MGNREGS: AF’s ACHIEVEMENTS IN MGNREGS
Since AF is active member in the district and State level MGNREGS committees,
it is playing active role in lobby and advocacy work. AF is also collaborating
with CEC (Centre for Environment Concerns), WASSAN, and other state level net
works. Issues raised at village, Mandal and district level were taken to state
level administration (Commissioner, MGNREGS), regarding on site facilities,
timely payments, non-payment of compensation etc., and as a result favourable
actions were initiated by the Govt., administration. The resource mobilization
and advocacy cell members of AF quite often voiced demands of job seekers in
state level MGNREGS meetings organized by the Govt. As AF has good relationship
and accessibility with Govt., officials at all levels the lobby and advocacy
work is giving good results.
The village and Mandal level problems were taken to the district and state level
meetings by AF.
Following are some of the issues taken up by AF and solved recently:
- Labourer’s medical bills can be certified by the local Doctor’s now. Earlier certification by Government Doctor was mandatory (Delay in paying medical bills reduced now).
- Sanction of Rs.100 wage payment to water supplier’s on par with wage laborers.
- Tools were customized to reduce the drudgery of the labor (Provision of smooth rubber handles to earth excavating tools)
- Successful lobby with the district administration to take MGNREGS works even in forest lands.
