Social audit of mgnrega; Experience from Arunachal Pradesh

The success and failure of any schemes implemented at the community level is largely determined by the dedicated follow-up and monitoring activities. The social audit which empower the participation of the community in both implementation and monitoring of the MGNREGA has brought remarkable changes in performance and accountability of the scheme in the country. In Arunachal Pradesh, the new concept of social audit emerged as a ray of hope for increasing the performance output of MGNREGA. In this paper, the significance, objectives, and various constraints involved in the conduct of the social audit of MGNREGA in Arunachal Pradesh has been presented. The study shows the various findings of social audit undertaken in 110 Gram Panchayats of the state during 2017-18 and constrains of social audit in Arunachal Pradesh.