Expanding social audit to development programmes beyond MGNREGA
By: Sinha, Rajesh Kumar
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BookPublisher: Bihar Journal of Public Administration Description: 19(1), Jan-Jun, 2022: p.47-56.Subject(s): Social audit, Accountability, MGNREGA, Gram panchayat, Gram sabha, NIRDPR, Fifteenth finance commission, National social assistance programme
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Bihar Journal of Public AdministrationSummary: Social Audit has emerged as an important mechanism to enforce social accountability. It has got institutionalized in implementation of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act 2005. Seeing its usefulness in enhancing people’s awareness, participation and curbing leakages, the Government of India has been making efforts to bring other development programmes under the ambit of social audit. National Food Security Act, 2013 and the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 already mandates conduct of social audit. The Supreme Court has mandated Social Audit in the implementation of Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 and The Building and Other Construction Workers Act, 1996. Further, the Ministry of Rural Development has issued guidelines for conduct of social audit of Pradhan Mantri Awaas YojanaGrameen and National Social Assistance Programme and draft social audit guidelines for Shyama Prasad Mukherjee National Ruraban Mission has been prepared. The Ministry of Panchayati Raj has released guidelines for social audit of Fifteenth Finance Commission grant utilisation by Panchayats and the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has prepared an accountability framework for its schemes. This paper analyses the current progress of Government of India’s efforts in expanding social audit beyond MGNREGA, its challenges and also recommends ways to strengthen this process of expansion. – Reproduced
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Social Audit has emerged as an important mechanism to enforce social accountability. It has got institutionalized in implementation of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act 2005. Seeing its usefulness in enhancing people’s awareness, participation and curbing leakages, the Government of India has been making efforts to bring other development programmes under the ambit of social audit. National Food Security Act, 2013 and the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 already mandates conduct of social audit. The Supreme Court has mandated Social Audit in the implementation of Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 and The Building and Other Construction Workers Act, 1996. Further, the Ministry of Rural Development has issued guidelines for conduct of social audit of Pradhan Mantri Awaas YojanaGrameen and National Social Assistance Programme and draft social audit guidelines for Shyama Prasad Mukherjee National Ruraban Mission has been prepared. The Ministry of Panchayati Raj has released guidelines for social audit of Fifteenth Finance Commission grant utilisation by Panchayats and the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has prepared an accountability framework for its schemes. This paper analyses the current progress of Government of India’s efforts in expanding social audit beyond MGNREGA, its challenges and also recommends ways to strengthen this process of expansion. – Reproduced
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