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| Where are three tier Vigilance Committees? | | MGNREGS implementation in J&K - II | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Aug 18: As per the guidelines under MGNREGS at the district level, a Vigilance Cell has to be set up after setting up of the similar cell at State level. The district vigilance cell will be headed by a district level officer and supported by an Engineer and an Auditor (of appropriate seniority). Engineer and Auditor may also be hired/appointed on contract.
Functions of District Vigilance Cell:
a.The District Vigilance Cell will carry out the directions of the State Vigilance Cell.
b. Perform inspections on its own and take follow up actions for recovery, disciplinary action and filing of criminal cases in respect of non-officials and officials whose disciplinary authority is at the district level.
c. Oversee the inspection schedule of officials, the observance of transparency provisions at the district level and below and the functioning of Vigilance and Monitoring Committees at the local level.
d. Where action has to be taken by the State Vigilance Cell, the District Vigilance Cell would send proper reports to it. It will also send an annual report to the State Vigilance Cell.
Local level: Vigilance and Monitoring Committee (VMC)
i) At the local level, Vigilance and Monitoring Committee should be assigned a definite and reasonable service area. Ideally, it should consist of about ten members half of whom shall be women with representation for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in proportion to their population. Members of the Vigilance and Monitoring Committee may be identified from among local school teachers, anganwadi workers, Self-Help Group members, Social Audit volunteers, members of various Community Based Organisations, user groups, youth clubs etc.
ii) The Vigilance and Monitoring Committee team should be appointed/nominated/elected by the Gram Sabha for a period of 6 months but not exceeding one year. The State Government may consider providing an honorarium to the members of the Vigilance and Monitoring Committee for the period of time that they are required to give every month.
iii) The Vigilance and Monitoring Committee should act as a forum for concurrent social audit.
iv) The Vigilance and Monitoring Committee's report should be placed at the next meeting of the Gram Sabha in the Panchayat where work has been executed.
v) The Vigilance and Monitoring Committee will make its report public and have it uploaded on the website through the Information and Facilitation Centers.
vi) The Vigilance and Monitoring Committee should be provided an Action Taken Report from the Programme Officer and a copy of the order from the designated grievance redressal authority at the Block and District level, on its complaints.
Functions of Vigilance and Monitoring Committee:
a. Visit work sites and interact with workers.
b. Verify records and onsite facilities.
c. Assess quality of materials and cost.
d. Provide end-of-work report on its satisfactory completion including a qualitative assessment of the nature of the work and its usefulness.
All these vigilance cells are missing in our state thus raising a question mark on the implementation of MGNREGS in J&K State. |
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