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2. After the receipt of application from the willing 9. In order to take care of the Job Card holder, they are

jobseekers, Secretary of Gram Panchayat will verify the provided with the facilities of Rest Rooms, drinking

same with the support of Ration Card and then forward water, first aid kit etc.

the same to the MPDO'S office which in turn will 10. Salient feature of the scheme is that both male and
forward it to the Project Director DWMA.

female workers are paid uniform wages without

3. Project Director of DWMA will then again get the subjecting them to any discrimination.

application scrutinized and basing on this, job card is

handed over to the applicant through MPDO and Works Undertaken under APREGS
Secretary, Gram Panchayat.
The Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme aimed at ensuring

4. Rural households given the job card for undertaking 100 days of wage employment to the unskilled household,

employment under APREGS are now asked to open an so as to eradicate their poverty.It is being implemented

Account in a Post office, without which they are not through undertaking variety of works relating to
entitled for wage payment.
a) Improving agriculture

5. After the Job card holder is made to open Account with b) Improving irrigation facilities
Post Office, he or she is made a member of 20 members
Shrama Shakthi Sangham (SSS) comprising mostly c) Plantation

neighbors and relatives. d) Water Harvesting structures

6. After obtaining order of commencement of work from e) Formation of earthen road.

Programme Officer, Job Card holders are assigned the These works are under taken during the lean period without

work. affecting the agriculture operations.

7. Works to be assigned to the job card holders are

decided by the Secretary of Gram Panchayat after Conclusion:
holding the Gram Sabha and duly following the norms
Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme aimed at eradicating
fixed under APREGS.
Rural Poverty through generation of employment
8. To make the APREGS more transparent and opportunities and creation of productive assets has been
accountable and to infuse a spirit of democratic successful enough in changing the living conditions of the
participation, it is made mandatory to get, the scheme
scrutinized by the Society for Social Audit, Accountability rural people, as different evaluative studies conducted by

& Transparency (SSAAT) comprising of Social activities, the government, so far evidently tells that the Scheme is
so as to ensure that REGS is carried out as per the going to leave a long lasting impart on the Rural house
norms prescribed by the government and to achieve holds, evidenced by an increase in expenditure incurred by
the eradication of rural poverty as enunciated in these house holds on various things like of Child Education,

MGREG Act. Health Care, Sanction etc.

The Scheme would become more successful if awareness is
developed through Seminars of this nature on the part of
the Rural House holds, as to make them know how this
type of Schemes are of great use to them in shaping their
destiny.

Reference:

1. Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee
Act. Nrega.nic.in.

2. National Rural Employment Guarantee Act.
3. http:// nrega.ap.gov.in.
4. http:// nrega.nic.in.

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