How Effective are Social Audits under MGNREGS? Lessons from Karnataka

Rajasekhar, D.; Lakha, Salim; Manjula, R.

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“…In another study, Kumar and Madheswaran (2019b) found that awareness about Ombudsmen was lowest among SCs (4.2%) followed by STs (6.3%). Rajasekhar et al (2013) studied the participation of SC HHs in MGNREGA in Karnataka and found that they were discriminated against due to lack of awareness, and their participation in planning and Social Audit is often manipulated by the rural elite.…”

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Social Justice and Inclusion Within the Right-based Universal Workfare Programme with Self-selection: Lessons and Ways Forward from the Participation of SCs and STs in MGNREGA in Karnataka

Kumar

Madheswaran

Vani

2020

Journal of Social Inclusion Studies

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MGNREGA is a right-based universal, demand-driven workforce programme with self-selection, providing 100 days of guaranteed employment and productive asset to the poor households (HHs). Its universalism assured unlimited resources to satisfy any demand and hard manual labour ensured that only poor would like to access it by design. The programme earmarked 33 per cent share for women but did not as a right or policy incorporate any definite share or affirmative action for the Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes (SCs/STs) like other flagship programmes of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) or Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY). In the light of the above paradigm, this study explores as to how far this programme had accommodated the interests and requirements of the SCs/STs in Karnataka, providing equitable wage work and productive sustainable assets by building their awareness, providing them equitable space in participatory planning and grassroots monitoring, augmenting their capability to demand work and enabling them to self-select, and in case of breach of their rights approaching accountability through social audit or Ombudsman. The study finds low awareness, low grassroots participation in planning and monitoring, and inequitable participation of SCs/STs in both wage employment and assets. The study finds exclusion of SCs/STs from the assets sharper and more pronounced than their exclusion in wage employment. The study finds evidence that a right-based workfare programme with self-selection alone was incapable of being a substitute for earmarking (reservation, affirmative action) and protecting the interests of SC/ST HHs. The study finds that promotional goals included in the guidelines do not by themselves translate into formal actions, monitorable outputs and outcomes. Our primary data also show that the socio-economic and political predicament of SC/ST HHs justified a case for definite affirmative action for them. The study gathers primary and secondary evidences to show that in Karnataka, the programme failed the test of social justice and inclusion proportionate to the disabilities and need of SCs/STs and required immediate attention and policy responses.

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Social Justice and Inclusion Within the Right-based Universal Workfare Programme with Self-selection: Lessons and Ways Forward from the Participation of SCs and STs in MGNREGA in Karnataka

Kumar

Madheswaran

Vani

2020

Journal of Social Inclusion Studies

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“…Tamil Nadu, an independent social audit mechanism at the village level did not exist in the early years of implementation, and it was only in 2012-13 that a permanent social audit mechanism was structured and audit was conducted only in two blocks in Tamil Nadu 13 . In Karnataka, social audit mechanism was in place early but it had been subject to elite capture, like the rest of the programme (Rajasekhar et al, 2013).…”

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MGNREGS: Political Economy, Local Governance and Asset Creation in South India

Abraham

2018

India Studies in Business and Economics

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MGNREGS, the premier centrally-sponsored national rural livelihood scheme, is one of the most elaborately designed and implemented public workfare programmes in India. While a large number of studies have analysed the progress of employment creation under the scheme, very few have looked into the equally important issue of rural asset creation under the scheme. The scheme is centrally sponsored and the broad guidelines are centrally designed, yet the interpretation and implementation of the scheme is subject to wide regional variation owing to variations in local level governance capacity, governance structure and regional political economy. Evidences based on a primary survey across the four southern states, viz., Andhra Pradesh (erstwhile), Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala show that the design of the scheme for asset creation is subject to considerably varied interpretations at the regional and sub-regional levels anchored on the above factors. Further, the type of projects selected and created, extent and nature of expenditure incurred, quality of assets created and maintenance of assets were considerably affected by the structures of local governance, the interaction between the political class and the local governments; and the local manifestations of class-caste dynamics.

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“…In Tamil Nadu, an independent social audit mechanism at the village level did not exist in the early years of implementation, and it was only in 2012-13 that a permanent social audit mechanism was structured and audit was conducted in two blocks in Tamil Nadu. 12 In Karnataka, social audit mechanism was in place early but it had been subject to elite capture, like the rest of the programme (Rajasekhar et al 2013).…”

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Employment Guarantee Programme and Dynamics of Rural Transformation in India

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Viswanathan²,

Mishra³

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India Studies in Business and Economics

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Indian economy made its presence felt on the global platform, the research community is now even more interested in studying and analyzing what India has to offer. This series aims to bring forth the latest studies and research about India from the areas of economics, business, and management science. The titles featured in this series will present rigorous empirical research, often accompanied by policy recommendations, evoke and evaluate various aspects of the economy and the business and management landscape in India, with a special focus on India's relationship with the world in terms of business and trade.

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How Effective are Social Audits under MGNREGS? Lessons from Karnataka

Cited by 7 publications

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Social Justice and Inclusion Within the Right-based Universal Workfare Programme with Self-selection: Lessons and Ways Forward from the Participation of SCs and STs in MGNREGA in Karnataka

Social Justice and Inclusion Within the Right-based Universal Workfare Programme with Self-selection: Lessons and Ways Forward from the Participation of SCs and STs in MGNREGA in Karnataka

MGNREGS: Political Economy, Local Governance and Asset Creation in South India

Employment Guarantee Programme and Dynamics of Rural Transformation in India

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