PROCEDURE TO FOLLOW RIGHT TO INFORMATION IN THE EMPLOYMENT GUARANTEE SCHEME:-

We can use and exercise Right to information in the employment guarantee scheme as found necessary in implementation of the scheme The onus of providing information rests with the Programme Officer at the Block Level,in the employment guarantee scheme as they act as the Information Officers and at the level of village/Panchayat the Panchayat Secretary acts as the Assistant Public Information Officer as per the provison made by the RTI act publications designated as such under sub -section (2) of Section 5 and the state Public Information Officer designated under sub-section (1) as the Public Information Officer. The district project coordinator (ADM cum -Project Director) acts as the information officer inthe district under the Right to information Act.The Rural employment guarantee act also makes it mandatory for some types of information to be disclosed proactively. In accordance with that an information wall has to be created in every village. The objective of the scheme, non -negotiable points, important guidelines, the details of work recorded in the annual plan , in order of their priority, estimated cost of the works etc . Details of works under progress , Number of labourers alloted for the works ,Detals of payment made to the labourers, Details of expenditure, Details of material purchased and details of material supplied .The following Registers are to be kept in the Gram Panchayat: Requisition Register for employment guarantee job card, Job Application register , Water register , Expenditure register , MR register , Assets register and the Complaints Register .