side
the elected GP members, official from the GP (whenever possible), representatives of other
implementing agencies and representatives of flnancial institutions will be requested to attend the
meetings.
6, Preparatory activities:
For effective implementation of Gram Rozgar Diwas, intensive IEC activities will have to be underiaken.
The Deparlment is in the process of preparing a desk calendar highlighting the day of Gram Rozgar
Diwas eve;y month and propagating related messages. The calendar should be nracle available to all
the Gram Panchayats, identified Supervisors, Civil Society Qrganizations, Community Based
Organizations and Self Help Groups in the District. There should be wall-writings about the Rozgar
Diwas. The calendar may also be used as flip charts for inter-personal communication on Gram Rozgar
Diwas.
7. Capacity Building:
The District should organize capacity building sessions on Gram Rozgar Drwas for the Prograrnme
Officers, APOs, Programme Assistants, Pradhans and other members of the GPs, GP officials including
GR$ and also for the members of the lead SHG.
B. Activities during Gram Rozgar Diwas:
Discussions bn the significance of the Gram Rozgar Diwas by the Chairperson of theMeeting
Accepting demand and giving dated receipt
Registration of demand
Disclosure of information
Registration of grievances
ldentifying households for lB$
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ldentifying wort<s and its seasonality
Assessin$thepositionofWagepaymentanddeliberationofpending
Deliberation on the functioning of finaneial institutions
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9. Recorcling of prnceedings and docurnentatlon: !,-.
proceedings of Gram Rozgar Diwas shail be recorded in the format attached to the guidelines issued
-; ;*;ld be uptoaded 1n
the website .t ,:: rvrlnistl Photosraphs of the
meetinss should also be captured and uploaded on thewebsite li:lT;:ii: ri:T,, "r
meeting. The District programme coordinator w*r submit a comprreo re+ort of the d'rsirict rn ret1t1o1,to
'-:)-:: re District report should also contain the
Gram Rozgar Diwas to this Department on a monthly basis' Ti
detairs ofdem-ano received--**ipt, pr*dad, ,,.,* rab-cards registered, payments made, issues raised
and resolved.
AsyouwillappreciateeffectiveorganizationofGramRozgarDiwastoaddressthekeyissuesof
demandregistration,workallocationandwelfareofthewageseekerswillbethecornerstoneofffective leadership will certainly make it
Mahatma Gandhi NREGA implementation in 2014-15' Y-our e
possible for the $tate to showcase its initiative on Gram Rozgar Diwas at the national level'
Encl.: As stated.
M em o. Na. 1 622(22)1 1 ( 1 )-P &R D/PAC (NREGAyPi I 8S'04/06
Copv forwarded to Ms. Aparajita sarangi, Joint $ecretary, Ministt.y of Rural
tnct'ia. Xrisni Bhawan, New Delhi'
Date: 31.03 2014
DeveloPment, Government of
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Krishi Bhawan, New DelhiDated 17-10-2013
J-II012/02/2012-MGNREGAGovernment of India
Ministry of Rural DevelopmentMGNREGA Division
ToThe Principal Secretary/ Secretary(Incharge-MGNREGA)All States and UTs
Subject: Guidelines for 'Rozgar Diwas'.
Sir/Madam,
We are well aware that proper capturing of demand for work is crucial to thesuccess of MGNREGA. Organization of Rozgar Diwas atleast once in a month is asignificant way of capturing demand. It will also go a long way in bringing to the forevarious implementation issues and serve in awareness generation among rural massesabout the programme.
Ministry of Rural Development has framed suggestive guidelines on RozgarDiwas which is being forwarded to you for implementation.
Enclosure as above
Yours sincerely,
(A~.[ ;~) I" 1)'tl)1J>parajita .pangl -r l
Joint Secretary ( . GNREGA)Tel: 011-23383553
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GUIDELINES FOR
ROZGAR DIWAS
MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT
DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
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1. Background
To meet the primary objectiveof Mahatma Gandhi NREGA i.e. guaranteeing
atleastone hundred days of wage employment to every registered rural household,it is
necessary that the demand for work is captured and rural people are made aware of
the provisions of MGNREG Act and its implementation process.
The Ministry of Rural Development and States have taken a number of initiatives for
effective implementation of MGNREGA but still muchremains to be done to capture
the full demand and provide work as mandated in the Act i.e., within 15 days from the
date of work application (Para 6, Schedule II). The Mahatma Gandhi NREGA
Operational Guidelines, 2013 (Para 3.3.) has suggested organization of„RozgarDiwas‟
as a means of demand capture.
2. RozgarDiwas
(i) RozgarDiwasis at least a monthlyevent organized possibly at the ward level
presided over by the ward member with representation of atleast 25% of the
registered ward job card holders in the ward. The event is forregistering
demand for work,issue of job cards, allocation of work, disclosure of
information, payment of wages, payment of unemployment allowance, etc.
and to generate awareness about the programme. At this event, the
WardPanchayat should pro-actively invite applications for work from potential
workers for the current as well subsequent quarters.
(ii) The District Programme Coordinator will ensure that RozgarDiwas is
organized accordingly.
3. Objectives
i. To make the communities aware about MGNREGS employment opportunities in
the concerned GPs.
ii. To cater to the needs and requirements of the vulnerable groups of wage seekers
i.e., PWDs, identified / liberated manual scavengers, bonded labourers, victims of
human trafficking, etc.
iii. To facilitate Job Card registration process for inclusion of new families/ adult
members.
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iv. To receive work applications from interested households and provide dated
receipts on the spot.
v. To discuss potential works in the area and their time of execution.
vi. To record grievances and submit the same to appropriate authorities for redressal.
vii. To discuss and resolve the issues relating to wage disbursement and ensure
clearance of backlog in wage disbursements in respect of different payment
agencies like Banks, BCs, Post Offices, etc.
viii. To respond to the needs of the job card holdersand requirements for effective
implementation of projects under MGNREGS.
4. Frequency and Schedule
i. To be organisedatleast once in a month as per the schedule fixed by the State
Government.
ii. The date/day/timefor Rozgardiwaswill be decided by the State as per their
convenience.The State may decide either particular day or date of the month for
its organization.
5. Venue
“RozgarDiwas” will be organised at the Ward level ata public location like School
building / Gram PanchayatBhawan/ Bharat Niram Rajiv Gandhi Sewa Kendra, etc.
6. Participants
Registered MGNREGA workers, rural people without job cards willing to work,
elected Panchayat members, MGNREGA functionaries, representatives of
implementing agencies, Banks/Post Offices/BCs, officials, etc. The Ward Sabha will
be presided over by the Ward member. The Gram RozgarSahayak shall be the
Convenor of the RozgarDiwas.
7. Preparatory Activities
i. Sensitization of MGNREGA functionaries:To sensitize the MGNREGA
functionaries about the significance of RozgarDiwas, a one / two day(s) training
cum orientation workshop be conducted at the local level, preferably at the Block/
District level.
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ii. Awareness campaign:
a. Wide use of the electronic and print media (local newspapers, etc.) on the
significance of RozgarDiwas in addressing MGNREGA workers‟ issues. It
should clearly spell out issues to be discussed during the RozgarDiwas.
b. To ensure that maximum number of MGNREGA workers participate, wide
campaign using IEC materials, wall writings, etc. should be carried out at
Gram Panchayat level about the significance of RozgarDiwas.
c. To ensure that all workers reach the venue, door to door campaign should be
carried out to make rural people aware of the date/day, time and the venue.
Bharat Nirman Volunteers (BNVs), SHG groups, CSOs,etc.may be actively
engaged in the process.
d. At the worksite mate should inform workers about the significance of
RozgarDiwas on a routine basis and especially on the day before
RozgarDiwas.
e. To make workers aware of the significance of RozgarDiwas, a banner should
be put up at the venue stating its importance and the kind of activities likely to
be carried out during the day.
f. All writings as part of awareness campaign should be in regional language.
g. Different means of creating awareness like street plays, drum beating,
documentary films, etc. may be considered to be adopted.
iii. Wall writing aboutRozgarDiwas: Day/date/, venue and time for
RozgarDiwasmay be written/ printed on a prominent wall.
iv. RozgarDiwasdetails on website: Details about RozgarDiwaspreparation and the
outcomes should be uploaded onthe website by the State.
v. Adequate number of Work Applications: As one of the main objectives of
RozgarDiwas is to register application for work and issue dated receipt, it is
necessary that theWardPanchayat should ensure that adequate number of
application formsfor work are made available at the venue. However, applications
for work can also be accepted on a plain paper. The receipt may be signed by the
Ward member or Gram RozgarSahayak.
vi. Availability of records: As any issue related to implementation is likely to be
discussed, it is necessary that all records are made available at the venue.
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8. Stakeholders
As any issue related to implementation can be raised by workers, it is necessary that
all local MGNREGA functionaries,PRI members, representatives of implementing
agencies, Line Department officials, Bank and post officials etc. are present
throughout the day with all records. Some of the important functionaries whose
presence should be made mandatory are:
i. Ward member.
ii. Panchayat Secretary, Gram RozgarSahayak, Technical Assistant, etc.
9. Organizing RozgarDiwas
i. To begin with,Ward member, Gram RozgarSahayak/ Panchayat Secretary should
speak about the significance of RozgarDiwas, provisions of MGNREGAand the
guidelines & advisories issued by the MoRD and the State Government and in
brief,provide details on outcomes, works in progress and those completed,number
of persons provided employment and details of wage payment. Updates/initiatives
(if any) taken by the Central / State Government be also shared with the workers.
ii. Ward member/Gram RozgarSahayak should facilitate the demand registration and
issuance of dated acknowledgement receipts to the applicants. All application for
registration should be received. The entire demand for work will be recorded and
dated receipts should be provided on the spot.
iii. Immediately on receipt of demand for work and its registration in the register,
Gram RozgarSahayak shall input the demand in NREGASoft. For this, State may
make arrangements for data input with mobile technology.
iv. To process job card applications including updation and carry out related activities
such as disclosure of informationaboutthe scheme especially those related to
allocation of work, payment of wages and payment of unemployment allowance
and compensation for delay in wage payment..
v. Gram RozgarSahayak should discuss the new works to be taken up and the timing
of execution of those works.
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vi. As during the event, implementation issuesmay be discussed, it is necessary for
theJunior Engineer/ Technical Assistant to ensure that all measurements or
payments, that were due till RozgarDiwas, are done.
vii. For all jobseekers who asked for work, works shall be allocated during
RozgarDiwas. After allocation, the same may be entered in NREGASoft with
mobile module.
10. Funding
The expenditure relating to the organization of RozgarDiwas at the Ward level
will be met out of 6% administrative costs.
11. Follow-up
i. To ensure that issues raised during the event are followed up and amicably
resolved, Gram RozgarSahayak/ Panchayat Secretary should document the
proceedings related to demand for work, issue of job cards, delay in wage
paymentsetc. and forward immediately to the Programme Officer with a copy to
the Gram Panchayat office (format attached).
ii. Photographs of RozgarDiwas will be uploaded on the website within two days of
the organization of RozgarDiwas
iii. The Programme Officer will ensure that the sufficient number of projects works
are ready with technical and administrative sanction including those by way of
convergenceto cater to the demands made during RozgarDiwas and also to
achieve the equally important objective of creating productive and durable assets
and thus contributing to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
iv. The District Programme Coordinator (DPC) will submit the compiled report of the
district to the State Rural Development Department on a monthly basis. The
District report should contain the details of demand received, receipts provided,
payments made, issues resolved, etc.
Note: Activities that would be taken up during RozgarDiwas should not be restricted
to RozgarDiwas.Demands for works should be accepted through many means already
conveyed by the MoRD and also applications for work should be accepted at any
time.
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Annexure-I
Format for Recording Proceedings of RozgarDiwas
S. No. Particular Details filled during RozgarDiwas
1 Name of the Ward/
Gram Panchayat/
Block/ District
2 Date of RozgarDiwas
3 Total number of
people turned out on
RozgarDiwas
4 Number of new
households registered
during the
RozgarDiwas and how
many belonged to
SC/ST and vulnerable
groups
5 Number of households
demanded for
employment
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6 Number of dated
receipts handed over
7 Total number of
households provided
employment against
the demand
8 Number of projects
initiated as per the
demand
9 Number of wage
disbursements made
(number of families)
10 Total number of
grievances recorded
11 Total number of
grievances redressed
12 Number of officials
with designation
present during
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RozgarDiwas
13 Any other matter
Signature
Name
Designation
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