This report would be useful for all seeking answer to rural development securing 100 per cent delivery of the entitlements. I suggest mandatory social audit for all villages engaging NGO's through Gram Sabhas since panchayat leaders wish to retain votes without causing any harm to any. NGO's organising social audits absolves Panchayat leaders of the responsibility of the findings of the social audit report. Ejaz Khan, Sarpanch of Kota Panchayat is an ideal Sarpanch offering cooperation in the social audit which Dr. Alam conducted in 2014.

1. 7/16/2014 Social Audit
Report on the
Implementation
of ICDS, PDS and
MDM
In the village Manikadar, Kota
Panchayat, Jawa Block, District,
Reewa, Madhya Pradesh
Dr. Mukhtar Alam
NAITIONAL CONFEDERATION OF DALIT ORGANISATIONS

2. Section 1. Introduction about National Campaign on Nutrition for Dignity and Lead
Organization and coverage:
The Constitution of India (Article 47) directs the state to consider raising the level of
nutrition and standard of living of its people and improvement in public health among its
primary duties.
“Duty of the State to raise the level of nutrition and the standard of living and to improve
public health The State shall regard the raising of the level of nutrition and the standard
of living of its people and the improvement of public health as among its primary duties
and, in particular, the State shall endeavour to bring about prohibition of the consumption
except for medicinal purposes of intoxicating drinks and of drugs which are injurious to
health” (http://indiankanoon.org/doc/1551554/)
Improvement in Nutritional status of Dalits and Adivasis is important as nutrition is vital to
human development. In spite of several initiatives and interventions, sizable segment of
the Dalit, Adivasi and socially excluded population are not having access to adequate
nutrition .Due to serious deficits in nutritional intake among Dalits, Adivasis and
vulnerable communities nutrition security eludes families and individuals.
In this context, NACDOR in collaboration with its 2100 network partners, spread across 23
states of Indian, stakeholders and duty bearers at community, district, state and national
level has launched a National Campaign on Nutrition for Dignity with actions at the
grassroots, block, district, state and national level. State level Nutrition Campaign
Committees have been formed for deepening the campaign for realizing nutrition security
for Dalits, Adivasis and excluded communities in the state of Madhya Pradesh for taking up
the issues of Nutrition with Dignity for SCs / STs and other vulnerable groups in the state
of Madhya Pradesh. It is well known that successful State Nutrition Campaign strategies
would involve careful efforts to combine knowledge, technology, expertise, participation
of nutritionally families and households, institutional capacities, management skills,
learning, and practical experience for generating optimum results. NACDOR believes that
this would not be possible without proper collaboration among diversified stakeholders.
State Level Networking through Madhya Pradesh State Steering Committee for National
Campaign on Nutrition for Dignity is initiating and maintaining contact with individuals and
CSOs , exchanging learning, sharing experience , cooperating for advocacy on the village
level implementation of food and nutritional security related programs and support each
other for realizing the common goals and agree to work together to achieve those goals.
State Nutrition Campaign Committee is a group of Dalits , Adivasi, women and minorities
led organizations, individuals working together to achieve advocacy goals and through
appropriate changes in policy, laws, or programmes for Nutrition Security with the
participation of academicians, Nutrition Experts, Institutes, Agencies, etc towards
deepening the campaign for realizing the goals of f Nutrition Security for from the
perspective of gender justice and inclusive justice leaving none behind in the state of
Madhya Pradesh.

3. Social audits at the panchayat level is an important process that generate actionable
learning and this is the reason, social audit has been envisaged in the NACDOR led National
Campaign on Nutrition for Dignity.
Section 2. Context of Social Audit with specific focus on Nutrition Security of Dalits,
Adivasis & Minorities
Social Audit is a powerful tool for 360 degree evaluations consisting of the examination of
record , learning on the entitlements, uptake of entitlement. Social audit in the village of
Manikadar was conducted for understanding the implementation of ICDS ,PDS and MDM
with special reference the delivery of entitlements as part of the grass root action under
National Campaign on Nutrition for Dignity for mainstreaming Nutrition Security of Dalits ,
Adivasis and minorities in the National Agenda of Action. Reewa is one the district chosen
in the sate of Madhya Pradesh for intensive panchayat level action to ensuring 100 per
cent delivery in quality, quantity and access for the benefits and services for children in
the age group of 0-18, pregnant and lactating mothers and adolescent girls and people
from SC and ST backgrounds under food and nutrition related schemes.
Section 3. Objective of Social Audit
Objective of the social audit was the following:
1. to find the gap between the provision of the food and nutrition security related
schemes and its delivery with special focus on Dalits and Adivasis.
2. To make people aware on the provision of the schemes
3. To meet the beneficieries and learn on deficits in uptake of entitlements and its
reasons
4. To present the findings on deficits to a Jury consisting of impartial community,
civil society leaders for action on administrative and policy gaps found during the
social audit
Section 4. Process of Conduct of Social Audit on Nutrition schemes with inclusion &
gender perspective – when started, who all involved, where contacted and whom
approached, letter to different groups, stakeholders engagement – how & what they
have contributed, Social Audit Team and their involvement.
Social audit consisted of the processes including aware meetings, data collection, training
of the social audit groups, conduct of gram sabha and then conduct of public hearing
followed up submission of demand on complaints and demands for redressal. NACDOR
initiated the process with the district leaders and leaders of the panchayat in the village
contacting the district administration, block level officials, civil society organizations,
press , children, women and youths in the month of April. After the awareness meetings
and seeking information through a survey format enclosed, GramSabha was organized for
discussing on the issues on 28 April, 2014. NACDOR representative met the district
administration, invited block level officials, press for public hearing. Letters were
delivered inviting block officials to the public hearing. Social Audit team was formed and
trained.

4. Figure 1Ejaz Ahmad Khan on the left with Dr.M.Mukhtar Alam, Senior State Advocacy
Coordinator, NCND, NACDOR
Gram Sabha as part of social audit process was organised under the chairmanship of Aijaz
Ahmad Khan , the Sarpanch. Mr Achchelal explained about the purpose of social audit and
informed all who did not know him as one who had met children, women and people in
this village in this regard. Dr. M. Mukhtar Alam informed on NACDOR, the campaign in the
national context , its origin in the realisation of NACDOR on the issues of serious deficits in
the nutritional status of children belonging the Dalits and Adivasis due to neglect in
planning and discrimination and corruption in delivery. Discussions in the Gram Sabha
showed that teachers in the school are not teaching the children . Mr. Sadho Prakash is
the only assistant teacher and rest are guest teachers.
Mr. Aijaz Ahmad Khan informed that Akhand Pratap Singh who is responsible for EGS at
Kota middle school is more interested in the activities of GayatriPariwar rather than
teaching. He assigns Hriday Narayan and leaves the school. Informing on the PDS, Mr.
Khan informed that for families having red card under Antodaya scheme, people are
getting 28 kg while they should be receiving 30 kg. For the blue card holders who are to
be given 35 kg, they are receiving 10 kg rice and 10 kg wheat. Thus PDS dealer is stealing 5
kg each of wheat and rice that is to be giving to Blue card holder BPL families. Kerosene
oil has not been given for the last three months. According to Mr. Khan old age pension
recipients are to receive 5 kg per month , workers under
MukhyamantriMazdoorSurakshaYojna are to receive 5 kg each ,but they had not received
any food grain till the date of public hearing. Also , those among the Dalits and Adivasis
who do not have any card are to receive 5 kg food grain per person per month. 40 such
families do not receive any food grain.
Savita Devi informed that sahayika is not visiting homes to collect the children. Brahmin
led group is cooking the food for anganwadi considering the fact that the group led by a
kol lady did not want a Basor women cooking the food. Acchelal and Dr. Mukhtar Alam
asked the group to ensure that untouchability within Dalit and Adivasi must be eliminated.
They explained that Basor women were adopting the cleanliness in the same way as all
who had access to water
were keeping clean like
everyone. Ram Rati
informed that children
from her tola have not
been given any service by
the Anganwadi. Kusum
Kali is not receiving
panjiri and khichri for her
four year old girl child.
She informed that due to
her demanding , Ms.
SiyadulariCharmkar has
stopped speaking to her
.Informing on the utensil
and glass, Ms. Kusum Kali said that these are not there. Toy are not given. Quality of
cooking is not good ,according to Kamla. Rice, daal is not cooked well and there is lot of
salt.

5. Figure 2Dr.M.Mukhtar Alam, Meeting the Press Representative at NACDOR
office, Dabhaura, Reewa explaining NCND and NACDOR social audit processes
for making district of Reewa Malnutrition Free
Gram Sabha concluded with the decision for attending the public hearing. Mr.Ram Naresh
collected the signature of the meeting and the Gram Sabha meeting was coordinated by
Mr. Achchelal under the chairmanship of the Sarpanch, Mr. Ejaz Ahmad Khan.
In the informal discussion, Ajaz Ahmad Khan showed about this initiative for granting the
land entitlements to Dalits and Adivasis for which panchayat was authorised to resolve and
request the revenue officer. His initiative is commendable. On the first day of visit to the
village, I had found him resolving the 20 year old dispute for land demarcation among title
holders. The land is important for letting landless households access to nutrition. There is
a need to work with Sarpanchs for making them oriented to allot land to landless removing
illegal encroachment by upper castes. He informed that encroachers are angry with him as
he is working for allotment
of 250 acre of land that is
not allotted and outside the
forest land. He showed the
panchayat book where there
is a provision for creating
colonies through panchayat
and getting the same
registered by the revenue
officer who must respond
within 30 days of application
of the panchayat. Meeting
with the press was held in
the afternoon. Press release
circulated in attached.
Jan Sunwai (public hearing) as the culmination of the social audit process in the village of
Manikadar, of Jawa block in district Reewa , Madhya Pradesh was organisedon 29 April,
2014 under the chairmanship of NumberdarKol, Manikadar with the participation of a Jury
consisting of Smt. Sakhia Devi, Ward member, Manikadar ,Aijaz Ahmad Khan , the
Sarpanch, Jagdish Singh Yadav of PanchsheelSewaSansthan and Madhya Pradesh
BhoomiAdhikarAndolan, Mr. Chotelal, NACDOR activist, Ram Naresh Yadav, a nutrition
activist , Ms. SiyaDulari, a CSO leader and Ms.Janmatma, activist journalist and editor of
BahiniDarbar.
Government representative included Mrs. UshaTripathi, Supervisor of ICDS for
Reewadistrict , Mr. Deepak , In charge , primary school , Ms. SiyadulariCharmkar,
Anganwadi Karyakarta, Anganwadi Sahayika, Mr. Prem Kumar Mishra, PDS dealer for
village based at Kota village and Mr. Lalji Mishra representative of the women’s group
supplying food for the primary school. Since ,Anganwadi worker had not reached in time,
Mr. UshaTripathi asked her on phone to reach in five minutes. She was excusing herself
saying that she was ill and therefore not able to reach . After receiving the threat of
Supervisor for recovery of all the goods, she managed to reach when the testimonies were
made.

6. Mr.Achchelal informed on the social audit group members and their names and they were
introduced to all. After introduction of the group, Mr. Acchelal informed on the provisions
of MDM, PDS and ICDS . Sharing the finding of social audit group, he informed that
Anganwadi issues as follows:
 Average opening of the anganwadis for 12 days only for uneven distribution of the
panjiri and khicri
 No toys given to children as per the testimonies
 Sahayika is not bringing the children
 Adivasi Children of the Ward number 6 (a tola )are left out completely with zero
service of the Anganwadi
 Women delivering in the maternal place not given supplementary nutrition
 All children not weighed for growth monitory
 Anganwadi found closed on 27, 28 April with not even Sahayika reaching there at
the Anganwadi
 Records could not be checked due to closure of anganwadi on all the occasions of
the visit of the social audit groups
 Utensil are not given to children
MDM issues were shared as below:
 For the 75 children enrolled food is cooked for 65-70 as per the attendance
 Quality of cooked food is not good. Rice, daal is not cooked well.
 There are time insects are found in the cooked food and children have thrown the
food.
 Primary school does not have a functional toilet, door is broken, urinal is there for
girls but loo is in dirty condition. Water arrangement for the toilet has been
removed by the Sarpanch
 Food is cooked as per the menu but quality is an issue
 Teaching in the classroom is not proper
 Two classrooms are there with one classroom having classes 4 and 5
 The building of the school has not been painted for many years due to non-
availability of the maintenance grant
 No boundary wall is there for the primary school
PDS issues were shared as below:
 As against the provision of 30 kg , people are receiving 28 kg for the red card
 For the blue card people are receiving 10 kg rice and 10 kg wheat per card
 Workers under MukhyamantriMazdoorSurakshaYojna are not receiving 5 kg per
person per month
 Pension recipient are not receiving 5 kg per person per month
 Dalits and Adivasis under the Right to Food having none of the card are not
receiving 5 kg per person per month
 Kerosene oil has not been received for the last three month
 Sugar is reduced to one kg
On hearing the issues, testimonies were
given by Sakhia Devi Kol, Rachna Devi Kol
, Krishna KumariKol,Nathia Devi Kol,

7. Figure 4Malkhan, Class V student testifying on the quality of Mid
Day Meal at Manikadar
Anand ,class 3 student , Malkhan ,Class 5 student and officials representing the delivery
of services responded. UshaTripathi informed on the time of the Anganwadi and how
Sahayika must collect the children from homes. She rebuked the Anganwadi worker who
reached late for public hearing only after having been threatened punitive action by the
Supervisor.Dr. M.Mukhtar Alam called for support to Sahayika considering the long
distances within the village.
Figure 3 Public Hearing with Women and Men Sitting seperately atManikadar
Mr. Ram Das Deepankar ,the school teacher informed on the Mid Day Meal functioning
saying that for the enrolment of 75 children food is cooked for 70 children and supplied by
the women’s group. For the handpump, he said that the same would be repaired before
the school reopens. Mr. Lalji Mishra representing her wife leading the women’s group
assured the quality issues would be addressed and children would not have problem.
Dr.Alam informed about the provision of the Mid Day Meal scheme informing on the
suggested addition of 50 gram each for children in primary and upper primary school along
with the addition of 12 gram ghee for enhancing the nutritive value of food.Mr. Deepankar
informed that untouchability was not being practiced at his school. Basor children were
eating with all.
PDS dealer Prem Narayan Mishra called salesman locally informed that panchayat
secretary has not completed feeding of on the names for those who are not receiving
foodgrains. As soon as feeding is
completed, he would be giving all as
per the allocation. He said till now, all
were given as per the allocation. He
called for reporting for village of
Chiraura where 40 upper caste men
have received BPL card. Sarpanch
Ejaz Ahmad Khan promised facilitation
of the feeding through the panchayat
secretary who was delaying the
feeding of data on the beneficiaries.
He said, tehseeldar should have been
here for getting the work done. Panchayat Secretary despite promising did not reach the
public hearing. Sarpanch complained that panchayat secretary had not met him for long
time.
Jury members called for following:
 Expediting feeding of data and issue of cards for the beneficiaries
 Sarpanch would be visiting the Anganwadi on the coming Tuesday ensuring the
distribution of the supplementary nutrition
 Mothers should be cooperating in sending the children and demanding best service
from Anganwadi
 Mothers whether deliveries their babies elsewhere should be receiving the
supplementary nutrition.

8.  Social Audit Group in cooperation with the Sarpanch would be monitoring the
delivery of full range of services to Anganwadi
 Children should be collected by Sahayika regularly and habitations being spread
over three kilometres mothers should be also cooperating in sending the children
 Anganwadi worker should be ensuring dignified treatment for all pregnant and
lactating mothers.
 Mothers delivering at her mother’s place should never be refused supplementary
nutrition.
 Sarpanch should be empowered to give the Utilisation certificate for food served
for children at Anganwadi
 Head teacher should be empowered to give the Utilisation certification for the
women’s groups in order to ensure delivery in quality of the Mid Day Meals.
 Eliminating untouchability practiced by Dalit and Adivasis for Bansal community
men ,women and children engaged in bamboo based crafts and pig rearing
With participation of more than 200 men and women , the public hearing concluded with
the resolution on the issue for land titles for people who have constructed homes in the
government land till 2011. The dynamism, involvement of women, children and men in the
village from among Dalits, Adivasis
proved the huge demand for the
services .Public hearing proved an
occasion for sharing the pent up
grievances. Overall conduct of the
public hearing was coordinated by
Acchelal with the support of Dr.
M.Mukhtar Alam ensuring expression
of grievances and responses from all
sides including that of children who
were the primary recipients for the
benefits.
On the land rights, gram sabha resolution was made for Dalits and Adivasis on the land
that they have been using without having certificate for acquisition. Resolution was signed
by the Sarpanch for which application needs to be made for issue of certificate by
Tehseeldar for Dalit and Adivasi who are settled there and using the land for cultivation.
CG Net service 08050068000 number was used for relaying the news. The news is heard by
the government and action is taken. Ms.Janmatma of BahiniDarbar recorded the
statement of Dr. Alam and Ejaz Ahmad Khan for the three minute news recording that is
heard by all engaged in activism, government and others interesting peoples issues and
governance. Mr. Acchelal in the evening also recorded the news on Jan Sunwai and
findings.
Figure 5People returning from Public Hearing with the picture of
primary school in the background

9. Returning from the village after public,
Dr Alam and Achchelal visited village
Gaunta and enquired about the status of
Anganwadi, PDS and school. Villagers
informed that ration was not made
available for the last two years. Mini
Anganwadi was not functioning at all
with a local being the Anganwadi worker
who was neglected. Sonam Adivasi did
not go to school after passing class 5
from the primary school. Dr. Alam and
Achchelal encouraged her to take
admission in Dabhaura middle school and requested elders in the village to keep on
working for continuation of education for all Adivasi children so that they could benefit
from reservation and get jobs in government.
Attached press release was made and given to Mr. Gulab Dwivedi for circulation along with
two representative pictures.
Section 5. About the Gram Panchayat – Demographic Data - Situation of Nutrition
specific schemes and functioning of Panchayat.
Manikadar village is part o the Kota panchayatin falls under Jawa block with the
population figures as below:
S.No Name of Block
Population
General SC ST Total
1 Jawa 92946 23918 26798 143662
2 Teonthar 112641 22061 29265 163967
3 Sirmour 145618 28858 28422 202898
4 Gangev 119171 25344 14706 159221
5 Hanumana 108956 23298 31824 164078
6 Mauganj 93476 19932 13760 127168
7 Naigarhi 83945 21232 7592 112793
8 Rewa 245218 38722 21527 305467
9 Raipur Karchulian 129972 26550 19211 175733
Total 1131943 229915 193105 1554987
Meetings have shown that nutrition situation is not perfect for all children, adolescent
girls, pregnant and lactating mothers. In the village, there are habitations that are not
being reached by the Anganwadi.
Section 6. Findings of Social Audit
Schemes Major Findings / Issues Jury Decisions Responsibility
ICDS  Average opening of the
anganwadis for 12 days only for
uneven distribution of the
 Sarpanch would be
visiting the Anganwadi
on the coming Tuesday
Karyakarta to
and Village
Nutrition and
Figure 6Sonam Adivasi in village dropped out from Class V in
village Gaunta, Jawa Block, District -Reewa,MP

10. panjiri and khicri
 No toys given to children as per
the testimonies
 Sahayika is not bringing the
children
 Adivasi Children of the Ward
number 6 (a tola )are left out
completely with zero service of
the Anganwadi
 Women delivering in the
maternal place not given
supplementary nutrition
 All children not weighed for
growth monitory
 Anganwadi found closed on 27,
28 April with not even Sahayika
reaching there at the Anganwadi
 Records could not be checked
due to closure of anganwadi on
all the occasions of the visit of
the social audit groups
 Utensil are not given to children
ensuring the
distribution of the
supplementary
nutrition
 Mothers should be
cooperating in sending
the children and
demanding best
service from
Anganwadi
 Mothers whether
deliveries their babies
elsewhere should be
receiving the
supplementary
nutrition.
 Social Audit Group in
cooperation with the
Sarpanch would be
monitoring the
delivery of full range
of services to
Anganwadi
 Children should be
collected by Sahayika
regularly and
habitations being
spread over three
kilometres mothers
should be also
cooperating in sending
the children
 Anganwadi worker
should be ensuring
dignified treatment for
all pregnant and
lactating mothers.
 Mothers delivering at
her mother’s place
should never be
refused supplementary
nutrition.
 Sarpanch should be
empowered to give the
Utilisation certificate
for food served for
Health
Committee
to be
pursued by
NACDOR

11. children at Anganwadi

MDM  For the 75 children enrolled
food is cooked for 65-70 as per
the attendance
 Quality of cooked food is not
good. Rice, daal is not cooked
well.
 There are time insects are found
in the cooked food and children
have thrown the food.
 Primary school does not have a
functional toilet, door is broken,
urinal is there for girls but loo is
in dirty condition. Water
arrangement for the toilet has
been removed by the Sarpanch
 Food is cooked as per the menu
but quality is an issue
 Teaching in the classroom is not
proper
 Two classrooms are there with
one classroom having classes 4
and 5
 The building of the school has
not been painted for many years
due to non-availability of the
maintenance grant
 No boundary wall is there for
the primary school
 Head teacher should
be empowered to give
the Utilisation
certification for the
women’s groups in
order to ensure
delivery in quality of
the Mid Day Meals.
 Eliminating
untouchability
practiced by Dalit and
Adivasis for Bansal
community men
,women and children
engaged in bamboo
based crafts and pig
rearing
School
Management
Committee
and Sarpanch
to be
pursued by
NACDOR
PDS  As against the provision of 30 kg
, people are receiving 28 kg for
the red card
 For the blue card people are
receiving 10 kg rice and 10 kg
wheat per card
 Workers under
MukhyamantriMazdoorSurakshaY
ojna are not receiving 5 kg per
person per month
 Pension recipient are not
receiving 5 kg per person per
month
 Dalits and Adivasis under the
Right to Food having none of the
 Expediting feeding of
data and issue of cards
for the beneficiaries

Panchayat
Secretary to
be pursued
for action by
NACDOR

12. card are not receiving 5 kg per
person per month
 Kerosene oil has not been
received for the last three
month
 Sugar is reduced to one kg
Section 7. Testimony and Case Studies
Poor Quality of Food Served in the Primary School ,Manikadar with waterless
Toilet presents a huge challenge for the Success in MDM and Anganwadi
functioning needs to improve for success in ICDS.
Malkhan is a class 3 student at Primary School in the village of Manikadar in the
Kota panchayat of Jawa block in Reewadistrict ,Madhya Pradesh. The village does
not have direct road to reach there and one must either use cycle or walk for
reaching the village. From Dabhora,
there is way through the forest land
diverting from past Guanta village that
can be used by cyclists and motorcyclist
through a way that is uneven. Here on
27th April, social audit team consisting
of NACDOR representatives, community
leaders and civil society leader found
children some of whom were found
chewing bread for lunch. The image
remains alive in the minds and shows how children belonging to Dalit and Adivasi
families on a day when school is closed and when Anganwadi is closed are forced to
have inadequate nutrition. Needless to say, mere chapatti is not good for
nutrition. When the team spoke to children, and adolescent girls in the villages, it
was found that Anganwadi was not open for the day and children in the school
were not getting good quality food. Quality of pulses was always bad and mothers
informed that children used to reject the food given at the school. Malkhan shown
in the picture is one of the child who complained of the poor food and testified in
the public hearing that was organized on 29th April in the presence of the Jury
members and more than 150 people from the village. Toilet of the primary school
was not in proper condition .Water connection had been removed and the building
of the school having two rooms only had not been painted for many years.J
Anganwadi functioning has been much below the benchmarks. SiyadulariCharmkar
could not reach in time for the public hearing despite having an assurance for the
same. She could reach only after a stern warming issued orally by Ms. Usha Sharma
who had reached for the public hearing following the instruction of the district
magistrate, Reewa. Ratan Devi, an Adivasi complained that her habitation had
remained unreached by the Anganwadi. The newly constructed Anganwadi presents
a hope for children provided full range of services are delivered. Social audit
processes received all the cooperation from Mr.Ejaz Ahmad Khan, the Sarpanch of
Kota panchayat who has been working for the ownership certificate for land being
used by Dalits. Despite being from the minority religion community, he has the
confidence of majority of Dalit and Adivasi villager. Understanding the importance

13. of perfect delivery under ICDS, he called for bringing ICDS under the control of
Panchayat specially through getting the UCs signed in order to ensure best delivery
of nutrition for children in the age group of 3-6 who are to receive breakfast and
lunch in addition to non-formal education at the centre.
Ejaz Ahmad Khan leads Kota Panchayat with sheer good work for Dalits and
Adivasis in the village. Sarpanches of the gram panchayats should be awarded for
expediting application for ownership certificates to Dalits ,landless across the
castes and religions on the land that they have using for living and farming in the
rural areas. Revenue department should be expediting acceptance of the
panchayat resolutions made in this regard. Ejaz Ahmad Khan, sarpanch of Kota
panchayat at Manikadar village has presented several applications in this regard for
which he has been awaiting acceptance of Tehseeldaar . Ejaz Ahmad Khan, a
posterity of ShaheedNooruddin who defeated Panna army for King of Reewa needs
to be saluted. Here is the picture of Ejaz Ahmad Khan here whose hospitality and
cooperation during social audit would remain memorable .He is a model Sarpanch
who is endeavoring for land rights to Dalits and Adivasi through using the provisions
of Panchayat Raj Act. He showed the relevant section of Panchayat Act that he
was using for applying for seeking titles for Dalits. On 27 April,2014
whenDr.M.Mukhtar Alam visited Manikardar village of Kota panchayat in Jawa block
of Reewa district, he found him presiding over the resolution of a 20 year old land
dispute with the help of Patwari whom he had called for 'seemankan' of the land
that was in dispute. It would be fortuitous forNDA led government and Ministry of
Panchayati Raj to award all such Sarpanches with Krishna Award in the memory of
Lord Krisha who fought for land rights of Pandavas.
Section 8. Expected Follow up of the Social Audit at Manikardar
Letters with the complaints and demands have been submitted to the block officials.
Report would be submitted to the Secretary, Department of Women and Child
Development. Follow up social audit after the completion of the first round of social audit
in the six identified panchayats would show the results more concretely in service
delivery.
Section 9. Learning’s’ of Social Audit
Learning of the social audit are many. Some are noted below:
 Sarpanch of Kota panchayat needs to be assisted in the work for delivering
ownership rights for land used for habitation and farming
 Primary school needs to be repaired and government of Madhya Pradesh needs to
create better facilities.
 The social audit process was the first in the village and therefore as an instrument
for making local governance institution ,this is the most powerful tool for making
people in the village raise their voice.
 The presence of NACDOR representative from New Delhi or from outside makes a
huge difference in generating responsiveness from the government officials
 Speaking gently and touching the untouched generates power.

14.  Reaching out to children from communities considered ‘low’ makes a huge
difference in building the confidence of the communities
 Social audit ensures bridging inclusion deficits through generation of all grievances
 Social audit team needs to be proactive in listening to those whose voice gets
muted due to the presence of some people belonging to so called upper castes.
 Women speakers in deference to local customs need to be specially attended for
sharing their stories and grievances.
 Encouraging children to speak in the Gram Sabha and Public Hearing makes
children confident and forthcoming in sharing their stories on delivery of quality,
quantity and access for the entitlements
 Social audit processes vindicates the project vision and the major thrust of NACDOR
and NCND for mainstreaming Nutrition Security of Dalits and Excluded groups in
National Agenda of action.
 Convergence model for reaching the malnutrition prone households gets more and
more salient.
Section 10. Conclusion
Social audit process in the village of Manikadar was historic. All the dutybearers,
beneficiaries, senior citizens, women and children came together to discuss and depose
respectively in the Gram Sabha and Public Hearing. More social audits would be beneficial
in ensuring 100 per cent delivery in quantity, quality and access.

15. Press Coverage:

16. Scan Copies of the letters as part of follow up: