DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND PANCHAYATI RAJ RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REVISION OF ESTIMATES AND ANALYSIS OF RATES AND ESCALATION/DESCLATION OF MATERIAL AND LABOUR, AS PER THE PROVISION MADE BY GOVERNMENT OF INDIA, BASED ON REVISED GUIDELINES.

It is necessary to follow codes for considerations and specifications and revise  the analysis of rates using the co-efficient for materials &labour as per provision where in consumption of materials/cement for various items are also verified and added with the increase and escalation. Minimum wages are increased time to time by the Government and the departments taking cognisance of the increase in rates and revised for the civil works pertaining to building construction and roads and culverts. 10 percent contractors profit and 5 percent overhead charges have been allowed to cover labour expenses like accident insurance, medical allowance supervision and transportation etc etc. The standard schedule of rates are made more comprehensive with a view to making the document more useful and correct, accurate and updated from time to time to incorporate modifications that are being considered by the executive authorities applicable to the entire state and departments, where in labour rates are provided separately for all the items to facilitate the departmental execution/private works taken in hand by the contractors in different levels of the items of works. The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme/Act particular introduced for the rural areas also separately doing their work and maintaining the rates of materials like cement etc at their own levels and labour rates are also time to time enhanced by the Government of state even though and more over their estimates are also providing the same schedule of rates and their Engineers are not following separate analysis of rates for their schemes and projects however it is very surprising that the Department of Rural Development and panchayati raj taking no cognisance of the such codal formalities of the social audit and measurements too necessary for the revision of estimates and the analysis of rates if so required in future escalation/desclation by fixing the cost indices accordingly and denying to work in the public interest, even complaints are registered before the respective Chief Secretary of the state Government to issue necessary directions in the interest of general public demanding facilitation for the use of their minor works and the Schemes introduced for the welfare of general public , under these conditions and circumstances of the Government of India instructions time to time issued by the Government necessary complaints could not be denied for the appropriate action required to be considered by the Ombudsman of every district as such people are facing problems because of their non cooperation with the public services and construction of the minor works in the interest of general public where split up sanction may be taken from the programme officer and the District project Coordinator (ADM -Cum project Director) responsible for the remedial measures under law code manual prefixed by the MGNREGA/Schemes, in this behalf of the good governance and charter of public accountability.