Punjab Govt sets up special unit to audit MGNREGA work

Punjab Government on Friday set up a special department at the Joint Development Commissioner's office to conduct the social audit of works being allocated under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA).The department called ‘Social Audit Cell’ would be headed by a professionally qualified Director with minimum 10 years of experience in social audit, said an official spokesperson of Punjab Rural Development and Panchayat Department.

He said that the Director would be assisted by |four Social Audit Experts to conduct the social audit of works being allocated under MGNREGA.The person applying for the post of Director, should be a post graduate in any field and is to have experience in social audit and has been right based activist for not less than 10 years, he said.

He said that for the post of Social Audit Experts, a candidate should be post-graduate in a Social Science disciple and must have a one-year diploma in Computer applications.They should not be a government official and is to be a reputed representative of civil society and would have significant experience of minimum three years in working on social audit and rights of the poor.