In-Focus Programmes

The Cluster Facilitation Program (CFP) has a vision of addressing poverty in aspirational districts/backward areas with a multi-pronged strategy of leveraging the synergies of different flagship programme of the Central Government/State Governments in convergence with MGNREGS through better coordination, planning and its implementation. The CFP programme is implemented in Eleven blocks of Six districts of state i.e. Amravati (Chikhaldara),Gadchiroli (Dhanora and Kurkheda), Gondia (Tiroda) , Nandurbar(Navapura, Akkalkuwa and Shahada), Osmanabad (Paranda and Kalamb) and Washim (Manora and Malegaon).

The CFP Programme Guidelines.
The Progress report of CFP at NREGASoft.
Cluster Facilitation Programme website.

The project "UNNATI" intends to upgrade the skill-base of the Mahatma Gandhi NREGA workers, and thereby improve their livelihoods, so that they can move from the current partial employment to full employment and thereby reduce their dependence on Mahatma Gandhi NREGS.

Project Unnati Guidelines.
Project Unnati website.

Under this programme, the unskilled wage component of 90 days in construction of houses sanctioned under the
• Prime Minister AwasYojna (PMAY),
• ShabriGharkulYojna (For SC beneficiary from Govt of Maharashtra)
• RamaiAwasYojna (For SC and Neo-Buddhist beneficiary from Govt of Maharashtra)
is to be covered in MGNREGS in creation of individual assets for vulnerable sections (only for households in Paragraph 5 of Schedule-I, MGNREGA).

The major objective of this convergences is to compensate the beneficiary for the foregone wage employment and thereby monetise the hitherto unaccounted unskilled wage component of the construction of houses under such schemes so that the durable assets are built up under MGNREGS; and quality of the houses is improved, enhancing the quality of life of rural poor.

PMAY Portal

Mission Water Conservation (MWC) focuses on strengthening the natural resource base, following types of activities are useful to fulfil the objectives of MWC:
a) In-site moisture conservation (e.g. Field bunding)
b) Ground water recharge structures (e.g. Percolation Tanks)
c) Water harvesting structures (e.g. Ponds)
d) Water conveyance structures (e.g. Feeder channels)
e) Works related to efficient use of water (e.g. Land development)
f) Structures for drainage of excess water (e.g. Diversion drains)

In Maharashtra, there are 143 block from 22 districts are identified as MWC blocks and they have to maintain at least 65% of the MGNREGS expenditure on Natural resource management related works. The MWC blocks also emphasises systematic and outcome-based planning by adopting ridgeto valley approach in planning and execution of water and soil conservation works. In these MWC blocks, watershed-based planning is recommended instead of planning standalone works.

Mission Water Conservation Progress

The mechanisation of Agriculture has promoted the usage of agriculture machinery in Sowing, inter-cultivation, harvesting, threshing and other works in agriculture.To facilitate the movement of these machinery, it is necessary to have suitable agricultural/irrigation roads for perennial crops at farm field and within villages, thus government of Maharashtra has launched “MatoshreeGramsamrudhiShet/Panand Rasta Scheme" for construction of farm and approach roads in the state. Under this initiative, the work related to Strengthening of existing farm/water kaccha roads and Construction of unpaved and unpaved roads by de-encroachment of farm/water road is taken.

This program meets the objective to provide unskilled work on demand and to build productive community assets and basic infrastructural facility in the rural areas.GR of  Matoshri Panand Rasta Yojna

Under Sharad Pawar Gram SamruddhiYojna, 4 type of individual work is given highest priority for eligible beneficiary seeking work in rural areas of whole of the state. The list of such works are as below

1. Construction of Shed for Cow/Buffalo.
2. Construction of goat rearing shed.
3. Construction of poultry Shed.
4. Construction of BhuSanjeevani NADEP Compost.

GR of Sharad Pawar Gram SamruddhiYojna

Under Category B Type of work, the MGNREGS focus on improving the livelihoods of vulnerable sections (households are in para 5 of Schedule I of MGNREGA) through horticulture, sericulture plantation, other kinds of plantation, and farm forestry.

To facilitate the horticulture and other plantation at the beneficiaries' field under MGNREGS, the Government of Maharastra has taken initiative wherein three types of the plantation i.e. Fruit Plantation, Flower, Medicinal, and spices are promoted. Under this initiative, the beneficiaries may apply for any of the 83 types of plantations for a maximum of 2 hectares of land. The plantation may be selected by applicants inv view of the local agroclimatic suitability of the plantation. A special mobile application is designed for the demand generation of applicants.

According to provision of MGNREGA, 2005, the District Program Coordinator is expected to prepare the labor budget of the MGNREGS in his district. The Government of Maharashtra has decided to prepare year 2022-23 labor budget as a Samruddhi Labor Budget. The EGS Department has adopted the principle of “मी समृद्ध तर गाव समृद्ध , गाव समृद्ध तर पर्यायाने माझा महाराष्ट्र समृद्ध" and taken many new iniatives to improve the living condition and alleviate poverty from the farmers/agricultural laborers and other people in the rural areas. Under Samrddhi Budget, instead of village as focal point of planning, the household will be considered as the focal point for the planning of Gram Panchayat labour budget of year. Under this new iniatives, the responsibility of the Gram Panchayat, Panchayat Samiti, Zilla Parishad and other participating agencies and line department of state government has been greatly increased so that the needy and poor families in the rural areas can be brought above the poverty line through MGNREGS. Under the Samruddhi Budget, the planning of labour budget is carried as below The GR of Samruddhi Budget can be read here.