CRISP-M Tool for MGNREG Scheme

• 16 Oct 2021

Why in News

Recently, the Climate Resilience Information System and Planning (CRISP-M) tool for Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) was launched.

Key Points

• CRISP-M Tool:
  
  • It will help embed climate information in the Geographic Information System (GIS) based planning and implementation of MGNREGS.
    
    • GIS is a computer system that analyzes and displays geographically referenced information.
  • The implementation of CRISP-M will open up new possibilities for rural communities to deal with the issues of climate change.
  • This tool will be used in seven states: Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Odisha and Rajasthan.
• MGNREGScheme:
  
  • About: It is one of the largest work guarantee programmes in the world.
  • Launch:
    
    • It was launched on 2^nd February 2006.
    • The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act was passed on 23^rd August 2005.
  • Objective:
    
    • To guarantee 100 days of employment in every financial year to adult members of any rural household willing to do public work-related unskilled manual work.
  • Legal Right to Work:
    
    • Unlike earlier employment guarantee schemes, the act aims at addressing the causes of chronic poverty through a rights-based framework.
    • At least one-third of beneficiaries have to be women.
    • Wages must be paid according to the statutory minimum wages specified for agricultural labourers in the state under the Minimum Wages Act, 1948 (now subsumed under Code on Wages, 2019).
  • Demand-Driven Scheme:
    
    • The most important part of MGNREGA’s design is its legally-backed guarantee for any rural adult to get work within 15 days of demanding it, failing which an ‘unemployment allowance’ must be given.
    • This demand-driven scheme enables the self-selection of workers.
  • Decentralised Planning:
    
    • There is an emphasis on strengthening the process of decentralisation by giving a significant role to the Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) in planning and implementing these works.
    • The act mandates Gram sabhas to recommend the works that are to be undertaken and at least 50% of the works must be executed by them.

Source: PIB