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Report on “Citizen‟s Monitoring of Rural Road Construction under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY)" - Pilot Phase 2

Citizen’s Monitoring of Rural Road Construction under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) in Seven states (Pilot Phase 2 ) - Meghalaya, Jharkhand, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Assam, Orissa, and Karnataka Submitted to National Rural Road Development Agency (NRRDA).

The Pradhan Mantri Grameen Sadak Yojana (PMGSY), a flagship programme of the Union Ministry of Rural Development is being implemented across India by the National Rural Roads Development Agency (NRRDA) since 2000. NRRDA has established a three-tier quality control mechanism – National Quality Monitors (NQM), State Quality Monitors (SQM) and District Project Implementation Unit (DPIU) to assess the quality and quantitative aspects with periodicity. NRRDA has also established Online Management Monitoring and Accounting System (OMMAS) that augments the three-tier quality control mechanism. The PMGSY has thus inbuilt monitoring mechanisms establishing transparency and accountability, two of the three pillars that promote good governance/implementation. The third pillar – Citizen Participation/Social Accountability, the logical process that is built around transparency & accountability to promote democratic governance, is now an accepted and established element in several branches of government. NRRDA intends  to  introduce  this  mechanism  into  PMGSY  and  fulfill  all  the  necessary elements to promote good governance and achieve best implementation results.