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REPORT on
NIRD & PR NETWORKING PROGRAMME ON SOCIAL AUDIT IN 14th FINANCE COMMISSION GRANT (FFCG)
Three day’s NIRD & PR Networking programme on Social Audit in 14th
Finance Commission Grant (FFCG) was organised by SIRD& PR during 13-
15 March 2018 at SIRD & PR Conference Hall, The training programme
was co-ordinated by Dr. Parikshit Sahu, Core Faculty, Rural Economics, SIRD & PR,
Bhubaneswar. Forty nine participants were participated in the said training. The lists
are in the annexure-i
BACKGROUND OF THE TRAINING PROGRAMME:
Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) especially Gram Panchayats (GPs) are the
most accessible and approachable forms of governments for people living in rural
India. The 73rd Amendment of the constitution of India has institutionalized the PRIs
to function as units of local self-government. The Constitution, in the Eleventh
Schedule, also lists 29 subjects which may be devolved by the States to Panchayats.
Even after more than twenty years of the constitutional amendment, wide variation
exists across the states in the level of powers and functions devolved to PRIs.
However it is observed that many states have legally endowed GPs with powers to
provide various services linked to birth- death registration, public distribution system,
construction of drainage and roads, providing streetlights, maintenance of
community assets etc. Although State wise variations exist, it can be stated that GPs
do influence daily lives of millions of citizens in rural India through their functions and
delivery of basic services. Besides, there are poverty alleviation programmes of the
central government, where Panchayats play a great role especially in the
programmes like MGNREGS.
Further The Fourteenth Finance Commission (FFC) award has created an
enormous opportunity for responsive local governance at the cutting edge
institutional level of the GP by assuring huge fiscal transfers to GPs (Rs.2,00,292.2
crore) during the period 2015-2020. The grant is intended to be used to improve
delivery of basic civic services including water supply, sanitation including sewerage
and solid waste management, storm water drainage, maintenance of community
assets, maintenance of roads, footpaths, street-lights, burial and cremation grounds
and other basic functions assigned to them under their respective statutes. The FFC
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also strongly recommended that the local bodies need to improve the quality of
services they deliver and strengthen accounting, record keeping and accountability
mechanisms.
Towards achieving good Governance, transparency, responsiveness and
accountability are non-negotiable. But to ensure the same, designing appropriate
systems and institutionalising them has always been a challenge. Streamlining the
service delivery systems is critical to programming and implementation of any
scheme of development. It is equally important that the poor for whom a programme
or scheme is being implemented are made aware of their rights and entitlements.
They should also be given an opportunity to participate in the planning, decision
making, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the projects of development.
In the process, the poor should own the scheme and the delivery system should be
made accountable to the community. It is in this context that the process of ‘making
demands on the delivery system by the people, becomes realistic and the social
audit becomes an instrument of change.
To ensure transparency, responsiveness, accountability and streamlining the
service delivery, social audits are made mandatory for the FFC.The main objectives
of the programme are as follows.
OBJECTIVES OF THE TRAINING
• To discuss the role of Panchayats in public service delivery and about the 14th
Finance Commission Grant
• To discuss the need, concept and approaches of social audit
• To make the participant understand the provisions of FFC with reference to
social audit
• To sensitize the participants to adopt social audit in true sense in FFC
CONTENTS OF THE TRAINING
➢ Role of Panchayat in public service delivery
➢ FFCG Transparency Accountability, Grievance Redressal measures
➢ Need and importance of Social audit in Rural Development& PRIs
➢ Concept and approaches of Social audit
➢ RTI and Social Audit
➢ Process of social audit
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➢ Exposure to successful Social Audit process
The programme the programme schedule of the Networking Programme was as follows;
Date Schedule Resource person
13.03.2018 Registration, Introduction, Ice-breaking, Expectations, Welcome& Inauguration
Director, PR & DW Deputy Director(I/c), SIRD & PR Director, OSSAAT
PRI system in India- status, roles and responsibilities
Mrs. Amita Patra, Deputy Director(I/c), SIRD & PR
Orientation on operational Guidelines of FFC
S.K Patra, Faculty, SIRD & PR
Concept and importance of Social Audit
B.K Dash, Director, OSSAAT
Preparation for field visit- understanding social audit formats
Sandhyarani Das Adhikari, SAE, OSSAAT
14.03.2018 Field Visit to, for the conduct of social audit in FFCG
S.K Dash, OSD, NIRD & PR J.R Satapathy, SAE and S.K Mohapatra, SAE, OSSAAT
15.03.2018 Audit of Scheme Rules 2011 & Auditing Standards
Mamata Pattnaik, Master Trainer, Social Audit
Challenges in taking up the social audits
S.K Dash, OSD, NIRD & PR
Preparation of social audit reports
Mamata Pattnaik, Master Trainer, Social Audit
Presentation of Field visit observations & Action Plan
S.K Dash, OSD, NIRD & PR
Evaluation and Valedictory
S.K Dash, OSD, NIRD & PR and Course Team
METHODOLOGY:
The programme has used participatory tools and techniques along with the
lecture cum discussions, case analysis and presentations. Field visits for interactions
and direct learning from the stakeholders of Panchayati Raj has also been arranged
for the participants.
PARTICIPANTS OF THE TRAINING The State Social Audit Resource Persons from District and Block level were
the Participants of the training programme mobilised through SAU, OSSAAT. A total
number of 49 participants were attended the training programme.
RESOURCE PERSONS
• Shri Saroj Kumar Dash, Officer Special Duty of NIRD & PR .
• Shri Santosh Kumar Patra, Instructor, SIRD & PR .
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• Shri Binay Kishore Dash, Director OSSAAT .
• Ms. Mamata Pattnaik, Master Trainer, Social Audit .
• Shri Jyoti Ranjan Satapathy and Shri Sukant Kumar Mahapatra, Social Audit
Experts of OSSAAT.
INAUGURAL SESSION
The programme was inaugurated by Dr.Subrat Kumar Mishra, Asst Director,
SIRD & PR and
Director, OSSAAT. At
the outset, Dr. Parikhit
Sahu, Course Director
of the programme given
a welcome address and
Dr.Subrat Kumar
Mishra, Asst Director,
SIRD & PR given the
brief idea about the
main objectives of the training programme.
MAJOR ANALYSIS OF THE TECHNICAL SESSIONS
DAY-1
After a complete
icebreaking session
Dr.Subrat Kumar Mishra,
Asst Director, SIRD & PR
delivered the session on
PRI system in India- status,
roles and responsibilities of
Panchayati Raj Institutions.
He discussed Evolution of
PRI, Committees
constituted and their
recommendations, PRI Acts, salient features of 73rd Amendment, Subjects of
devolution- status across India and roles and responsibilities of PRIs at all the three
tires through group discussions and presentations. The major outcome of the
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session is the participants will familiar with current PRI structure and functioning in
India.
In second session
Mr.Santosh Kumar Patra,
Jr. Instructor, SIRD & PR,
discussed about
orientation on operational
guidelines of FFC with the
participants. He discussed
Contents of the FFCG
guidelines, Criteria for
release of grants (both
Basic and Performance Grants), works permitted to be undertaken, monitoring and
evaluation, audit of FFCG through discussions and presentations. The major
outcomes of the session are participants become familiar with FFCG Guideline.
Mr Binay Kishore Dash, Director, OSSAAT delivered his session Concept and
importance of Social Audit. He discussed about Definition and interpretation of Social
Audit, History of Social audit, Types of audit, Principles of social audit, Steps in
social audit, Benefits of social audit through Presentation and discussions. The major
objective of the session is making more clarity about concept of Social Audit. He also
discussed about preparation for field visit to conduct mock social audit of FFCG in
GP for understanding the Tasks to be done in the field for, Cross verification of the
documents in GP office, Physical verification at work, Interaction with workers, user
groups, watershed committee members(house to house visits, Mobilization of the
community and organizing Gram Sabha. All the participants have been divided into
four groups and prepared to complete the assigned tasks in the field as per the
formats given to them.
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DAY-2
In the second day all the participants
were taken to Bhingarpur GP of
Balianta Block for conducting mock
Social Audit on FFCG for the year
2017-18 periods. The course team,
including Shri. Saroj Kumar Dash,
OSD, NIRD & PR, Director, OSSAAT,
Deputy Director, SIRD & PR, Course
Director and Social Audit Experts of
OSSAAT visited to the field along with
the participants for facilitation of the
field visit. The four groups of
participants were assigned four
projects from the FFCG MIS of the GP
and verified the records in GP Office
after a short meeting with GP level
officials. After record verification they
made asset verification in the field and verified four projects like construction of
Smasan Ghat at Bhingarpur village, Excavation of Chingudia pond, Sasan Pokhari
and Market complex building in Bhingarpur GP. The findings from all the verification
process have been noted down by the group members and also discussed for
validation in meeting with all stakeholders in GP.
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DAY-3
In the 1st session of the
day RP Ms. Mamata Pattnaik
discussed on the Audit of
Scheme Rules-2011 She
discussed the MGNREG Audit of
scheme rules 2011 through
discussion and presentation to
the participants. The major
outcome of the session is
Participants are t o b e familiar
with the social audit rules and the
status of adaptation in their own
states.
Then Shri S K Dash, OSD,
NIRD & PR discussed about the
challenges in the field of Social
Audit on FFCG to provide the
participants with an
understanding of how social
audits were taken up in
MGNREGS. Circulars issued,
manuals and formats developed,
pilotand actual social audit conducted for MGNREGS and Results of social audits.
Then Ms Mamata Pattnaik discussed about Preparation of Social Audit
Reports and its presentations. The Social Audit report format was discussed item
wise and participants came to know how to fill up the same. The major issues and
findings were taken place in the report by the four groups regarding four projects
they have visited for verification and ready for presentation one by one. In the last
session the participants presented the observations and findings prepared by them.
They presented their observations of the field realities, scope for conducting social
audits effectively, benefits and limitations as they perceived suggestions for
improvements, a way forward with action plans.
On 15th March 2018 at 5.30 PM after distribution of course completion
certificates and other training materials to the participants the training programme was
ended with the vote of thanks by Course Director, Dr.Parikshit Sahu.
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Annexure-I
LISTS OF PARTICIPANTS
Si.No. Name Designation District
1 Susanta Ku Diwedi BSA Angul
2 Sudhanshu Kumar Swain DSA Angul
3 Mayadhar Gadtia BSA Balangir
4 Barsha Hansda DSA Balangir
5 Chandan Ku Roul DSA Balasore
6 Smurti Ranjan Rout BSA Balesore
7 Madhaba Prasad Sahu BSA Bargarh
8 Ananda Padhan DSA Bargarh
9 Susanta Dalai BSA Bhadrak
10 Amar Kishore Sahu DSA Bhadrak
11 Gopal Ch.Meher BSA Boudh
12 Milan Kumar Pati DSA Boudh
13 Rashmi Ranjan Routray BSA Cuttack
14 Saroj Ku Gadnayak DSA Dhenkanal
15 Babula Bisoyi BSA Ganjam
16 Dr.R.N Malana DSA Ganjam
17 Ramesh Chandra Bahira BSA Jagatsinghpur
18 Dipak Kumar Parida DSA Jagatsinghpur
19 Bijay Laxmi Bal BSA Jajpur
20 Satya Narayan Behera DSA Jajpur
21 Dharmaraj Ray BSA Jharsuguda
22 Tophan Kumar Naik DSA Jharsuguda
23 Shashanka Shekhar Bhoi DSA Kalahandi
24 Sanjay Kumar Digal BSA Kandhamal
25 Dusasan Singh DSA Kandhamal
26 Subrat Ranjan Samal BSA Kendrapara
27 Mrutyunnjay Behera DSA Kendrapara
28 Debi Prasad Mishra BSA Keonjhar
29 Chandan Kumar Aich DSA Keonjhar
30 Jogeswar Dash BSA Khordha
31 Nabin Khara BSA Koraput
32 Anil Ku Maharana DSA Koraput
33 Subrata Ku Samal DSA Malkangir
34 Sangram Keshari Mahalik BSA Malkangiri
35 Pradeep Ku. Chakrabarty DSA Mayurbhanj
36 Seema Das DSA Mayurbhanj
37 Rispa Bagh BSA Nabarangpur
38 Baibasuta Chalan DSA Nabarangpur
39 Sum Ita Dasgu Pta BSA Nayagarh
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40 Baijay Naryan Baliarsingh DSA Nayagarh
41 Prabir Kumar Meher DSA Nuapada
42 Yayati Keshari Samantaray BSA Puri
43 Raj Kishore Parida DSA Puri
44 Namita Wadaka BSA Rayagada
45 Golak Bihari Pradhan DSA Rayagada
46 Artatran Satapathys DSA Sambalpur
47 Harihar Pradhan DSA Sambalpur
48 Sudam Gaigaria BSA Sonepur
49 Hrusikesh Mahakur DSA Sonepur
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