With a view to the proper development of rural areas, while creating sustainable collective assets in rural areas through the available human resources, the Central Government  has passed the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 with the aim of providing employment to the laborers living in rural areas and engaged in unskilled manual labor. Under this Act, a guarantee of 100 days of employment  has been given  to a family in rural areas  .

 The Maharashtra Government has implemented  the Maharashtra Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme by combining the state’s Employment Guarantee Scheme and the Center’s National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme,  and it  is called the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme Maharashtra .

✓ Features of the scheme

• The Gram Sabha will select the work at the Gram Panchayat level.
• The Panchayat Samiti will approve the planning plan at the taluka level.
• The Zilla Parishad will approve the district-level planning plan.
• 75% of the approved works will be implemented through the Gram Panchayat.
• The state government will be responsible for providing employment for more than 100 days.
• Guaranteed minimum wage as per government norms.
• Employment available within 15 days of application.
• All adults in the family can register through the application.
• The registration period will be 5 years.
• All facilities available under Rohingya Act.

✓ Various levels of duties

1. Gram Panchayat level

• Registration of families/laborers and job card records
• Requesting and providing work
• Surveying and preparing estimates for work
• Planning work and providing funds
• Disbursing wages on time
• Social audit

2. Taluka level

• Guidance on planning to Gram Panchayats
• Planning work
• Keeping attendance records and accounting of funds
• Collection and transmission of information through a computer system
• Creating online attendance records

3. Subdivision level

• Role of Revenue Department

4. District level

• Planning all the works in the district
• Keeping an account of funds
• Sending information to the Central and State Governments
• To supervise work
• Performance of duties of Gram Sevak/Granny Employment Servant
• Unemployment allowance distribution
• Help with social audit

✓ Role of Sarpanch

• Selecting tasks in the Gram Sabha
• Assistance in undertaking works after approval from the Program Officer
• Participation in preparing Gram Panchayat Development Plan
• Follow up to start work immediately
• Help for social audit

Preparing annual planning and labor budget