Tripura Urban Employment Programme(TUEP): An Overview Amitabha Sinha Tripura University
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On 15th May 2009, Urban Development Department of Government of Tripura launched TUEP by issuing a memorandum. In order to pro provi vide de empl employ oyme ment nt oppo opport rtun unit itie iess in urba urban n area areas, s, TUEP TUEP was was intr introd oduc uced ed in Trip Tripur uraa in the the urba urban n area areas. s. TUEP TUEP is mode modele led d on NREGA. NREGA. However, However, there there are certain certain difference differencess also to suit ground realities.
2. Some of the major features of the TUEP can be discussed briefly. 2(a) Procedure of application:
The urban households shall have to submit the names of their family members, age and address with photographs to the Local Body. The Local Bodies are Agartala Municipal Council and Nagar Panchayats. The Urban Local Body will register BPL households after making field verification and issue Job Cards. The Job Cards shall contains details of adult members of the households and there photographs. The registered persons shall submit written application for work to the Urban Local Body.
(b) Wages:
Wage Wa ge per per day day shal shalll be the the noti notifi fied ed mini minimu mum m wage age whic which h is now now Rs.100/-.
(c) Employment Days:
It has been decided to provide 50 days of employment in a year to one adult member of each listed BPL family.
(d)Nodal Agency:
The Urban Local Body shall be the nodal agency for implementation of schemes of different line departments which have specific projects.
(e) Type of Work:
Sl.N o. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
Type of Work
Garbage Collection and Disposal Clearing of Roads Roadside Jungle Clearance Avenue Plantation Flood Protection Measures New Road- Brick Soiling Maint ainten enaance/ nce/ Be Beaut autifi ificatio ation n of Par Park, k, Play lay Gro Groun und, d, Wa Wate ter r Areas, Community Services etc.
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Routine Main
The list is illustrative and not exhaustive. F. Payment System:
Workers shall be paid wages through post office or bank account only. While opening accounts preference will be given to post offices, Urban Development Banks, Gramin Bank, State Co-operative Banks and other nationalized Banks. Payment of wages will be made within 7 days of work done. G. Transparency Measures:
(i) Carefully preparing Job Register. Register. (ii) (ii)
100% 100% ver verif ific icat atio ion n of Mus Muste terr Roll Roll..
(iii)
Using Using number numbered ed Muster Muster Roll Roll to be issued issued by Imple Implemen mentin ting g Officer only.
(iv) Payment
(v) (v)
through Post office/Bank Accounts.
Cond Conduc ucti ting ng soc socia iall audi auditt twic twicee a yea year. r.
(vi) (vi) Compla Complaint int moni monitor toring ing and and grie grievan vance ce redr redress esses. es. (vii)Vigilance and Monitoring Committee at ULB level. (viii)Gradual transition to computerized data bases within a time frame with assistance from Director, IT and NIC. H. Planning and Monitoring Mechanism:
(i) Each ULB shall form a cell with existing 2 Grade-C and 1 Grade-D employees.
(ii)The Cell will be headed by the Chief Executive Officer/Executive Officer. (iii (iii)A )Att stat statee leve level, l, ther theree shal shalll be a Moni Monito tori ring ng Unit Unit in the the Urba Urban n Development Department headed by the Director. (iv)ULBs (iv)ULBs shall shall submit submit Utilizat Utilization ion Certific Certificate ate to Directora Directorate te of Urban Development. (3) Progress of Work:
The following table shows the distribution of Job Cards in the 16 Urban Areas of Tripura. Sl. NAME OF THE JOB FUND MANDAYS No. AMC& NP CARDS PLACED ISSUED (Rs. In LAKHS) 1 2 3 4 5 1 Agartala Municipal 21664 705.99 705.99 Council 2 Dharmanagar 1531 130.26 130.26 3 Kailashar 1447 68.07 68.07 4 Kumarghat 1086 38.15 38.15 5 Kamalpur 1017 22.04 22.04 6 Khowai 1289 41.52 44.52 7 Teliamura 2305 63.47 63.47 8 Ranirbazar 1495 52.70 52.70 9 Sonamura 1774 31.15 31.15 10 Udaipur 1899 57.80 57.80 11 Amarpur 788 20.02 20.02 12 Sabroom 848 39.46 39.46 13 Belonia 1572 64.50 64.50 14 Bishalgarh 1328 20.00 20.00 15 Ambassa 876 29.00 29.00 16 Santibazar 1596 23.00 22045
Total
42515
1407.43
454851
TUEP-Tripura Urban Employment Employment Programme: A Case Study on Agartala Municipal Council, Ward No.33
Ward no. 33 is located in the extended area of Agartala Municipal Council. The total geographical area of this ward is 4 sq. km. Total population of this ward is about 11,495 and most of the population belongs to scheduled castes and other backward communites. Among 1178 families only 204 families have the BPL card. Apart from those, 154 families are provided Antodaya and Annapurna Scheme.
In the annual conference of the Ward it was announced that 384 fami famili lies es are are also also gett gettin ing g allo allowa wanc ncee unde underr soci social al secu securi rity ty sche scheme me.. Moreover, there is a plan to bring 315 families under this social security scheme. 160 families are covered under worker help scheme.
Educational infrastructure of this ward is good. There is one higher secondary school, two junior basic schools, eleven Angan Wadi Centres (AWC) and one Sarva Shiksha Centre (SSC). (SSC). There is a good scope for learning cultural activities. There is a town hall named Samar Chaudhuri Memo Memori rial al Hous Housee (Bha (Bhava van) n),, a Comm Commun unit ity y Hall Hall name named d Bank Bankum umar arii community hall and Usha Ranjan Open Theater. There are four Fair
Price Shops to distribute the essential commodities among the people. There is a 5 member committee to supervise the activities of these Fair Price Shops. There is one health centre and one sub centre to provide medical care.
Three (3) deep tube wells, 8 tube wells, 3 sanitary wells, 3 Mark-IIs and 1 Mark-I tube well are there as sources of drinking water. Pure water is supplied through 45 pipe lines in this locality. The ward is advanced in terms of consumption of electricity. Around 98% area of the locality comes under electricity service. Under Kutir Jyoti Scheme, 105 families are covered. Seventy additional families are proposed to bring unde underr this this sche scheme me.. To prov provid idee stre street et ligh lightt faci facili lity ty,, elec electr tric ic line line installation work has been completed upto 5 km. Three (3) km. electric extension is also sanctioned. Fifty five (55) sodium vapour lamps, 5 tube lights and 254 CFL bulbs have been provided for purposes of street lighting.
Under the TUEP Scheme, 1,095 families have been provided Job Card. Through this scheme huge numbers of fixed assets have been created through the money sanctioned under the scheme. More over a number of roads have been constructed in this ward under other schemes and old roads are also repaired. Mud drains are converted into pucca drains. Most of the government offices are now pucca buildings. In the
last financial year total expenditures under TUEP scheme was Rs. 31, 02,453. 12,751 working days have been created under this scheme. All together it can be said that development works are on progress.
