First Independent Review Mission for Backward Regions Grant Fund State Report
Background 1.1 Introduction to the Review
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1. Background1.1 Introduction to the ReviewA team was fielded by the World Bank from July 1-6, 2009, composed of team members Steffensen Consult and UNDP (hereafter referred to as the Review Mission or “RM”) to conduct an independent review of the functioning of the Backward Regions Grant Fund (BRGF). The objectives of BRGF, as defined in the Programme Guidelines1 are to: 1) Bridge critical gaps in local infrastructure and other development requirements that are not being adequately met through existing inflows, 2) Strengthen, to this end Panchayat and Municipality level governance with more appropriate capacity building, to facilitate participatory planning, decision making, implementation and monitoring, to reflect local felt needs. 3) Provide professional support to local bodies for planning, implementation and monitoring their plans. 4) Improve the performance and delivery of critical functions assigned to Panchayats, and counter possible efficiency and equity losses on account of inadequate local capacity. The expected outcome of the BRGF is to “Mitigate regional imbalances, contribute towards poverty alleviation in backward districts and promote accountable and responsible Panchayats and Municipalities.” The overall objective of the Review Mission was to review progress in the implementation of the programme with respect to programme objectives, highlight what has worked, identify challenges and recommend needs for improvement2. A detailed questionnaire was prepared prior to the field-work, including issues and questions on the overall programme management, funding issues, planning and governance issues, capacity development support, monitoring and evaluation (M&E) and performance of the programme within various areas such as Public Financial Management (PFM), see the annexes to the Main Synthesis Report. This report includes the field-mission findings and recommendations, based on the situation in Madhya Pradesh State. Similar reports are produced for 7 other states (Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Orissa, Rajasthan and West Bengal). The team consisted of the core team members: Vijay Tandon, Steffensen Consult, and Amit Anand, UNDP hereafter named the review team. The core team was supported by Swasti Anand consultant BRGF, MoPR. The team is very grateful for the strong support rendered throughout the field-work and the valuable inputs provided by all stakeholders met during the 6 days mission. The team had meetings and interactions with a large number of stakeholders from various tiers of government (State, District, Municipality, Block and Gram Panchayat) as well as Capacity Development (CD) institutions, see below. The RM visited two, districts, 4 intermediate (Janpad) Panchayats, 4 Gram Panchayats and 1 municipality, see below. The team member met the head (Sarpanch) of the Gram Panchayats and other elected members of the Panchayat, the District Collectors, Chief Executive Officers of the District (Zila) Panchayat the sector department staff, and officials at various levels. At the state level the team met the Principal Secretary, and the Director of Department of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, and various Project Officers of the Districts and line department representatives. The RM also visited the State Institute of Rural Development at Jabalpur. At wrap up meeting was held with the Principal Secretary on July 6, 2009 when the team presented its findings. The table below shows the PRIs consulted during the field-work. Table 1: Overview of the Panchayats met:
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