Inaugurating the workshop organised for newly appointed Lokpals under MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act), MGNREGA Commissioner Rajeshwari B said that all Lokpals have to discharge their responsibilities as per the guidelines issued by the Government of India. For this, along with understanding every aspect of MGNREGA, it is necessary to have a deep understanding of the role of Lokpal.
The Commissioner told the participants that the post of Lokpal is not a post but an institution, where they have to redress the complaints according to the rules and laws. It is the impartiality of the Lokpal that gives it the form of an institution.
Rajeshwari said that the Lokpals of 19 districts would be trained in this five-day workshop organized at the Institute of Rural Development. During this, they will be given provisions of MGNREGA and rights of labour beneficiary, functions and responsibilities of Lokpal, Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for grievance redressal under MGNREGA, Social Audit, Right to Information Act, Grievance registration and redressal in Lokpal office and social justice.
The MGNREGA Commissioner asked all the newly appointed Lokpals to become role models by discharging their excellent responsibilities. Patiently listen, examine and decide the problem or complaints like a judge. Approve the punishment if deemed necessary. She asked the Lokpals to conduct maximum field visits and emphasized on geo-tagging of plan implementation. On this occasion, Master Trainer, Thakur Gauri Shankar, Lecturer Mukesh Kumar, Lecturer Anil Yadav, Assistant Director and other officials were present.