Service Description:
National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme – Himachal has been prepared under the provision of National Rural Employment Guarantee Act. It guarantees a maximum 100 days of employment in a financial year to any rural household whose adult members are willing to do unskilled manual work. The execution of the program is managed by the Panchayat in consultation with the Block Development Officer. To allow maximum opportunities to families that may migrate, registrations will be open throughout the year at the Gram Panchayat office during working hours. The process of verification shall be completed as early as possible, and in any case, not later than a fortnight after the receipt of the application in the Gram Panchayat. After verification, the Gram Panchayat will enter all particulars in the Registrations Register in the Gram Panchayat. Every registered household will be assigned a unique registration number. The registration number shall be assigned in accordance with a coding system similar to that prescribed by the Central and State Governments for the BPL Census 2002. Copies of the registration will be sent to the Programme Officer for the purpose of reporting to the Intermediate Panchayat and District Panchayat for further planning, tracking and recording. This must be done immediately, so that the Programme Officer has a consolidated record of likely demand to enable him/ her to organize resources accordingly.
Time-Bound Employment: The Gram Panchayat/Programme Officer shall be responsible for providing wage employment to the applicant within 15 days of the date of receipt of the application in the case of advance applications, employment will be provided from the date that employment has been sought, or within 15 days of the date of application, whichever is later. If a Gram Panchayat is unable to provide employment within 15 days, it will be the responsibility of the Programme Officer to do so. The employment allotted by the Programme Officer will be intimated to the Gram Panchayat and vice versa. If upon receiving a request for work, an Implementing Agency directed by the Programme Officer does not start work on time, or does not employ the persons directed to it for work by the Gram Panchayat, the Programme Officer will make alternative arrangements to ensure employment for those applicants. Payment of Wages:Every person working under the Scheme shall be entitled to wages at the minimum wage rate fixed by the State Government (or the competent authority concerned) for agricultural labourers under the Minimum Wages Act, 1948, unless the wages have been notified by the Central Government under Section 6(1) of the Act. Equal wages shall be paid to both men and women workers, and the provisions of the Equal Remuneration Act, 1976 shall be complied with. The State Government may provide for a portion of the wages to be paid to the labourers on a daily basis during the period of employment. It is recommended that wages should be paid on a weekly basis on a pre-specified day of the week in each Gram Panchayat. Details of wages paid through the banks/Post Office network should be made public. It is essential to ensure that wages are paid on time. Workers are entitled to being paid on a weekly basis, and in any case within a fortnight of the date on which work was done (NREGA, Section 3(3). In the event of any delay in wage payments, workers are entitled to compensation as per the provisions of the Payment of Wages Act, 1936 (NREGA, Schedule II, Section 30). Compensation costs shall be borne by the State Government.
Competent Authority for Registration: The Gram Panchayat shall be the competent authority for registration under NREGS within their respective jurisdictions. Application/Declaration: The applicant, who wants to obtain Job Card for work under NRGES, shall apply to the Gram Panchayat using the prescribed Forms available on the eServices Portal under Application for work under NRGES. Verification of application/ declaration: The applicant shall submit the application Form duly filled-in and verified. He shall state true facts in the application. The Job Card shall be valid for a period of five years and will have provision for the addition/deletion of members eligible to work. Deletions in any household on account of demise, or permanent change of residence of a member, are to be reported immediately by the household concerned. Additions desired may be applied for by the household. The Gram Panchayat will also undertake an annual updating exercise in the same manner as registration, the time for which should be fixed keeping in mind the work and migration season of the local workforce. A cardholder may apply for a duplicate Job Card if the original card is lost or damaged. The application shall be processed in the manner of a new application. If a person has a grievance against the non-issuance of a Job Card, he/she may bring the matter to the notice of the Programme Officer. If the grievance is against the Programme Officer, he/she may bring it to the notice of the District Programme Coordinator or the designated grievance-redressal authority at the Block or District level. All such complaints shall be disposed off within 15 days.
Eligibility criterion:
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The National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) will be open to all rural households in the areas notified by the Central Government. The entitlement of 100 days of guaranteed employment in a financial year is in terms of a household. This entitlement of 100 days per year can be shared within the household; more than one person in a household can be employed (simultaneously or at different times). |
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All adult members of the household who register may apply for work. To register, they have to: a. Be local residents: ‘Local’ implies residing within the Gram Panchayat. This includes those that may have migrated some time ago but may return. b. Be willing to do unskilled manual work. c. Apply as a household at the local Gram Panchayat. ‘Household’ will mean a nuclear family comprising mother, father, and their children, and may include any person wholly or substantially dependent on the head of the family. Household will also mean a single-member family. |
Supporting documents:
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Online application form |
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Photograph (Photographs of adult members who are applicant have to be attached to the job card) |
Application Fee:
No fee is charged to avail the service.
How to apply:
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Login to the Portal with registered user id. Register yourself in case of first time usage. |
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Select Rural Development Department. |
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List of all services under the department will be displayed. |
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Select Application for work under NREGS, click on the Action link, which will navigate to Action Page. |
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The Action Page contains the links to different methods for accessing & submitting the Application: (a) Submit Online, (b) Print Form, (c) Download Form and (d) Upload form |
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Submit Online: The application can be submitted in an online mode by choosing this option. User should fill necessary information on the application form and submit for processing. Details on what to fill in each field are provided to assist the user in filling the application. This can be accessed from the Help link displayed on the Menu bar. |
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Print form: A printable version (PDF) of the Application form can be downloaded using this option. This serves as the template of the form which can be printed and submitted manually if required at the department. The downloaded PDF file can be opened with Adobe Acrobat Reader. |
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Download Form: An offline version of the Application form can be downloaded using this link. The downloaded form can be filled with the help of an Offline client, without a need for Internet connection. The offline form is secured and can be used only with the Offline client provided on eServices portal. Offline client can be downloaded from the portal from Downloads section |
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Upload Form: The offline version of the application form downloaded and filled through the offline client can be uploaded & submitted for processing using this option. Once uploaded, the attachments required for the service will need to be uploaded. The portal will accept only a valid file that was filled using the Offline Client. |
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The Status of submitted application can be tracked using the My Services link on the Portal. |
Note: You are advised to submit forms online for faster processing of the application.
Service delivery process:
Steps involved:
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The applicant shall submit the application in prescribed format, along with necessary supporting documents, using one of the available methods. |
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The application will be routed to the respective Gram Panchayat. |
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The Panchayat Sevak (Gram Panchayat), who receives the application for issuing work under NRGES shall validate the application form and supporting document. |
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If the applicant’s details are insufficient, the application will be rejected citing the reason. A notification on status change to “rejected” is sent to applicant. |
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Else application acceptance acknowledgement is sent to the applicant and the application is processed further. |
Step 4..The Panchayat Sevak to provide work under NREGS,shall satisfy himself about the correctness of the inquiry. He may make further inquiry as he deems necessary in the matter before issuing the certificate
Step 5.If satisfied with the report, Panchayat Sevak, Checks whether job is available or not.
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If job is available, prepares the Certificate digitally on the eForms application fills the job card and muster roll and citizen starts working. |
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If job is not available request is forwarded to BDO. |
Step 6.BDO Issues Muster Rolls and some advance payment depending on the job evaluation, forwards back to Gram Panchayat.
Step 7.Panchayat Sevak collects the Muster Roll and assigns citizen the job by making entry in the job card and Muster Roll.
Step 8.The Panchayat Sevak scans the signed copy and uploads the certificate or Job Card to eForms application and marks the Application status as completed.Portal.
Step 9.The applicant will be notified about the completion status along with the Product ID of the Online Certificate, which can be downloaded from eProduct module of the Portal.
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