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Chapter 2Policy, Legislation and RegulationE-Governance has received a big boost. The entire Local Governments have moved onto online MIS under NREGA.A social audit system has been put in place and accountability, both formal andinformal has improved tremendously.It is expected that once NREGS is in full steam, flow of funds to village panchayats couldmatch the already high flow under peoples plan.The proposed ESMF will facilitate improvedThe most important lesson from NREGA environmental management of local areasexperience is that just as People‟s Plan was the through the LSG projects integrated withmotive force which pushed decentralization in NREGS componentsthe state, NREGA could be used for furtherempowering the panchayat raj system. It is as much an instrument for empowerment ofPanchayat raj Institutions as an instrument for poverty reduction.2..2..3.. Prrogrrammess2.2.3.1. Drinking Water Supply ProgrammesDrinking Water Supply is a State subject and funds have been provided in the State budgets fordrinking water supply right from the first Five Year Plan. A national water supply andsanitation programme was introduced in the social welfare sector in the year 1954 to augmentthe efforts of states. The Accelerated Rural Water Supply Programme (ARWSP), introduced in1972-73 to assist the States and the Union Territories with 100% grants-in-aid, is one suchscheme. The entire programme was given a Mission approach as part of the five TechnologyMissions launched in 1986. It was named as National Drinking Water Mission (NDWM), as one ofthe five Societal Missions and renamed in 1991 as as Rajiv Gandhi National Drinking WaterMission (RGNDWM). The Mission has the following programmes:a) Accelerated Rural Water Supply Programme(ARWSP) for supplementing the efforts of StateGovernments in providing access to safe drinking water to all rural habitations of the country.b) Sector reform programme for institutionalizing community participation in capital costsharing, Operation & Maintenance and Water Quality Monitoring & Surveillance in identifiedpilot districts.c) Sub Missions, five in number, on problems of water quality and sources drying up needingconstruction of water conservation and recharge structures and other measures with the Statesplanning and approving them on their own.d) Human Resource Development(HRD).e) Research & Development(R&D).f) Information, Education and Communication(IEC).g) Management Information System(MIS).h) Provision of water supply in rural schools.i) Monitoring & Investigation Units, Purchase of Rigs, Water Quality Monitoring & Surveillance,Monitoring &Evaluation Activity, Solar Voltaic Pumps and innovative projects.The implementing agencies for the programme in the State is Kerala Water Authority (KWA)and it is envisaged to involve LSGs for the implementation of schemes, particularly in selecting