Social Audit of MGNREGA Works.

having experience of working for the rights and entitlement of the people and should
possess good communication and interpersonal skills. These persons may be
identified through a combination of transparent search process and advertisement
selected based on a screening process. The master trainerslresource persons will not"
be employees. But they may be paid suitable remunerationlhonorarium to attract the
best talent.
The States may complete the process to identify and select resource pool of
master trainers/resource persons within a month.
2. Identification of Block for pilot social audit: The States will simultaneously
identify a block in any district for conducting pilot social audit. The block could be
the highest spending in respect of MGNREGS. An expert group on Social Audit
identified by the Ministry of Rural Development will provide technical assistance to
the States in the conduct of pilot social audit. Thereafter, the States would develop a
plan for up-scaling it to the whole State.
3. Training of Master trainers at NIRD: Ministry of Rural development will organize
training of master trainers at NIRD, Guwahati and SIRD, Jorethang (Sikkim) assisted
by SSAAT, Hyderabad. Sikkirn could serve as a resource State for all the North
Eastern States. The training will consist of classroom lectures and hands-on
component (practical training) in the field. The training of master trainers from all
the north eastern States will be completed within two months.
4. Preparation of State specific social audit manuals: NIRD, Guw~hati will prepare
quality manualslhandbooks on conduct of social audit in consultation with Ministry of
Rural Development and Society for Social Audit Accountability and Transparency
(SSAAT). The manuals already developed would be the basis and would be
contextualized to suit local needs.
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