Empanelment with Ministry of Rural Development, Ministry of Panchayati Raj and Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation
Theme: Governance and Institutions
Institute for Human Development (IHD), is empanelled as an institutional National Level Monitor (NLM)/ National Level Field Verification Agency (NLFVA) with three ministries, namely (i) Ministry of Rural Development, (ii) Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation and (iii) Ministry of Panchayati Raj. The institute undertakes regular monitoring of various schemes and programmes implemented by the ministries along with field verification, as deputed. It further also conducts verification of complaints/enquires related to any scheme/programme of serious nature.
Some of the schemes/programmes monitored include (i) MNREGS, (ii) Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin) (SBM-G), (iii) PMGSY, (iv) Basic verification of Panchayat Jan-Mar 2018, (v) field verification of the Panchayats under Panchayat Sashakti karan Puraskar and Rashtriya Gaurav Gram Sabha Puraskar, etc. Further, the institute collects quantitative and qualitative data both, at the household level and the village level through structured questionnaire/survey. This data is uploaded on the website by the institute itself. Additionally, a final report is submitted to the respective ministries with a copy to the district collectors with findings and policy recommendations.
The following projects were evaluated as the National Level Monitor during the year:
- Project name: Swachh Bharat Mission- Gramin and National Rural Drinking Water Programme
- Sponsored ministry: Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation, GOI
- Coverage: 6 districts (36 villages) in Himachal Pradesh- Kullu, Mandi, Shmila, Lahul and Spiti, Sirmaur, Solan
- Project name: National Level Monitoring (Rural Development)
- Sponsored ministry: Ministry of Rural Development
- Coverage: Four Districts of Uttar Pradesh (Lucknow, Unnao, Siddarth Nagar, Maharajganj)
- Project name: Swachh Bharat Mission- Gramin and National Rural Drinking Water Programme
- Sponsored ministry: Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation, GOI
- Coverage: Seven Districts of Assam (Karimganj,Dhubri, Golaghat,Debrugarh, Jorhat, KarbiAnglong, Dhemaji
- Project name: Deen Dayal Upadhayay Panchayat Sashaktikaran Puraskar
- Sponsored ministry: Ministry of Panchayati Raj
- Coverage: 13 Panchayat in Andhra 15 Pradesh and 12 Panchayat in Gujarat
- Project name: National Level Monitoring (Rural Development)
- Sponsored ministry: Ministry of Rural Development
- Coverage: Six Districts of Madhya Pradesh (Sehore, Ujjain, Indore, Dhar, Alirajpur and Dewas)