Update 113

• Official Developments in Delhi
  1. 11th CEGC Meeting on 22nd February 2010
  2. Clarifications on Ombudsman Order
  3. Memo on Nomination of Officials/Eminent Members to select Members of Ombudsan
  4. Guidelines for Convergence of NREGA with IWRM
  5. Six New working groups for Effective Implementation of NREGA (See here for details of members of Working Groups and details of 'terms of reference' for Working groups)
     See Also Center forms 6 Working Groups for Better Functioning of NREGA
  6. Selections Panel of Eminent Persons to Monitor NREGA
• News and Media Articles
  1. Debate and Action in UP over NREGA Irregularities:
     UP Govt Cracks whip on erring NREGA officials
     UP gave 55 lakh to Blacklisted NGO
     Rahul, BSP spar over NREGA
     Maya Govt. suspends 22
  2. Rajasthan:
     NREGA mafia on the rise in state
     NREGS social audit to resume
  3. Timely Payment of Wages:
     Scrupulously' adhere to payment time-frame under NREGA: Centre
     PM, Sonia admit to 'lapses' in implementation of NREGA
  4. Orissa:
     Centre not willing to release funds
  5. Kerela:
     State says 'no' to NGOs
  6. Assam:
     State fares poorly on NREGA front
     Oppositon walkout over Dhemaji Lathi charge
     Assam: NREGA protesters Lathicharged
  7. NREGA wages:
     Just Seven States pay Rs. 100 under NREGA
     'NREGA should have a coherent wage policy'
  8. Maipur:
     NREGA execution shortcomings discussed
  9. Reports and Research Papers
     1. Bleeding the lifeline - Tryst with NREGA in West Bengal (Action Aid)
     2. Women Workers and Perceptions of NREGA (Reetika Khera and Nandini Nayak)
     3. NREGA PIN members and coverage
     4. CMF, IFMR Working Papers on NREGA
        Does NREGA help rural poor Cope with Bad weather
        How do Caste, Gender and Party Affiliation Affect NREGA
     5. UNDP's Solutions Exchange's Consolidated replies on the NREGA - "NREGA Vigilance by Local Groups", "Afforestation works under NREGA", etc
        (Some discussions are currently open for participation)
     6. From the Field
        1. Allahabad Conference: Statement on Wage Policy
        2. Impact of NREGA Workers Union in Dahod, Gujarat (Via Disha)
        3. Cases of Payment of Wages below the Minimum Wage Rate in Katihar Bihar (Via Kamayani Keki)
        4. Lok Adalat On NREGS in Boden, Naupada District, Orissa (Via Ajit Panda)
        5. Irregularities/Corruption in Khariar block of Nuapada district, Orissa

        Last updated: 24 April 2010