Sec 14 (6) of the Mahatma Gandhi NREG
Act envisage that the DPC shall prepare in the month of December every year a
Labour Budget for the next financial year containing the details of anticipated
demand for unskilled manual work in the district and plan for engagement of
labourers in the works covered under the Scheme and submit it to the district
Panchayat. Para 6.1.3 of the Operational Guidelines for Mahatma Gandhi NREGA
2013(4th Edition) stipulate that Labour Budgets are to be prepared in
accordance with the process prescribed in sections 13 to16 of MGNREGA which is
further elaborated in chapter 6 of the Operational Guidelines for Mahatma
Gandhi NREGA . Labour Budget means a document which involves assessment of the
quantum of work likely to be demanded in the district along with shelf of
projects to meet this demand. This matching of demand and supply of work is the
process of planning under MGNREGA and this is to be achieved through the
preparation of a Labour Budget (LB)
The District Programme Coordinator has
to ensure strict adherence to the principles of bottom-up approach from
planning to approval of the selected shelf of projects by each of the Gram
Sabhas (GSs) in the district. The projects to be taken up as part of the Labour
Budget should emerge from an integrated plan for local development with focus
on Natural Resource Management especially on a micro watershed basis so that
sustainable livelihoods are created
Government of Kerala, as per Circular referred as first
paper above has issued detailed Guidelines for the preparation of Labour Budget
and Shelf of projects for 2013 14 with the time line for completing the
processes involved in it. The suggested time line for preparation of the LB for
2014 15 are as follows: -
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Sl No
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Date
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Activity
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1
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Before July 27
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Meeting of Block level facilitators
and training
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2
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Before August 3
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Formulation of NHG level LB and works
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3
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Before August 8
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Workers Grama Sabha
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4
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Before August 14
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Preparation of the Ward level LB and
Shelf of Projects by the Ward Level Coordination Committee
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5
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August 15
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Grama Sabha
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6
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Before August 25
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The GP approved LB and Shelf of
Project to be handed over to BPO
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7
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Before September 15
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The BPO consolidates the GP Labour
Budget & Shelf of proposal and submits the Block level LB
& Shelf of Projects to the Block Panchayat
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8
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Before October 2
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The Block Panchayats approves the
Block level LB and Shelf of projects and submits to the DPC
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9
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Before November 15
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The DPC consolidates the BP
Labour Budget & Shelf of proposal and submits the
District level LB & Shelf of Projects to the District
Panchayat
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10
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Before December 1
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The District Panchayat approves
the District level LB and Shelf of projects
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11
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Before December 15
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Submission of approved LB and Shelf
of projects to the State Mission to place it in the SEGC
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12
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December 31
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The District Panchayat approved
LB and Shelf of projects submitted to Government of India after data entry in
the MIS
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13
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January
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Government of India scrutinize the
Proposal submitted by Districts
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14
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February
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Empowered Committee meetings at the
Central level to agree the proposed LB
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15
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February/March
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The agreed LB intimation from
Government of India to the State. Subsequently, the State should intimate the
revised LB and request the GPs to modify the entered data in the MIS to
suit the agreed LB
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16
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April 7
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State to intimate the OB and on the
basis of the requirement get first tranche of Central share upfront
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The Government Circular issued for the
preparation of LB for the year 2014 15 is based on the MGNREGA Guidelines of
2013. However, the Circular for 2015 16 need modifications since the Amendment
to Sch I & II are notified on 3.1.2014. The Circular for preparation of LB
for the year 2015 16 will be issued shortly
