Key stakeholders in the MGNREGA planning

Step 2. Permissible work under MGNREGA and planning process

Key stakeholders

  • Wage seekers (job card holders)

  • Gram Sabha (GS)

  • Three-tier Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs),
       especially the Gram Panchayat (GP)

  • Programme Officer at the Block level

  • District Programme Coordinator (DPC)

  • State Government

  • Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD)

  • Civil Society

  • Other stakeholders [viz. line departments,
       convergence departments, Self-Help Groups
       (SHGs), etc.

    • Key roles of Gram Sabha
    The Gram Sabha (GS) has the following rights and responsibilities under the Act:

  • It determines the order of priority of works in
         the meetings of the Gram Sabha keeping in
         view potential of the local area, its needs,
         local resources (Para 4 (2), Schedule I)

  • Monitor the execution of works within the GP.

  • It is the primary forum for conduct of social
         audits. It provides a platform to all residents
         to seek and obtain all relevant information
         from all the Implementing Agencies including
         GP in relation to MGNREGA works
         implemented in the GP area.

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