EMPIRICAL ASSESSMENT OF SOCIAL AUDIT OF MGNREGA: A CASE STUDY OF HAMIRPUR DISTRICT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH

Authors

  • Dr. Sapna K Sharma
  • Dr. Rajeev Bansal
  • Vinod Kumar

Keywords:

MGNREGA, People Participation, Social Audit, Transparency

Abstract

Social audit is an audit of programme that is conducted jointly by the Government functionaries and the people, especially by those who are affected by or are the intended beneficiary of such schemes. Social audit can be described as verification of the implementation of a program and its result by the community with the active involvement of stakeholder. By using social audit general public is empowered to monitor the working of Panchayati Raj Institution (PRIs), especially in the implementation of rural employment programme MGNREGA. With the help of social audit people are able to make panchayat office bearer and officials accountable. The present paper is an attempt to review the actual functioning of social audit in Hamirpur district. The study reveals that with the advent of social audit the implementing agencies are becoming more and more accountable and transparent in their functioning. There is a need to enlarge the ambit of the social audit to include other rural development programmes so that people can get their due benefit.

Author Biographies

Dr. Sapna K Sharma

Assistant Professor, Department of Public Administration, NSCBM Government College Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh, India

Dr. Rajeev Bansal

Deputy Director (Research), Himachal Pradesh Institute of Public Administration, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India

Vinod Kumar

Research Assistant, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, National Institute of Technology Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh, India. 

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Published

2019-11-21

How to Cite

Sharma, D. S. K., Bansal, D. R., & Kumar, V. (2019). EMPIRICAL ASSESSMENT OF SOCIAL AUDIT OF MGNREGA: A CASE STUDY OF HAMIRPUR DISTRICT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH. ADMINISTRATIVE DEVELOPMENT: A Journal of HIPA Shimla, 6(1), 255–263. Retrieved from https://qtanalytics.in/journals/index.php/HIPA/article/view/446

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Vol. 6 No. 1 (2019): Administrative Development " A Journal of HIPA, Shimla"

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