RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE SOCIAL AUDITOR IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ENTITLEMENTS AND THE SPIRIT OF THE ACT:-

The present situation of the MGNREGS/Act is not in the good conditions and under these conditions and circumstances of the demand under public utility it is becoming necessary for the all related RTI activists and volunteers as well as the Resource persons to follow responsibilities of their area and circle as Social Auditor where in the social auditor should have a complete understanding of the National Employment Guarantee Act/Scheme and should create an awareness of the scheme among the people of area connected with the communities welfare and he should go to the villages and get familiar with the issues to be raised and also have complete knowledge regarding the implementation of the scheme in that village. Awareness about the social audit process should be created in the villagers and the beneficiaries and should ensure their participation in it. It should be closely examined by the social auditor, whether the scheme is being implemented in accordance with the entitlements and the spirit of the Act and scheme under consideration. Statements of the wage seekers and the people and the information disclosed by them should be taken in writing and if any irregularities are observed during this process of the social audit of the scheme it must be brought to be notice and written complaint should be placed on the record of the official concerned. A report should be prepared incorporating the views of the people and wage earners as well as the points observed during the social audit process conducted by the social auditor of the scheme and the programme so approved by the programme officer in this behalf. At the same time the reports should be read aloud publicly in the presence of the people and their approval sought. Transparency in the implementation of work, before commencement of the work to explain the works requirements to the workers including the labour and the material as per the consumption statement of the estimated work and technical sanction is too obtained from the Office and authority under RTI act and necessary material consumption register verified in addition to the Muster Rolls at the site of work and the measurements of the work done should be taken by the Junior Engineer before the group identity so that justification of the work done may be verified by the vigilance committee monitoring the site of works and making the regular visits for the day to day cross check of the work done and the progress made as per the estimate of the scheme under construction.