Create a custom practice set
Pick category, difficulty, number of questions, and time limit. Start instantly with your own quiz.
Generate QuizGK Question
Despite MGNREGA mandating social audit, implementation challenges include all EXCEPT:
- Political interference in audit process
- Capacity gaps in Gram Sabhas for effective auditing
- Lack of legal mandate for social audit
- Weak follow-up on audit findings
Answer: Lack of legal mandate for social audit
Social audit implementation challenges: (a) Legal mandate exists: MGNREGA Section 17 mandates social audit; extended to other schemes via policy directives, (b) Actual challenges: (i) Political interference: Local elites influence audit process, suppress findings, (ii) Capacity gaps: Gram Sabha members lack training in audit techniques, financial literacy, (iii) Weak follow-up: Audit findings not acted upon; no accountability for officials, (iv) Resource constraints: Lack of funds, staff for audit support, (v) Awareness gaps: Beneficiaries unaware of social audit process, rights, (c) Mitigation strategies: (i) Training programs for Gram Sabha members, (ii) Independent facilitators for audit process, (iii) Mandatory action-taken reports on findings, (iv) Integration with RTI for transparency, (d) Impact: Where implemented well, social audit reduces corruption, improves service delivery; illustrates gap between legal mandate and ground reality. Illustrates governance reform complexity: legal provisions require institutional capacity, political will, citizen empowerment for effective implementation.