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RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND standards of the rural people, by deploying an PANCHAYAT RAJ DEPARTMENT POLICY NOTE 2011-2012 efficient adequate delivery quality mechanism services to and provide essential minimum needs. 1. INTRODUCTION The primary objective of the Government is the provision of basic infrastructure facilities The best, quickest and most efficient and social services in the rural areas and way is to build up from the bottom. Every assistance to the individual families and Self village has to become a self-sufficient republic. Help Groups, living below the poverty line. This does not require brave resolutions. It Elimination of poverty and delivery of high requires brave, corporate, intelligent work quality services are the basic premises upon which the planning of Rural Development is -Mahatma Gandhi based and concerted efforts of this Government have improved the living standards and set the Tamil Nadu being a welfare State, the benchmark for the quality of rural lives. purposeful endeavours of the Government are aimed at the Social, Economic and Political upliftment of the people in the rural areas. Rural Development aims at improving the rural lives with the participation of the rural masses. The concept of Rural Development targets the Social and Economic development of the rural areas. Rural Development in Tamil Nadu is concerned with the Economic Growth, Social Justice and Improvement 1 in the living So far, Rural Development planning to accomplish the above objectives, was done at the Panchayat level, which are the basic structural units of development process. But, rural people consider that the planning process should be done at the habitation level for fulfilling all their basic needs. To fulfill the people s committed expectation, to take this up 2 the Government Planning is and Implementation of the rural development income rural masses. For the first time in the schemes at the level of habitation. Out of country, 12,620 Village Panchayats in the State, 96 introduce a free housing scheme to provide Village the houses of 300 sq.ft. each to the eligible rural Municipalities / Corporations. As such there are masses and these free dwelling units shall 12,524 Village Panchayats in the State, with improve the welfare and livelihoods of the 79,394 habitations and only a micro level people living in the rural areas. Cost effective, planning at habitation level shall pave the way fast for reducing the rural-urban divide. Further, technologies like Solar Home Lighting Systems the rate of increase in the percentage of will be used in the construction of the houses. Panchayats are merged with urbanization of rural Tamil Nadu over the past decade indicates a blatant migration of people to the urban and semi - urban areas and this can be checked only if the amenities available in urban areas are provided in the rural areas. This Government proposes to introduce a new scheme where the planning will be taken to the habitation level and the requirements of the habitations shall be addressed on felt-need basis. This will be a paradigm shift in rural planning and implementation. The new scheme will be called as Tamil Nadu Village Habitation Improvement Scheme (THAI) Affordable housing has been a critical this track Reduction Government technologies of Poverty and has to Green been of paramount concern in the independent India. Basic human needs such as water, food, clothing, shelter, health care and education have not been available at socially acceptable levels. Affordability of the rural poor was the prime question, which has to be supplemented by the Government to ensure the basic minimum needs. Though the Government, both Centre and State, introduced various schemes to reduce the poverty levels, Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act was enacted as a law in the Parliament in 2005 to guarantee a minimum of 100 days manual issue of great challenge for the homeless, low- 3 proposes 4 labour to the rural people which has played a the Panchayats to play a dynamic role in the pivotal role in addressing the rural poverty. decision-making process. This Government enjoys the distinction of drafting and Panchayats legislating Act, 1994 the Energy is the key input to drive and Tamil improve the life cycle. The consumption of setting and Nadu local energy is directly proportional to the progress governance in Tamil Nadu in motion. The of Panchayats were devolved with greater powers population, and responsibilities to combine Social Justice standards with The demand for the energy has raised manifold in Government paved the way for the political the recent years which has driven us to seek empowerment of the local bodies as self- for alternate energy sources and naturally, the administering viable democratic units and is only effective response is to go in for natural, committed to accelerate, widen and deepen the clean and renewable energy which can be process these derived from a source that is replaced rapi dly 'institutions of self government' evolve into by natural process but is not subject to 'principal and depletion. As a measure to reduce the power implementation. As the tenure of the elected consumption and also the maintenance cost, local bodies will be over in October 24, 2011, this Government proposes to initiate and install this Government shall conduct the elections to solar powered street lights to replace the the rural and urban local bodies and safeguard existing electricity-powered illumination and the principles of local self-governance. This solar powered home lighting systems in the Government shall also constitute a High Level Green Houses. effective of Local Governance. empowerment authorities' for so that planning mankind. However, improvement and in industrialization, Committee for devolution of increased powers and functions to the local bodies and empower 5 with 6 ever-growing the living the global Sanitation is the hygienic means of Hence, it will be of utmost priority of this promoting health through prevention of human Government contact with hazards of waste. adequate the World Health According to Organization, the term sanitation generally refers to the provision of facilities and services for the safe disposal of human urine and faeces. Inadequate sanitation is a major cause of disease and improving sanitation shall have significant beneficial impact on the health, both in household and across community. Sanitation also refers to maintenance of hygienic conditions through service mechanism for collection of garbage and disposal of wastewater. This Government is committed to provide adequate access to safe drinking water sources and sanitation services, individual and public sanitation facilities. All the integrated sanitary complexes for women, which have been driven to the state of disuse, will be repaired and put to use. Education is the most fundamental building block for human development and poverty reduction and schools are the edifices where the children undergo the formative effect to provide infrastructure the to schools facilitate with better academic environment for the bright future of the young children. This appreciates Government the realises significance of and Information Technology in the modern world, the need for greater exposure to the wide variety of areas of Information Technology and the importance of computers for transaction a speedy within and the qualitative Government departments and with other agencies. Hence, this Government will confirm the availability of computers at all levels, both in rural local bodies and department offices, with connectivity through Internet. Contrary to the claims made by different sectors, it was this Government, which formed the Tamil Nadu Corporation for Development of Women Ltd., (TNCDW) with the object of overall development of women including education, upgradation of skills etc., to improve on their mind, character and physical ability. the quality of life of women. This Government 7 8 strived hard to ensure the gender equality international funding agencies such as Asian within the frame work of a democratic polity. Development Bank, World Bank etc., to secure The TNCDW has today evolved into a massive adequate financial resources for the permanent movement and has substantially empowered resettlement of not only the Tsunami victims the women folk, especially in rural areas. but also the people living in the coastal areas. This Government launched Pudhu vazhvu project in November 2005, which was These schemes shall be successfully completed during 2011-2012. designed as a community driven development The Department of Rural Development project, with main focus on the most vulnerable and Panchayat Raj is responsible for the layer of society i.e., poorest of poor. This implementation Government schemes is committed to expand the and various also assists welfare Panchayat additional financing. functions as effective Local Self Government abruptly hit the coastal stretches of Tamil Nadu on 26 th December 2004 and caused extensive havoc, wreaking heavy toll on th e lives and incalculable damage to the properties, this Government rose up to the occasion, mobilized all the resources and swiftly rehabilitated and areas at the level of habitation, promote sanitation, reduce poverty, 9 dialogues conserve the natural resources and reduce the urban -rural divide and ensure a Tamil Nadu. in for recognition by all over the world. This initiated and provide all the basic amenities in the rural taken by the Government of Tamil Nadu came also duties Government is committed to resettled the affected. The strenuous efforts Government their Raj Institutions entities. This discharge rural project to other areas as well and secured When an unprecedented Tsunami wave to of with 10 prosperous rural 2. PANCHAYAT RAJ desired candidate on the palm leaf (Panai olai) The history of the local self-governance in Tamil Nadu can be traced back to the stone edicts and carvings in Sri Sundaravaradhar Temple of Uthiramerur district, which bear in evidence Kancheepuram to the well established local self-governance during the Chola imperial period. It is inscribed on t he walls of the village assembly made of granite slabs that the village had a perfect electoral and drop it in the pot. At the end of the process, the leaves were taken out of the pot and counted candidate-wise and whoever got the highest number of votes was selected as the member of the village council. It is also interesting to note that eligibility criteria and norms of disqualification had been prescribed for those who contested for the Village Council. With the advent of the British rule, the system and a written constitution prescribing system the mode of election. This inscription can be disintegrated dated around 920 AD in the reign of Parantaka followed resulted in massive unemployment. Chola, which demonstrates the perfect electoral This eventually shattered the basic structure of system that existed in ancient India. It was a the local self- governance. However, the British system of democracy in monarchy where the presented a modified concept of local self- members of the Village Council were elected governance to suit the British colonial rule. through a process of secret ballot called Kuda Olai Murai and these Councils functioned as self-contained economic and administrative entities. This system of secret ballot is the forerunner for today s electoral system. A huge mud pot (Kudam) was placed at an important location of the village, which served as a ballot The of local and self-governance the District slowly industrialization Board Fund that was conceptualized in 1854, and the Madras Local Fund Act 1871 was later enacted by Governor Mayo. Local Fund Boards were set up in their respective areas and were devolved with certain functions. Madras Local Board Act, 1884 box. The voters had to write the name of the was the outcome of the Lord Ripon s Local Self 11 12 Government Resolution of 1882, which ushered some Village Panchayats was set up in Madurai in the 3 tier system of Local Boards namely in 1951. The Government of India launched District Boards, Taluk Boards and Union of Community villages. In 1920, the Government enacted two Extension Service Scheme in 1952 for Area legislations, 1) The Madras Local Boards Act Development through Development Blocks . (replacing 1884 Act) and 2) Village Panchayat Act. In 1930, Madras Village Panchayat Act was repealed and Village Panchayats came under the purview of Madras Local Boards Act 1920 by an amendment to the Act in 1930. Though local Self-Governance was accentuated in all the above proclamations, the Government continued to exercise absolute control over the Local bodies through Inspector of Municipalities and Local Boards. In the post-independence era, the Act 1950 for devolving greater powers to Article 40 in Part-IV of the Constitution provided for the organization and endowment of powers to the Panchayats. The District Boards Education and Balwantrai and Mehta National Committee appointed by Government of India, submitted its report in January 1957 and recommended the establishment of decentralization, which the finally democratic came to be known as Panchayat Raj. Some of the main recommendations of the Committee were: 1. Establishment of 3 tier Panchayat Raj System which should be organically linked Government enacted Madras Village Panchayat Panchayats. The Development looked the after Health Panchayats and undertook various activities to fulfill the basic needs of the through a device of indirect elections. 2. Village Panchayats should be constituted by the directly elected representatives whereas the Panchayat Samiti and Zilla Parishad should be constituted with the indirectly elected members. 3. All the Planning and Development activities should be entrusted to the three tier Local Bodies. people. A model Panchayat Union comprising 13 14 4. Panchayat Samiti should be the executive (iii) body, whereas the Zilla Parishad should play advisory role, coordinating and to play an advisory role (iv) Entrustment of development and social supervising the functions. welfare functions to Village Panchayats 5. District Collector should be the Chairman and Panchayat Unions. However, the of Zilla Parishad. enactments deleted certain powers of 6. There should be a genuine transfer of powers and responsibilities to 7. Sufficient resources should be devolved to these bodies to enable them to discharge their functions. 8. A system should be evolved to effect devolution of powers and functions, in future. The Government of Madras was not in total agreement with the recommendations of Balwantrai Committee and enacted Madras Panchayats Act, 1958 and Madras District Development Council Act, 1958. The major features of the enactments were: (i) Creation of Panchayat Abolition of District Boards 15 Though Balwantrai Mehta Committee had recommended the setting up of 3 tier Panchayats with Zilla Parishad at District level, the Madras Government set up District Development Council at District level, which ultimately led to 2 tier system with Village Panchayat and Panchayat Union. The District Boards were abolished and the Panchayat Unions were the successor body to the District Boards. The District Collectors chaired the District Development Councils (DDC) with representatives from rural and urban local bodies, MLAs, MPs and others as members and thus, the Panchayat Unions started playing a Unions co-terminus with Development Blocks (ii) Village Panchayats like judicial powers. these democratic bodies. further Creation of District Development Council pivotal role in the developmental process. The 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act was passed and it came into effect from April 16 1993. Section 243G of the Constitution Legislature, setting up of the State Finance provided for the scope of devolution of powers Commission once in 5 years to review and and functions to the Panchayat Raj Institutions. recommend the fiscal status of Panchayats, 29 items were specifically listed out in the XI establishment of State Election Commission, Schedule of the Constitution 74th and Amendment provided for formation of District Planning Committee. The State Governments were required to carry out amendments in their respective Panchayat Acts and enact new legislations. 73rd dimension to amendment the added existence a of new local self-governance and provided scope for Grama Sabha in villages, constitution of three tier of Panchayats, direct elections of members to the Panchayats, reservation of seats to population, women, SCs/STs in reservation reservation proportion of of to their 1/3rd seats for seats to the Chairpersons (i.e. Chairman, President) on rotation basis, fixing of 5 year tenure for Panchayats, holding of elections within a period of six months in the event of supersession of any The Government of Tamil Nadu legislated Tamil Nadu Panchayats Act, 1994, which came into force on 22.4.1994. The 1994 Act brought in a number of changes in the Tamil Nadu Panchayat Raj structure: The system etc., Panchayat, devolution of powers Three Tier System came into existence in Tamil Nadu Panchayat was a generic term for all three tiers and the Town Panchayats were brought under Nagarpalika Act Members of three tiers of rural Local Bodies and Village Panchayat Presidents were directly Chairpersons elected of Panchayat the Union Councils and District Panchayats were elected from among the elected ward members. and responsibilities to the Panchayats by the State 17 whereas 18 All three tiers of of each independent Panchayats other are and the Village Panchayat Presidents are not members in the Panchayat Union Council. of seats and offices for SCs/STs in proportion to their population has been made and 1/3rd of the total number of seats and offices is reserved for women. The rotation of offices in all three tiers will be once in 10 years. Election shall be conducted within 6 months from the date of occurrence of any vacancy and the tenure is fixed as 5 for all the members and Chairpersons. Tamil Nadu State Election Commission was constituted. State All registered voters of a Village Panchayat constitute Grama Sabha, which is provided with specific powers and functions. Reservation years 2.1 Grama Sabha Finance Commission is being constituted quinquennially. District Planning Committee has been constituted to consolidate the Development Plans of Panchayats and Municipalities in the districts. 19 Grama Sabha shall statutorily be conducted in such a way that the intervening period between two Grama Sabhas shall not exceed a period of 6 months. However, the Government mandatory of to Tamil convene Nadu has Grama made it Sabha, minimum number of 4 times i.e. on 26 a th January, 1st May, 15th August and 2nd October of every calendar year. Besides, the Grama Sabha can be convened as and when the necessity arises. The Grama Sabha performs the following functions: 1. Approves the Village Development Plan. 2. Approves the Village Panchayat Budget. 3. Approves the Audit Report. 4. Reviews the progress implementation. 20 of scheme 5. Approves the list of beneficiaries, The Tamil Nadu State Election intended to be benefitted under various Commissioner and other administrative staff schemes. are appointed as per the sub-section (3) of 6. Promotes communal and social harmony among various groups of people. Section 239 of the Tamil Nadu Panchayat s Act, 1994 and the State Election Commissioner shall hold office for a term of 2 years and shall be 2.2 State Election Commission eligible for re-appointment for two successive Setting up of State Election Commission is mandated by 73 rd Amendment to the Constitution of India and Section 239 of the Tamil Nadu Panchayats Act, 1994. The Tamil Nadu State Election Commission was set up as an independent and autonomous constitutional authority in 1994 in order to strengthen the process of decentralization and democracy. The Superintendence, Direction and Control of the preparation of electoral rolls and the Conduct of all elections Panchayat to Union the Village Councils Panchayats, and District terms provided no person shall hold the office of Tamil Nadu State Election Commissioner for more than 6 years in aggregate. While the conditions of service and the tenure of office of the State Election Commissioner shall be as Governor may by rules determine, the State Election Commissioner shall not be removed from his office except in like manner and on the like grounds as a Judge of High Court and the conditions of service shall not be varied to the disadvantage of his appointment. 2.3 Elections Panchayats are vested with the Tamil Nadu State Election Commission, consisting of a Tamil Nadu State Election Commissioner. The tenure of the existing rural and urban local bodies is due to expire and the next ordinary elections will be conducted in October 2011. 21 22 The following table details the number of to SC/ST. Also, not less than 1/3rd (including seats and offices in the three tier of Panchayats the number of seats reserved for women of for which elections were held in October 2006. SC/ST) of the total number of seats shall be 1. Village Panchayat Wards 2. Village Panchayat Ward Members 97,458 3. Panchayat Union Wards 4. District Panchayat Wards 5. Village Panchayat Presidents 6. Panchayat Union Chairpersons 7. District Panchayat Chairpersons reserved for women. The State may legislate 40,879 laws 6,570 Sections 385 29 nearly as may be, the same proportion to the N total number of seats to be filled by direct 1 l. o election in that Panchayat as the population of 2 the Scheduled Tribes in that Panchayat area in a Panchayat according to Article 243D of the Constitution of India. It is also mandated that not less than 1/3rd of the total number of seats reserved as above, shall be reserved for women belonging 23 of 20, by 32 Tamil and Nadu 57, further Panchayats Reservation of Offices and Seats for Women, SCs and STs for Local Body Election 2011 S constituencies offices Seats) Rules, 1995. and the number of seats reserved shall bear, as different of (Reservation of Seats and Rotation of Reserved Seats shall be reserved for Scheduled such seats may be allotted by rotation to 11, supplemented 2.4 Reservation of seats and offices and rotation bears to the total population of that area and reservation covered in Tamil Nadu Panchayats Act, 1994 in 12,618 Scheduled Castes in that Panchayat area or of the Chairperson and these provisions have been 656 Castes/Scheduled Tribes in every Panchayat on 3 4 5 6 Category of Reser vation District Panchayat ChairPersons Panchayat Union Council Chair Persons Village Panchayat Presidents District Panchayat Ward Members Panchayat Union Ward Members Village Panchayat Ward Members Total No.of offices /seats Reserved for Women Reserved for SCs Reserved for STs 31 11 35% 7 24% 0 0% 385 140 36% 87 23% 4 1% 12,524 4,289 34% 3,136 25% 156 1% 655 228 35% 154 24% 8 1% 6,471 2,286 35% 1,526 24% 64 1% 99,333 33,121 33% 25,360 26% 1039 1% 24 The Government has provided 903 2.5 State Finance Commission temporary posts for the election purpose and also allowed Rs.9.38 crores for the successful conduct of forthcoming Local Body Elections. The staff sanctioned by the Government for the conduct of elections to the Local Bodies are detailed below: Sl. No. Name of the Post of Rural Panchayat No. of Posts 1. (a) Directorate Development and Raj Assistant Director 2. Block Development Officer Assistant 3 4. Computer Operator 1 Total 31 2. Block Development Officer 32 3. Assistant 32 4. Computer Operator Finance Amendment the Tamil Nadu Panchayats Act 1994. The first State Finance Commission was constituted in 1994 and the terms of reference were: 1. Distribution of the net proceeds of taxes, duties, tolls and fees leviable by the Government, between the State and the Panchayat. 2. Determination of taxes, duties, tolls and fees, which may be assigned to the Panchayats. 32 Total State to the Constitution of India and section 198 of 6 1. the Commission is mandated by 73 1 (b) Collectorate (Development wing) Personal Assistant (Elections) of rd 1 3. Constitution 3. Grants to the Panchayats from the consolidated fund of the State. 4. Measures needed to improve the financial position of the Panchayat. 127 The Fourth State Finance Commission (c) Blocks 1. Assistant 385 was 2. Computer Operator 385 G.O.(Ms).No.549, Finance Department, dated Total 770 Grand Total 25 903 set up in December 2009 vide 1.12.2009 to study the financial position of the Village Panchayats, Panchayat Union Councils, 26 District Panchayats, Town Panchayats, For the year 2011-12, the tentative Municipalities and Municipal Corporations. The allocation of State Finance Commission Grant Commission is expected to make its report will be Rs.3,053 crores. available by September 2011, covering the period of 5 years commencing on 1st April 2.6 District Planning Committee 2012. The 2011 Provisional census figures reveal that the ratio of the population in rural and urban areas in Tamil Nadu is 52:48 and hence, there is a claim that the existing sharing pattern of the State revenue between the rural and urban local bodies which is at 58:42, should be altered to the advantage of urban local bodies. However, the Department of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj has made out the case before the Fourth State Finance Commission on the need to continue the existing sharing pattern due to the vast differences in the living standards of the people between rural and urban areas; failure to improve the living standards of the rural people shall result in more migration to the urban areas that will indirectly cast a heavy financial burden on the urban Local Bodies. 27 The District Planning Committee is constituted for every district under sec tion 241 of the Tamil Nadu Panchayats Act, 1994. District Collector is the Chairman and District Panchayat Chairperson is the Vice Chairman of the committee. MPs, MLAs, representatives of local bodies are appointed as members subject to the norms and ceiling prescribed. The functions of the District Planning Committee are: 1. Collection, Compilation and Updation of information on the natural resources of the district to create a comprehensive database for decentralised planning. 2. Identification of priority needs 3. Determination of policies, programmes and priorities for development of the district. 28 4. Consolidating the plans of rural local bodies and urban local bodies for the preparation of district plan. the Village Panchayats to perform the following functions. This Operation consolidated plan facilitates the State State Plan. and developmental Evaluation of programmes Payment various in of water of electricity charges for water supply and street lights. the A sum of Rs.333.00 crores has been district. 6. Encouraging the participation of Voluntary organizations in the development process. 7. Advising maintenance supply, street lights and sanitation Planning Commission in the preparation of 5. Monitoring & the State Government with allocated by Government of India for the year 2011-12 Commission 13th under Basic Central Grant. Finance The State regard to the implementation of State Government has released Rs.166.50 crores as Schemes. first installment vide G.O. Ms. No. 43, RD & PR 8. Any other function that may be entrusted Department, dated 20.7.2011 in anticipation of release of funds from Government of India. by the State Government. Performance Grant of Rs. 1067.50 crores has been allotted by the Government of India for 2.7 Central Finance Commission The Government of India have allotted a sum of Rs. 2016.30 crores under 13 th Central Finance Commission Basic grant for the 5 year period from 2010-11 to 2014-15. The basic the Panchayat Raj Institutions in Tamil Nadu for four years from 2011-12 onwards. 2.8 Village Panchayat grant of Rs. 287.10 crores has been received for the year 2010-11. The grants are allotted to The Village Panchayat is constituted for each Panchayat Village consisting of such number of elected members, with effect from 29 30 such date as may be specified in the notification of the Inspector of Panch ayats. The Government may by notification, classify Village Panchayats into various grades for the purpose of effective administration. The total number of members of the Village Panchayats (exclusive of its President) shall be notified by the Inspector of Panchayats in accordance with such scale as may be prescribed with reference to the population of the Village Panchayat concerned as per the latest published census. Every Village Panchayats unless sooner dissolved shall continue for 5 years from the date appointed for its first meeting after each ordinary election. However, Special Officers may be appointed to exercise their powers and discharge the functions of the Village Panchayats in certain circumstances. The number of Village Panchayats in each district is given in the Annexure. The Village Panchayat President is the executive authority of the Village Panchayat. The Village Panchayat shall constitute the following Committees: 1. Appointment Committee 2. Development Committee 3. Agriculture and supply Committee 4. Works Committee 5. Temporary Committee According to Section 110 of Tamil Nadu Panchayats Act, 1994, it shall be the duty of the Village Panchayats for carrying out the requirements of the Village Panchayats in the following matters: 1. Construction, repair and maintenance of all village roads, (other than those classified by Highways and Panchayat Union roads), all bridges, culverts, road dams and cause-ways. 2. Street lights in public places. 3. Construction of drains and disposal of drainage. 4. Cleaning of streets and improvement of sanitary conditions. 31 Water 32 2.8.1.2 Non-Tax Revenue 5. Provision of public latrine. 6. Burial and burning grounds. 1. Licensing fee for building plan and 7. Supply of drinking water. 8. Other duties that the Government, may by notification, impose. Section 111 of Tamil Nadu Panchayats Act, 1994, provides for the Village Panchayats to make provisions for carrying out the requirements in respect of plantation, lighting, markets, fairs & festivals, cart stand & cattle sheds, slaughter houses, reading rooms, play grounds, etc., which are deemed to be the discretionary Panchayats functions subject to of the the limits Village of its layout approval 2. Fees and charges on D&O trades, 3. Market fee, 4. Water charges, 5. Fee on cart stand 6. Social Forestry auctions 7. Fishery rentals 8. 2-C patta fees 9. Income from market and fairs. 10. Fees from ferries 11. Fines and penalties resources. Avenues for mobilizing more revenue 2.8.1 Revenue from items such as Mobile towers erected in The Village Panchayat is the only body, empowered to levy taxes including fees and charges. The Village Panchayat levies the Panchayat land, OFC laid along Panchayat roads, land categorization, etc., will be explored. A High Level Committee will be following taxes: constituted by the Government to suggest 2.8.1.1 Tax Revenue Panchayats. ways and means to augment resources of the 1. House tax 2. Profession tax 3. Advertisement tax 33 34 2.8.2 Assigned and shared Revenue the Village Panchayats on the basis of population. 5% out of the above 60% is The Village Panchayat is entitled to a designated as infrastructure gap filling portion of allocation from the pooled assigned revenues of Surcharge on stamp duty and Entertainment Tax. far as Tamil Nadu is concerned, the Central allocation is Finance given to Commission the Village Panchayats for maintenance of drinking water and sanitation. 2. Development Grants under various 2.9 Panchayat Union Central Finance Commission Grant - As entire 3. Central and State Schemes. 2.8.3 Grant 1. fund. State Finance Commission Grant 60% of the 58% of the share given to the rural local bodies out of the earmarked 10% of the total State revenue, is due to The Panchayat Union is co-terminus with the development block and the Panchayat union area is divided into territorial wards for every five thousand population. The Panchayat Union ward members are directly elected from territorial blocks and the Panchayat Union chairman is elected indirectly by the ward members. the Village Panchayats, which is released Number of Village Number of Panchayats in Panchayat Panchayat Union on a monthly basis. A floor amount has Unions been set Consumption apart to charges meet towards Current street lights and drinking water supply which is 10 and below 24 11-20 75 21-30 83 31-40 82 41-50 68 operated through a separate account. 51 and above 53 The remaining amount is distributed to Total 385 35 36 The number of Panchayat Unions in each district is given in the Annexure. economic The Block Development Officer (Block Panchayat) is the executive authority of the Panchayat Union. He is assisted by technical and administrative wings. According to section 112 of the Tamil Nadu Panchayats Act, 1994, Panchayat Union Council performs the following important functions: 1. Implementation of various Centrally Construction, repair and maintenance of Classified Panchayat Union Roads and bridges, culverts, road-dams and causeways on such roads. 3. Construction and maintenance of Elementary and Middle Schools. 4. Preventive and remedial measures for any epidemic 5. Fairs and festivals, classified by the Panchayat Union Council. 6. Classified Panchayat Union Markets As per section 114 of the Tamil Nadu Panchayats Act, 1994, the Government may 37 development, for execution and implementation. 2.9.1 Finance 1. The Panchayat Union Council can not impose taxes. 2. The revenue consists sponsored and State Schemes. 2. entrust schemes, programmes and activities for of a of Panchayat non-tax assigned/shared revenues Union revenues, such as a portion of the pooled assigned revenue, fees & charges, rentals, fines & penalties and Government grants such as State Finance Commission Grant, Grant for Maternity Centre, Grant for Dispensaries, Social Education Grant, Women & Children Welfare Grant, Local Irrigation Grant and Development Grants from Centre and State Schemes. 3. State Finance Commission Grant 32% of the 58% of the share given to the Rural Local Bodies out of the earmarked 10% of the total State revenue, is due to the Panchayat Unions, which is released on a monthly basis. 38 A floor amount of Rs.30 lakhs has been set apart for 4. Education uniform and equitable distribution. The 5. Health and Welfare including prohibition remaining amount is distributed to the Panchayat Unions on the basis of population. District Panchayat for each revenue district. is divided into territorial wards, each with 50,000 population approximately. The ward members are elected directly, whereas the Chairperson is indirectly elected from among the ward members. A Secretary in the cadre of Assistant Director from the Department of RD&PR is appointed to each District Panchayat and is assisted by the supporting staff. The District Panchayat may constitute Committees: 2. Industries and Labour may standing among its members who are elected members of the District Panchayat. The Chairman of the District Panchayat shall be ex-officio member in all the Standing Committees. The functions of the District Panchayats are: Preparation of development plan for the district Compilation of administration reports of Village Panchayat and Panchayat Union Councils in the district and preparation of Annual Report for the District. Planning and review of Agricultural and Development, Animal Husbandry, Dairy, Poultry, Fisheries scheme and Rural Industries 3. Public Works 39 Panchayat Committee shall elect its own Chairman from Land 1. Food and agriculture District such purposes as it thinks fit. Each Standing Act, 1994, provides for the constitution of Panchayat The constitute additional standing committees for Section 24 of the Tamil Nadu Panchayats District assigned to them specifically by the District Panchayat. 2.10 District Panchayat Each These Committees perform the functions 40 Planning and review of rural housing programme particularly housing for SC/ST. Identification of major water supply schemes. minerals). During 2010-11, 1/3rd of the total revenue was assigned to the rural local bodies and the balance 2/3rd was credited to the Fund for priority schemes in rural areas. This Government has promised to find out the possibilities for the increase of resources to the 2.10.1 Finance The District Panchayat has no taxation powers. The State Finance Commission Grant and Development Grants and in certain cases, income from their own properties like lands and buildings, constitute the chief source of income. State Finance Commission Grant 8% of Village Panchayats. Accordingly, as a first step, the ratio for release of funds to the PRIs and the Scheme Component is reversed under Pooled Assigned Revenue. The Pooled Assigned Revenue for the year 2011-12 is arrived at Rs.532.42 crores. 2/3rd of the amount i.e. Rs.354.95 crores will be released the 58% of the share given to the Rural Local to Bodies out of the earmarked 10% of the total Unions in the ratio of 2:1.The balance 1/3rd State revenue is due to the District Panchayats, amount will be used for important development which is released on a monthly basis. works in rural areas. 2.11 Pooling of Assigned Revenue The Government of Tamil Nadu had ordered the pooling of assigned revenues due to the rural Local Bodies from the proceeds of surcharge on stamp duty and entertainment tax at the State Level and apportioning the same to the rural local bodies (except social forestry receipts and income from mines and 41 the Village Panchayats and Panchayat 2.12 Delimitation of Rural Local Bodies Conversion of Multi Member Wards into Single Member Wards The existence of Multi Member Wards in the Village Panchayats has posed difficulties in the reservation of seats to SC/ST and Women members for the Village Panchayat Wards. The 42 rural voters also felt that the ballot paper was confusing and difficulties were encountered by the staff members at the time of counting of votes. Besides, since there is no 2.13 Merger of Village Panchayats with the nearby Municipalities/ Corporations clear The Government have issued orders demarcation of territory in a multi member merging 96 Village Panchayats with the nearby ward, Municipalities and Corporations as under: there is no ownership among the members of a particular ward. Sl. Originally as per 1991 Census, there Name of the No. of No. of No. of Total No District Blocks Panchayats Panchayats (4) covered to be to be + merged merged (5) were 40,879 multi member wards with 97,458 ward members in the Village Panchayats. Hence, in order to streamline the electoral with with Corporation Municipality to convert the multi member wards into single member wards. After the exercise for conversion of multi member wards into single member wards as per 2001 Census, the number of Village Panchayat wards has gone up to 99,333 and equal would be the number of ward members. The local body elections in October 2011 will be held for the Ward Members of Village Panchayats with single member ward system (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) 1. Kancheepuram 3 12 3 15 2. Tiruvallur 3 13 0 13 3. Villupuram 1 0 5 5 4. Vellore 3 9 1 10 5. Erode 1 5 0 5 6. Tiruppur 1 8 0 8 7. Coimbatore 1 1 0 1 8. Tiruchirapalli 1 4 0 4 9. Karur 1 0 1 1 10. Madurai 3 11 0 11 11. Thoothukudi 1 5 0 5 Kanniyakumari 2 0 4 4 13. Wards with clear boundaries, it was proposed (1) 12. process and demarcate the Village Panchayat Pudukkkottai 1 0 1 1 14. Namakkal 1 0 9 9 15. Krishnagiri 1 0 4 4 24 68 28 96 Total only. 43 44 List of Village Panchayats merged with Municipalities / Corporations S. District Name of the Block No Name of the Panchayat 1. Name of the Kundrathur Mugalivakkam 2. m 8. Kancheepuram St.Thomas Mount Madipakkam 10 Jalladampettai 11 Semmancheri 12 Vadaperumpak kam Soorappattu Kanchipuram 15 Thenambakka m Nathapettai Corpora Tion Puthakaram Nolambur 11 12 Villivakkam Karampakkam Nerkundram 13 1. Valadhareddy 2. Chennai Ramapuram Salamedu Villu Kakuppam puram Orikkai 14 Chennai Kathirvedu 10 Uthandi 13 Mathoor 9. Okkiam thuraipakkam 6. 8. Karapakkam 9. Puzhal 7. Injambakkam 7. 1. Tiruvallur Neelankarai 6. 2. Palavakkam 5. Theyyampakka 5. Kottivakkam 4. Kadapakkam 4. Manapakkam 3. merged Sadayankuppa m Municip ality/Co Panchayat Idayanchavadi 3. rpo ration in which the 1. Minjur 2. Corpora Tion 3. Villupuram 3. Koliyanoor 4. Erumanamthan gal Kancheep 5. 1. pality Pappapattu uram Munici Ariyoor Munici 2. Pality 3. Chitheri Vellore 4. Konavattam Alamelumangapur am 5. 4. Vellore 6. Virupatchipuram Kaniampadi 7. 8. 9. Palavanchathu Vellore Corpora Tion Idayanchathu Katpadi 10 Viruthampattu Kankeyanallur Tirupathur Tirupathur Tirup athur Munici pality 45 46 1. 2. 5. Erode Gangapuram Ellaipalayam 3. Erode Villiarasampatti 4. 5. Tiruppur Thottipalayam 4. Andipalayam 5. Tiruppur Veerapandi 6. 7. Vilankuruchi -samakulam Tiruchirapalli Papakurichi 2. Ellakudi 3. Tiruverumbur Keelkalkandarkottai 4. 9. Karur Alathur 1. Sanapiratti Thanthoni malai Naganakulam Thirupalai 7. Chinna Anuppanadi Tiruppur Corpora 8. Tion 9. 10. Tiruparankun dram 11. Tion Chinthamani Iravathinallur Pudukulam Bit 2 Thiyagarajar 1. 11. Thoothukudi Sankaraperi 2. Thoothukudi 3. Thoothukudi Rural Meelavittan 4. Muthiapuram 5. Tiruchirap alli Corpora 2. 12. Kanniyakumari Pality ukudi Corpora tion Peruvilai Rajakkamang alam 3. Vadakku soorankudi Gandhipuram 4. Agasthees 1. Pudukkottai waram Pudukkottai Thooth Athimarapatti 1. Tion Karur Munici Madurai Corpora colony Coimba tion 1. 8. Madurai tore Corpora Sarcar 7. Kannanenthal Madurai West 6. 10. Muthunampalayam 1. 5. Uthankudi Vandiyoor 4. Neruperichal 8. Coimbatore Murugampalayam Melamadai Madurai East 3. Tion Mannarai 3. Corpora Chittipalayam 2. 2. Muthampalayam 1. 6. Thindal 1. Erode Nagarcoil Munici Pality Kariyamanicka Puram Pudukkkottai Pudu kottai Munici 13. pality 47 48 functional after the Local Body Elections in 1. Chinnamudalai October 2011. Patti 2. 3. 14. Namakkal Mudalaipatti Kosavampatti 4. Kondichettipatti Namakkal 5. 2.15 Periyapatti Delimitation kkal Munic ipality of Panchayat Union Wards Nama Consequent to the conversion of multi 6. 7. member wards into single member wards and Ayyampalayam merger of 96 Village Panchayats with the urban 9. Thummankurichi 1. Krishnagiri Nallipalayam 8. 15. Kavetipatti Zuzuvadi local bodies, the ward boundaries of certain 2. Chennathur Hosur 3. Mookandapalli 4. Hosur Municipal ity Avalapalli Panchayat Unions required re-organisation, which has been completed. Elections will be held to these Panchayat Union Wards a s per the revised delimitation. The above Village Panchayats shall become part of the urban Local Bodies after completion of ordinary elections in October 2011. 2.14 2.16 Delimitation of District Panchayat Wards The Formation of two new Village Panchayats Two Perumathur new and namely Indira Panchayats Nagar namely have been notified by the District Collector, Cuddalore in Tiruppur necessitated Pancahyat Village formation the Wards of and two new Ariyalur re-organisation in Districts Districts of District Coimbatore, Erode, Tiruppur, Perambalur and Ariyalur and the merger of 96 Village Panchayats with the urban Local Bodies warranted the re-organisation of Kurinjipadi Panchayat Union, which will become some of the District Panchayat Wards in the 49 50 State. This delimitation exercise has now been each completed and ordinary elections in October Honorarium, in recognition of their services. 2011 shall be held as per the revised delimitation. Village The increase 2.17 Formation of two District Panchayats Consequent to the formation of two new new District Panchayats will become functional after completion of the Local Body Elections in Government the sitting fee President also from as proposes to Rs.50/- to Rs.100/- for the Village Panchayat Presidents and from Rs.25/- to Rs.50/- for the Village Panchayat Ward Members. districts namely Tiruppur and Ariyalur, two new District Panchayats have to be formed. The two Panchayat The total cost towards the above items is proposed to be met from the State Finance Commission Grant. October 2011. 3. STATE SCHEMES 2.18 Honorarium and Allowances 3.1 executive authority for the Village Panchayats and the Village Panchayats are saddled with more responsibilities than the other two tiers of Village Panchayat is primarily responsible for the basic amenities and the day-to-day needs of the rural people. Hence, as in the case of Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka, this Government proposes to disburse an amount of Rs.1,000 per month to 51 Nadu Village Habitations Improvement (THAI) Scheme The Village Panchayat Presidents are the Panchayats. Tamil The Government s endeavour to improve the Quality of Life in rural areas, by providing necessary inputs like protected drinking water, sanitation, health facilities, quality education, all weather roads, etc., is continuous, sustained and persistent. Hence, in order to ensure an effective delivery mechanism, the strategy of Rural Development has mainly focused on poverty alleviation, 52 better livelihood opportunities, provision of basic amenities and habitations also varies from district to district; infrastructure various average number of habitations in a Village these Panchayat in the Nilgiris district is 37 whereas Village it is only 3 in Villupuram. Therefore, allocation facilities, innovative programmes. strategies were Panchayat as through But evolved the basic all with structural and functional unit of planning. of equal amount to all the Village Panchayats, which have varied number of habitations will This Government is committed to take up the planning and implementation of the rural development schemes a step further i.e., to the only lead to disproportionate disparity in distribution development, of assets and uneven progress. To overcome the bottlenecks of the level of habitation in the Village Panchayat. Though, there are 12,524 Village Panchayats in unequal the State, there are 79,394 habitations and provide minimum basic infrastructure facilities only a micro level planning at habitation level to shall pave the way for reducing the rural -urban proposes to introduce a flagship programme divide. Further, the rate of increase in the called percentage of urbanization of rural Tamil Nadu Improvement (THAI) Scheme. No other State over in the Country is implementing such a massive the past decade indicates a heavy all distribution the of resources habitations, Tamil Nadu this Village and to Government Habitations migration of people to the urban and semi- Scheme and Tamil Nadu is the only State urban areas and this can be checked only when focusing on as the amenities available in rural areas are on development . par with urban and semi-urban areas. Habitation the unit of Equitable distribution of resources to all With the number of 79,394 habitations in the habitations in a proportionate manner alone 12,524 Village Panchayats, there are about 7 shall mark just & impartial development of the habitations on an average for each Village habitations Panchayat. development. The introduction of THAI Scheme However, 53 the number of and allay 54 the disparities in Classification of Village Panchayats on the basis of Number of habitations shall be a paradigm shift in the approach towards the development process of rural Sl.No. Chennai). As can be seen from the following Table, the population of Village Panchayats in Tamil Nadu widely varies with some Village Panchayats having population even below 500 while some others have population exceeding 10,000. 6,241 5-15 5,434 3 16-25 637 4 the State spread across the 31 districts (except No.of Village Panchayats Below 5 2 There are 12,524 Village Panchayats in Habitation range 1 areas. Above 25 212 Total 12,524 Fund allocation There is a positive correlation between the population of a Village Panchayat and the number of habitations within it. The following table also exhibits the same facts. Fund requirement for THAI Scheme 1 5 5,001-10,000 1,354 6 Above 10,000 (Rs. In crores) 2,554 In Total Requirement 7,228 3,001-5,000 Funds 1,001-3,000 4 Additional 3 basic grant 1,175 (Rs. lakhs) Minimum 501-1,000 per Panchayat per Panchayat 66 2 Average Population No.of Village Panchayats Total Population 500 and Below Panchayats Population 1 No.of Village Sl.No. Sl. No of Population (2001 census) Habitation Range Allocation Total Funds Classification of Village Panchayats on the basis 6241 12534047 2008 20 0 20 1248.20 2 5-15 5434 17392688 3201 20 10 30 1630.20 147 3 16-25 637 3553429 5578 20 20 40 254.80 12,524 Total Below 5 4 Above 25 212 1864689 8796 20 30 50 106.00 12524 35344853 19583 - - - Total Considering the number of habitations, the Village Panchayats are classified as below: Fund for survey, IEC, Preparatory activities and awards Grand Total 3239.20 160.80 3400.00 The requirement of a panchayat will be more if it has more number of habitations. 55 56 Taking this concept into consideration, the the habitations. The minimum requirement panchayats 4 shall include water supply, street lights, roads, categories based on the number of habitations burial grounds, pathway to burial grounds , etc. for the purpose of allocation of funds. The additional requirement will include public village have panchayats been grouped with more into Thus, number of habitations and having a larger population shall receive more funds. panchayats which is Rs.3,400 crores. This scheme is scheduled to be implemented over a period of 5 years and every village panchayat be taken up for implementation proportionately every year and funds to the tune of Rs.680 crores would be allocated to them annually. Out of this, an estimated sum of Rs.200 crores would be utilized for improving link roads and for conversion of earthen and gravel roads into all weather roads. All the habitations in the Village Panchayats would be covered at a total cost of Rs.3,400 crores under the THAI scheme. The buildings, threshing floor and play ground. The above table clearly depicts the fund requirement for the 12,524 would distribution shops, Anganwadi Centres, SHG Government have proposed 3.1.1 Water supply Drinking water works like provision of power pump, extension of pipeline, augmentation of existing source shall be taken up, depending upon the requirement. 3.1.2 Street lights New streetlights will be provided in the new habitations, extension areas, Adi-dravidar & Tribal habitations and IAY housing colonies, based on the actual needs. Additional street lights, including Solar powered lights, will be provided in the areas where the existing coverage is felt inadequate. to conduct a detailed survey to ascertain the availability of basic needs and assess the further requirement of basic infrastructure for 57 supply 58 3.1.3 Roads available, top priority will be given to provide 3.1.3.1 Cement Concrete Roads approach road or pathway. Pavements with residential units on sides, streets or lanes prone to water logging, part of the uncovered portion where a portion of the street has already been covered with cement concrete, will be taken up on priority. WBM roads to BT roads connecting two or more habitations in the same Panchayat and upgradation of earthen/gravel roads. Each burial ground / cremation ground will be provided with approach road, compound wall, cremation shed, water facility and lights. provide for dovetailing of funds from other schemes of RD & PR Department and other departments. 3.2 Pasumai Veedugal Thittam pathway was 64 years ago. Nearly, 68.84% of India s population lives in the villages and 51.55% of the population of the state of Tamil Nadu is rural based. requirement for human survival . The ownership of a house provides considerable economic security and dignity in the society. For a homeless person, the ownership of a house his social existence. is already available, improvement of the existing pathway will be taken up and wherever pathway is not 59 Gandhi. The statement is as true today as it brings a fundamental and significant change in 3.1.5 Pathway to burial ground the also Housing is considered to be the basic 3.1.4. Cremation / Burial grounds Wherever shall quote of the Father of our Nation, Mahatma Link roads will cover bus-plying roads, of scheme India Lives in Villages is the famous 3.1.3.2 Link Roads upgradation The The requirement for rural housing is increasing day by day. 60 Hence, Rural Housing has attracted sizeable attention in recent years in the country has any State Government and recognition of housing deficiencies and it s implemented a free housing scheme with 300 rectification has been the core of the Rural sq.ft. area. Development programmes of the State. The scheme aims at providing solar As announced on the floor of the Tamil powered green house for the poor people living Rural below poverty line in rural areas. It is proposed Housing scheme implemented by the previous to construct 60,000 Pasumai Veedugal during Government 2011-12. Nadu Legislative is Assembly fraught earlier, with many shortcomings. The unit cost of Rs.75,000/ provided per house is grossly inadequate, as Each house will measure about the cost of construction has gone up by two to 300 sq.ft. at an unit cost of Rs.1.80 lakhs three times recently. This has forced many of inclusive of an amount of Rs.30,000/- made these poor families into debt trap. Construction available for installation of Solar Powered Home of large number of houses is yet to be Lighting System. The commenced for the same reason. Therefore, provided an budgetary this Government have decided to discontinue Rs.1080 Crores this scheme. Alternatively, this Government will construction of 60,000 Pasumai Veedugal. overall during Government has support 2011-12 for of the launch a Solar Powered Green House Scheme for the benefit of the poor in the rural areas and construct houses measuring 300 square feet with an unit cost of Rs.1.80 lakh . This Government can assert with great pride that the Pasumai Veedugal Thittam is a unique scheme in the history of the country 3.2.1 Features 1. The Pasumai Veedugal Thittam will be fully funded by the State Government. in addressing the rural housing issue and nowhere 61 62 2. All the people below poverty line in rural areas will be eligible for Pasumai Veedugal Thittam. This Government proposes to replace the existing streetlights with solar powered streetlights with the objective of reducing the 3. Each house will be about 300 sq.ft. current consumption and maintenance charges 4. The unit cost of each house will be and promote renewable energy in rural areas. Rs.1.80 lakhs. 5. Each house will have a rainwater harvesting structure. 6. Each house will be provided with solar Since implemented the in programme Village is to Panchayats be on an experimental basis, 1,00,000 street lights in lamps. 1000 Village Panchayats will be taken up for 7. Tamil Nadu Energy Development Agency years upto 2016. For the year 2011-12, 20,000 powered compact fluorescent (CFL) will implement the Solar Powered Home Lighting System component. power Assembly that This Government will initiate steps to energise street lights with solar energy experimental 17,42,804 with solar power. The total cost of the scheme Government of India will provide Rs.11.28 crores as subsidy and the balance Rs.38.32 As already announced on the floor of the an streetlights will be taken up for replacement would be Rs.49.60 crores out of which the 3.3 Energising the street lights with solar on replacement with solar power over next five basis . streetlights Panchayats. in all There the are Village crores will be Government. provided The Department the State of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj shall coordinate with the Tamil Nadu Energy Development Agency for its guidance and implementation of the energization with solar power. 63 by 64 3.4 Comprehensive School Infrastructure Development Scheme those schools where kitchen sheds are not This Government proposes to launch a new scheme called Comprehensive School Infrastructure Development Scheme (CSIDS) during the current year. The objective of the scheme is to provide basic New kitchen sheds will be taken up in infrastructure available and the existing damaged kitchen sheds will be taken up for repair and renovation. Additional rooms/store rooms may also be constructed for stocking the commodities. facilities like new buildings, kitchen sheds, Existing water supply system in the water supply, toilets, etc., in the Panchayat schools which are in damaged condition will be Union Primary and Middle Schools in rural taken up for repairs. Extension of pipeline will areas. Repairs and renovation of the existing be provided wherever necessary and if the facilities school toilets are not equipped with water will also be taken up wherever necessary. The facility, water supply will be provided to the new school buildings will be constructed with RCC roof with weathering course on the basis of the strength of the toilets. New water supply connection f rom the Panchayat or a new borewell will also be provided wherever it is necessary. students. The space available in the school This Government shall ensure that all the premises will be used for the new construction Panchayat Union schools have adequate toilet and if adequate space is not available, then a facilities for girls and boys. Incinerators will be new floor will be added to the existing RCC provided for the benefit of girl students. If it is building after assessing the structural stability felt that funds under Total Sanitation Campaign of the building. are insufficient to meet the requirement of new toilets, then, the toilets can be taken up under the 65 Comprehensive School 66 Infra-structure Development Scheme also. This scheme will also be implemented in the Panchayat Union schools located in Town Panchayats and third grade Municipalities. The current allocation of Rs.1.75 Crores per MLA per annum will be enhanced to Rs.2 Crores district level to take up a detailed survey for ascertaining the infrastructural needs of the schools. sum of Rs.100 Crores will be earmarked during the year 2011-12. 3.5 Member of Legislative Assembly (MLACDS) Legislative main objective of Assembly Member of accord administrative sanction for the chosen work and he will also identify the implementing agency. An amount of Rs.1.125 crores shall be earmarked for priority works, exclusively fixed Rs.87.5 lakhs, the MLAs can choose works of their choice in tune with the guidelines of the scheme. 3.5.1 MLACDS Works to be taken up under Tied Component Constituency and implement the essential works to br idge the critical infrastructure gaps in the Assembly Constituencies. The MLACDS is fully funded by the State Government and each MLA identifies and proposes the works desired to be executed his Constituency. The Scheme implemented both in rural and urban areas. 67 2011-12 The District Collector is the authority to Development Scheme (MLACDS) is to identify in from by the Government and out of the remaining Constituency Development Scheme The Constituency onwards. Committees will be constituted at the A per is As stated above, Rs.1.125 crores shall be spent on works Component . prescribed under Tied In 2011-12, in order to provide infrastructure facilities to Schools, a sum of Rs.25 lakhs per MLA shall be earmarked under the tied component infrastructure facilities 68 for like provision toilet of facilities, water supply etc to Schools. Moreover, it has been established that a large number of Anganwadi Buildings, Noon Meal Centres, Noon 3. Renewal of badly worn out BT roads (laying of BT layer only with fillin g up of potholes, if necessary) Meal Kitchen Sheds, to a large extent in urban 4. Laying of cement concrete roads. areas and to lesser extent in rural area s are 5. Provision of buildings and/or compounds functioning in dilapidated buildings, a walls for Government and Local body programme for construction of new buildings is Hospitals, proposed to be taken up by this Government Government and this will be done in a phased manner. also for Government Schools, Panchayat Each MLA shall allot Rs.20 lakh for construction Union of Anganwadi Buildings, Noon Meal Centres and Kallar Reclamation Schools, Government Noon Meal Kitchen Sheds in rural as well as Colleges and Government Hostels. urban areas from MLACDS funds. The MLAs Primary Health Veterinary Schools, Adi Centres, Hospitals Dravida and Schools, 6. Provision of Infrastructural facilities to shall also set apart Rs.5 lakhs each for aids & Government appliances for differently abled persons. disabled and Government Orphanages. For the remaining amount of Rs.62.50 lakhs under Tied Component, the MLA may choose one or more works of the following types. Special Schools for the 7. Construction of bridges. 8. Provision of additional burial grounds, cremation grounds to the Village Panchayats not having such facilities. 9. Construction of new houses as per IAY 3.5.1.1 In rural areas 1. Installation of solar street lights. 2. Upgradation of gravel/WBM Roads to BT standard. norms. 3.5.1.2 In urban areas 1. Installation of solar 2. Upgradation of gravel/WBM Roads to BT standard. 69 street lights. 70 3. Renewal of badly worn out BT roads 3.5.2 MLACDS Works to be taken up under Untied Component (laying of BT layer only with filling up of potholes, if necessary). As in the case of Member of Parliament 4. Laying of cement concrete roads. 5. Provision of buildings and/or compound walls for Government and Local body Hospitals, Government Primary Health Veterinary Centres, Hospitals and also for Government Schools, Panchayat Union Schools, Adi Dravida Schools, Kallar Reclamation Schools, Government Colleges and Government Hostels. 6. Provision of Infrastructural facilities to Government Special Schools for the disabled and Government Orphanages. Local Area Development Scheme, certain types of works are banned under MLACDS including desilting channels. burial grounds/cremation grounds. 9. Provision of concrete pavements, with storm water drains if so required. 10. Formation of new public parks. 12. Purchase of Jet rodding machines and negative and list is that are prohibited under the scheme. Barring the above works, the MLA is free to choose and recommend any work including those prescribed in the tied component out of the untied component of Rs.87.50 lakhs. 3.5.3 List of works prohibited under 1. Office and residential buildings belonging to Central and State Governments, their departments, Organizations Government and Agencies/ Public Sector sewerage 2. Office and residential buildings and other works belonging to private, cooperative and commercial organizations. 3. All 71 illustrative ooranies Undertakings. 11. Construction of public toilets. machines. An rivers, MLACDS 8. Provision of infrastructure facilities to operated ponds, furnished which summarizes the list of works 7. Construction of bridges. hydraulically of works involving 72 commercial establishments/units. The 4. All maintenance works of any type. 6. Grants and loans, contribution to any Central and State/UT Relief Funds. 8. Acquisition of land or any compensation for land acquired. 9. Reimbursement of any type of completed or partly completed works or items. 12. Works within the places of religious worship and on land belonging to or owned by religious faith/group. 13. Desilting of ponds, ooranies, rivers, tanks, canals, channels and the like. 14. Gravel / WBM roads (roads upto BT standard only should be taken up). 15. Installation of High Mast Lights. allocation to the works for 19% the of the areas predominantly inhabited by SC/ST in rural areas or benefiting people living in slums in urban areas. 73 for This Government introduced the Village Self Sufficiency Scheme in 2001 later renamed as Self Sufficiency Integrated Scheme Sanitary Complex with for Rural women, areas with the active participation of the 11. All revenue and recurring expenditure. spend MLACDS streetlights and VAO office buildings as priority 10. Assets for individual/family benefits. shall for 3.6 Self Sufficiency Scheme 7. Purchase of all movable items. MLAs allocation 2011-12 will be Rs.470 crores. 5. All renovation and repair works. The total community. This Government recognized the community participation decision-making, in collaborative mediation, community building and consensus building to ensure an open and accountable process through which the individuals and groups could exchange views and promote useful community assets. The Village Self Sufficiency Scheme was a participatory demand driven scheme to promote and strengthen self-help and selfreliant attitude of the village community. The scheme involved the village community directly in the developmental process in planning, 74 resource mobilization, execution and maintenance. The Government supplemented the efforts of the community with financial assistance and provided technical support. The felt-needs of the public could be easily articulated and covered under the scheme. the self-reliant attitude of the rural community encourage public participation by re- introducing the Self Sufficiency Scheme in 2011-12. This scheme will be implemented both in rural and urban areas. The public shall contribute not less than one third of the estimated cost of the identified work. individuals, groups, institutions, public or private companies or from the community. 2. The District Collector shall receive the application from the public on the work identified and also the acceptance letter for contributing not less than one third of the estimated cost. 75 4. In case the requirement exceeds the arrange the works in the order of priority and accord administrative sanction. 3.6.2 List of works It is proposed to admit the following works under Self Sufficiency Scheme: of buildings, laboratories, toilets and compound walls/fencing to 1. The felt-need for taking up a work may from of the work. 1. Construction 3.6.1 Selection of works originate ascertaining the need and the feasibility allocation, the District Collector shall This Government proposes to encourage and 3. Estimates will be prepared only after Government, Adi Dravidar, Tribal, Panchayat Union and Kallar Reclamation Schools, Government Colleges and Government Hostels. 2. Construction of buildings, Compound walls and fencing to Government Hospitals, Primary Health Veterinary Centres, Dispensaries, Centres and libraries. 76 Sub-centres, Livestock 3. Construction of libraries in urban areas, Noon Meal Centres, Kitchen computers and accessories should not be sheds, Anganwadis and Public Distribution shops purchased. 9. Construction of classrooms, laboratories in rural and urban areas. 4. Creation of community and toilets in 100% Government-aided assets like drinking water sources, Cement concrete roads and Threshing floors in rural and and 100% Tamil medium schools. 3.6.3 List of Prohibited Works urban areas. 5. Maintenance of all community assets. Priority may be given for maintenance of Integrated Sanitary Complex for Women. 6. Construction of bridges, culverts, upgradation of gravel/WBM roads to BT standard, renewal of worn out BT roads, improvement of streets and lanes with brick or metal stones or cement slabs or cement concrete. 7. Formation, maintenance improvement of Parks, Play and grounds, Traffic Islands, Fountains, Street lights (including solar lights). 8. Purchase of Furniture, Computers and accessories for Government and Panchayat Union Schools, Libraries and buildings for the use of the public. Old 77 The following works under the SSS cannot be taken up unless specifically included in the exceptions: 1) Construction of office and residential buildings belonging to Central and State Governments, including Public Sector Undertakings and Co-operative Societies. Exception: Construction, Repair Renovation of residential units of and Primary Health Centres / Government Hospitals, Construction of buildings, compound walls for all types of Government hospitals, Primary Health Centres and Government Veterinary Hospitals, Construction of Public Distribution Centres, Shops, Milk Direct Producers Procurement Co-operative Societies and Bulk Chilling Centres can however, be taken up. 78 2) Purchase of all movable items, equipments and furniture. Exception: Purchase equipments for of furniture Government and Schools, Panchayat Union Schools, Adi Dravida and Tribal Welfare Schools, Kallar Reclamation Schools, Noon Meal Centres, Anganwadis, Government Colleges, For such cases, apart from Collector making his own enquiries, the following certificates should be obtained from the District Elementary Educational Officer or Chief Educational Officer of the district concerned before undertaking the works. (i) The school has 100% Tamil medium Government Classes/Sections. There are no English Students Hostels, Government Hospitals, Medium Sections. Primary Health Centres and Government (ii)The School must be 100% Government Veterinary Hospitals are permitted. aided. 3) Any work in Government-aided and SelfConstruction laboratories and of toilets the class rooms, in 100% Government aided schools can be taken up if they have only Tamil as medium of instruction. The assistance by way of Government grant under this scheme to an eligible aided school should not exceed Rs.10 lakhs in a particular year. Once a Government aided school as above has self-financing course same campuses campus or different under the same management. 4) All works involving commercial establishments/units. 5) Grants and loans, contribution to any Central and State/UT Relief Funds. 6) Acquisition of land or any compensation for land acquired. 7) Reimbursement of any type of completed been assisted, it is not eligible for further or partly completed works or items. assistance under this scheme for a period 8) Assets for individual/family benefits. of next 3 years. 9) All revenue and recurring expenditure. 79 / classes are run in the above school in financing Schools and Colleges. Exception: No 80 10) Works within the places of religious worship and on land belonging to or owned by religious faiths /groups. 11) Desilting of ponds, Ooranies, rivers, tanks, canals, channels and the like. Exception: Desiltation, consolidation To facilitate larger participation of the people in contributors this scheme, opt to if the execute public the or work themselves or through their agency, willingness should be given by them in writing while of applying for the work under Self Sufficien cy bunds & constructions / renovation of sluices/ Scheme. The District Collector will examine the surplus weirs etc., of PWD tanks only, if found request and permit the contributors or the essential in the opinion of the District agency to execute the work if the public Collectors. The public contribution should not contribution is 50% or more of the estimate of be less than 50% the work. of the estimate prepared But in case of Desiltation of PWD by PWD. The upstream / downstream supply tanks even if the public contribution is 50% or channels may be taken up under MGNREGS / more IAMWARM wherever applicable. through tender. 12) Gravel / WBM roads (roads upto BT standard only should be taken up). 13) Installation of Sodium Vapour lamp / High Mast Lights the work should with self- generated resources. amount of Rs.100 per Scheme. the Tamil Nadu Transparency in Tenders Act, 1998. 81 crores will be allocated during 2011-12 for Self Sufficiency Local Bodies or the Department concerned as only be maintained, preferably by the user group Execution of works will be done by the tender executed The assets created under the scheme shall An 3.6.4 Execution of works through be 82 3.7 Rural Infrastructure Scheme (RIS) Since the objective of the 3.8. Renovation of Integrated Sanitary Complex for Women Rural Infrastructure Scheme was to stabilize the Improved sanitation for women was the assets created under MGNREGS and to create maxim of the Rural Development Department basic infrastructure facilities and durable assets when in the villages, this Government shall continue 2001. Sanitation was a hidden gender problem the Infrastructure and the rural women s lives were severely Scheme and during 2011-12, an amount of Rs. affected due to the absence of proper sanitary 380 Crores will be provided for this purpose facilities. The women without toilets in their under the State Finance Commission Grant . households had to go out to relieve themselves Priority will be given for: in the dark. The limited or no access to the implementation of Rural the upgradation of existing Earthen and Gravel roads into WBM roads; upgradation of existing WBM roads into BT Roads; repairs to the sluices, surplus weirs, construction of retaining wall in the water bodies desilted under MGNREGS; and construction of culverts and retaining wa lls in the newly formed roads under MGNREGS. this Government assumed power in toilet facilities and compulsion to wait till the dark, resulted in constipation and adapted diet and drinking habits which led to severe health problems. Absence of sanitary facilities was due to both poverty and cultural inhibitions, which had to be overcome. Therefore, it was of paramount importance to ensure privacy and safety to the women besides improving general hygiene and health to the rural people. The Government in 2001 decided to build Integrated Sanitary Complexes for Women in all the 12,618 Village Panchayats in the State, at an approximate area of 750 sq.ft. each. The 83 84 selected sites were easily accessible to the Low water using toilets were promoted rural women and nearer to the habitations, and the bath waste water was utilized for facilitating easy approach to the users. Each raising vegetables which was also a source of complex had 14 water closets, 2 bathrooms, 1 income for the Self Help groups which looked water tub and stone-paved washing facilities. after the maintenance of the complexes. The Adequate water supply for washing and bathing design incorporated better ventilation and the requirements was also ensured. Government The total also encouraged biogas- users were identified and grouped for the generating units for generation of power for purpose of allocation of individual toilets within lighting and water pumping needs of the the complex. The Village Panchayats provided complexes in order to reduce the recurring electricity & expenditure on power consumption. In toto, lighting and the allottee families maintained the the endeavour of the Government was to upkeep of the complex. sensitize the rural masses that development connection for water supply The complexes were provided with incinerators for disposal of the would sanitary napkins of the user women. sanitation was not addressed adequately. Initially, 385 Integrated Sanitary Complexes for Women were constructed @ 1 per Panchayat Union at a cost of Rs.2.00 lakhs each. Between 2001 and 2004, all the Village Panchayats in the state were covered under the scheme with the enhanced unit cost of Rs.2.25 lakhs. 85 be Most incomplete of the if environmental Integrated Sanitary Complexes for Women are rendered unusable since the previous Government did not give adequate attention for its maintenance. The Hon ble Chief Minister has directed to revive all the sanitary complexes immediately. 86 3.9 Rural Buildings Maintenance and Renovation Scheme (RBMRS) Rural Buildings i. Maintenance and categories as to have the full utilization of the assets created. Hence, this Government has decided children, annual outlay of Rs.100 crores under the State Finance Commission Grant for the year 2011 - Campaign in 2003 to create a momentum to bring about a sanitary revolution in the State. The Clean Village Campaign encompassed al l village for environmental sanitation. of the women, adolescents, like iv. To develop and aged Anganwadis, promote technology options for different geographic locations and conditions of water availability, depth of water table etc., To promote hygienic behaviour through Clean Village and skills for improving environmental sanitation. vi. To empower the community and local governments in planning and strengthening implementation, their managerial capacity and responsibility on all aspects of environmental sanitation. Campaign were: 87 promote change in knowledge-attitude practices This Government launched Clean Village objectives and Schools, public places, etc., v. 3.10 Clean Village Campaign The people institutions renovate the Integrated Sanitary Complexes for Women under this scheme. of iii. To promote environmental sanitation in all 12. During 2011-12, priority will be given to the the people, disabled etc., to implement the programme of RBMRS with an in to sanitation needs of specific groups like Continuous and proper up awareness ii. To recognize the special needs of different maintenance of the buildings should be done so taken more of open defecation practices with an objective of maintaining the assets of activities create community on the adverse consequences Renovation Scheme (RBMRS) was introduced rural Local Bodies. To 88 vii. To enable net-working, coordination and houses, were eligible to be nominated for a better convergence of various agencies cash award of Rs.5.00 lakhs by the State. The and groups working in this sector with a Government disbursed awards every year to 15 view such to optimise implementation efficiency and in ensuring sustainability of systems. community through intensive IEC activities with the involvement of Village Panchayats and The components of Clean Village Campaign: 1. Eliminating the practice as a Cash and Recognition Incentive . However, the scheme the Clean Village Campaign will be re- introduced by this Government for improving and maintaining the sanitation in rural areas. 3.11 Programme for Comprehensive Development of Dharmapuri and of Krishnagiri Districts open defecation 2. Panchayats was shelved by the previous Government and The strategy is focused on mobilising the various other Departments. Village It is a Socio-economic development Water conservation and waste water re- programme which was launched in the year use 2003-04, 3. Solid waste management Krishnagiri 4. Night soil based Biogas plant activities and curb the rise of Naxal movement The Village Panchayats with 100% sanitation coverage in individual households, schools and were free from open defecation with clean environment through solid waste management and water conservation and also the provision of rain water harvesting in all the 89 exclusively in the area. Districts for to Dharmapuri contain the and Naxal An yearly allotment of Rs.7.50 crores is made for the construction of new houses, repairs of group houses, distribution of tool kits & implements to the rural youth, assistance to differently abled, widows and destitutes. 90 An allotment of Rs.7.50 crores will be made under the scheme for 2011-12. 4. CENTRAL SCHEMES 4.1 3.12 Part II Schemes The Government proposes to sanction Rs.2.00 crores for the following 6 items as under: Details 1. Provision of amenities and Computers with accessories in the Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department, Secretariat. Modernisation of Directorate of Rural Development & Panchayat Raj. Provision of amenities and vehicle to the Tamil Nadu State Election Commission. Construction of Residential Quarters for Project Director, DRDA, Perambalur District. Construction of Residential Quarters for Project Director, DRDA, Ariyalur District. Providing Jeeps to 7 Assistant Directors (Panchayat)/Personal Assistant (Development). Total 3 4. 5. 6. The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) was conceptualized and enacted as an Act in the Parliament in September 2005 to give a Sl.No. 2. Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme Amount (Rs.lakhs) 14.20 56.40 19.40 35.00 35.00 40.00 200.00 statutory backing to the scheme. The objective of the Act is to enhance the livelihood security in Rural areas by providing atleast 100 employment days in a of guaranteed financial year wage to every household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work. The primary objective of the scheme is to augment the wage employment and the auxiliary objective is to strengthen natural resource management through works that address causes of chronic poverty like drought, deforestation, soil erosion, etc., and thus encourage sustainable development. 91 92 In Tamil Nadu, the scheme was first notified on 2.2.2006 in 6 districts of the State, which was subsequently extended to other districts in a phased manner. 3. Job card is issued within 15 days of application / oral request. 4. Job card holders may apply for employment in writing. In such cases, the Coverage of Districts in Phases under MGNREGS Phase 1 Phase II Phase III (2.2.2006 (1.4.2007 (1.4.2008 onwards) onwards) onwards) 1. Cuddalore 1. Thanjavur 1. Kanchipuram 11.Trichy 2.Villupuram 2. Tiruvarur 2.Tiruvallur 12.Perambalur 3.Tiruvannamalai 3. Karur 3.Vellore 13.Ariyalur 4.Nagapattinam 4. Tirunelveli Village Panchayat will issue a dated receipt, which will stand as a guarantee to provide employment within 15 days. 5. The worksite is ordinarily within a radius of 5 kms. of the Village and if the distance exceeds 5 kms, extra wages of 10% are 4.Salem 14.Pudukkottai payable 5.Dindigul 5.Namakkal 15.Madurai 6.Sivagangai 6.Dharmapuri 16.Theni transportation and living expenses. 7.Krishnagiri 17.Ramanathapuram 8.Erode 9.Coimbatore 18.Virudhunagar 19.Thoothukudi 10.Nilgiris 20.Kanniyakumari 21.Tiruppur 4.1.1 Salient features of the scheme 1. Adult members of rural households willing to do unskilled manual work may register in writing or orally, with the Village Panchayat. 2. The Village Panchayat will issue a job card, bearing the photo and the register number, free of cost. 93 to meet the additional 6. The wages are paid according to the Minimum Wages Act 1948, for agricultural labourers in the State. 7. The wages per day has been fixed at Rs.119/- for the State of Tamil Nadu by Government of India. 8. Wages are equal to men and women. 9. Disbursement of wages is normally done on weekly basis and should be paid within 15 days. 10. One third of the beneficiaries should be women. 11. Work site facilities such as water, shade etc., are provided. 94 drinking 12. As per the guidelines, the shelf of projects for a Village is recommended by the Grama Sabha and 50% of the works should be allotted to Village Panchayats for execution. In case of Tamil Nadu, only the Village Panchayats execute the works. 13. The wage and material component ratio has to be maintained at 60:40. In Tamil Nadu 100% labour intensive works alone are taken up under MGNREGS. 14. No contractors or machinery are allowed. 15. The Central Government bears 100% wage cost of unskilled manual labour and 75% of the material cost including wages of skilled and semi-skilled workers. 16. Grama Sabha conducts the social audit in respect of MGNREGS through Social Audit Committees. 17. Grievance redressal mechanism is in place to ensure quick response and a Toll free Help line (1299) has also been provided. 19. Under Section 12 of the MGNREG Act, Government of Tamil Nadu has constituted State Employment Guarantee Council to advise, evaluate and monitor the implementation of the scheme. 4.1.2 Permissible works 1. Water conservation and water harvesting. 2. Drought proofing including afforestation and tree plantation. 3. Irrigation canals, including micro and minor irrigation works. 4. Provision of irrigation facility, plantation, horticulture and land development in the lands owned by households belonging to the SC/ST, or in the lands of the beneficiaries of land reforms, or in the lands of the beneficiaries under the Indira Awas Yojana / BPL families. 5. Renovation of traditional water bodies 18. All accounts and records of the scheme are available for public scrutiny. 95 including desilting of tanks. 6. Land development. 96 7. Flood control works including drainage in water logged areas. The guidelines provide for development of lands owned by households belonging 8. Rural connectivity for all weather access to the SC/ST, small and marginal including culverts and drains wherever farmers or the land of the beneficiaries necessary. of land reforms or the land of the 9. Any other work that may be notified by beneficiaries under IAY/BPL families. the Central Government in consultation Such land development activities are with the State Government. being practised in some States and the Government proposes to explore the This Government proposes to take the possibility of extending land development following steps for the effective implementation activities including of MGNREGS. horticulture The minimum wage prescribed for 8 hours of work under MGNREGS is to Rs.90/-. Hence, and give get their full wage of Rs.119/-. The practice of disbursing the payments to the beneficiaries through the banks in a phased manner, as a measure of the separating the payment agency from the implementing wide publicity to enable all the beneficiaries to eligible dispensed with and make the payments the Government proposes to conduct mass awareness campaigns the to the workers by cash is proposed to be beneficiaries get wages in the range of Rs.80/- to facilities, landholders. Rs.119/-. As the wages are disbursed on out turn basis, on many occasions, etc., irrigation agency, to curtail any scope for malpractices. At present, only one work site is permitted for each Village Panchayat at any given time. This has led to huge assemblage at the work sites leading to difficulties in the supervision of works. 97 98 Hence it is proposed to permit more than the right order of priority. This will also one work and also appoint one Worksite avoid random selection of ponds, tanks, Assistant for each worksite to supervise ooranies etc., in a piecemeal manner. the works. MGNREGS being one of Agriculture sector has been repeatedly schemes over the non- Government, it has become imperative availability of sufficient labour to be to introduce Real Time Monitoring. As the engaged in the agriculture operations, as works are implemented in all the Village a Panchayats substantial work force takes up by largest voicing their concern implemented the simultaneously, the the MGNREGS works. Hence, it is proposed Government proposes to introduce SMS to take up the issue with Government of based monitoring, to consolidate the India for announcing a Scheme recess details and communicate hierarchically. for MGNREGS during the agriculture season. This Government proposes to resort to efficient system. fund The transfer funds management from Centralised MGNREGS account maintained at the nodal banks will be electronically transferred to the respective branches within an hour. This Government proposes to generate satellite-based maps indicating the current status of water bodies in order to identify & select the water structures in 99 The approved Labour Budget for the year 2011-12 is Rs.3,472 crores. 4.2. Indira Awaas Yojana (IAY) Indira Awaas Yojana, which used to be a component of Jawahar Rozgar Yojana became an independent scheme from January, 1996. Its objective is construction of free houses to members of the Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes, freed bonded labourers in rural areas and also to non-SC/ST rural poor people, living below poverty line. Beneficiaries are selected 100 from the Below Poverty Line (BPL) list approved by the Grama Sabha. Atleast 60% of under this scheme has been increased from Rs.75,000/- to Rs.1 lakh in Tamil Nadu. the total IAY allocation during a financial year should be utilized for construction of SC/ST BPL households. A maximum of 40% of allocation is for non-SC/ST BPL rural households. 3% should be allocated for differently abled persons within the above categories. Government of India have also asked the States to earmark 15% of the houses to beneficiaries from amongst minorities. The Grama Sabha is empowered to select the beneficiaries under the scheme. The allotment of the dwelling units should be in the name of the female member of the beneficiary household or alternatively, in the name of both husband and wife. Toilets will be constructed in all the houses dovetailing funds from Total Sanitation Campaign. The construction of the house is the responsibility of the beneficiary. The Unit cost of each house as fixed by Government of India is Rs.45,000/- which is shared between the Centre and State at the ratio of 75:25 i.e. the Centre gives Rs.33,750/and the State contributes Rs.11,250/- Besides, the Government of Tamil Nadu gives an additional amount of Rs.30,000/- towards the cement concrete roofing of the house thus making the unit cost as Rs.75,000/- in our State till 2010-11. The State Government have increased the RCC roofing cost from Rs.30,000/- to Rs.55,000/- from this year. Thus, the unit cost of the house constructed During 2011-12, it is proposed to construct 1,00,553 IAY houses at an estimated cost of Rs.1005.53 crores, out of which the State Government s contribution alone comes to Rs.666.16 crores (66.25 %) 4.3 Member of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS) The MPLAD scheme was launched in December 1993, to provide a mechanism for the Members of Parliament to recommend works of developmental nature for creation of 101 102 durable community assets and for provision of one district, the member can choose any one of basic the districts as the Nodal district. facilities including community infrastructure, based on locally felt needs. The Members of Parliament may A sum of Rs.2 crores was allotted for recommend works for the creation of durable each Member of Parliament per year, both Lok assets with particular stress on drinking water, Sabha and Rajya sabha, for taking up of education, public health, sanitation and roads. developmental by the 15% of the MPLADS funds should be utilized for Parliament. The areas inhabited by Scheduled Castes and 7.5% the for areas inhabited by Scheduled Tribes. In allocation from Rs.2 crores to Rs.5 crores per case a constituency does not have Scheduled annum per Member of Parliament from 2011- Tribe inhabited area, the earmarked fund may 12 onwards. be utilized in Scheduled Caste inhabited area concerned Government works Member of identified of India have increased In the case of Lok Sabha, the scheme is implemented within the constituency and vice versa. of the members concerned and in the case of Rajya sabha, the MP can suggest works in one or more districts within the State from which he is elected. As regards the nominated MPs, they can suggest works in any part of the country. MPLADS works may be recommended for the areas affected by natural calamities such as Floods, Cyclone, Tsunami, Earthquake and Drought. Lok Sabha MPs from the non -affected areas of the State can also recommend The choice of nodal district shall be possible works up to a maximum of Rs.10 lakh s preferred by the Member of Parliament and per annum in the affected area. In case of a intimated to the Ministry of Statistics and calamity Programme Implementation and in cases where recommended can be to a maximum of Rs.50 the Lok Sabha Constituency covers more than lakhs per annum for the affected district. 103 of severe 104 nature, the work The fund is released in 2 equal 4.3.1 of the financial year subject to the condition 1. forward for the utilization in the subsequent years. The balances of the MPLADS funds, which are not committed for recommended works by the predecessor MP in a Lok Sabha constituency, would be passed on to the successor MP in that constituency. The districts can utilize up to 0.5% of the amount spent on completed projects in a year, as contingency expenses on stationery, office equipment, telephone charges, etc. prohibited under residential to Central, their buildings and State Departments, Agencies/ Organizations and Public Sector Undertakings. 2. Office and other residential works buildings, belonging cooperative Funds released by the Government of unutilized in a financial year can be carried and Government instalment is released subject to the conditions India are not lapsable and the funds left Office Governments, was released for the MP concerned. The second utilisation certificates produced. works belonging that the second instalment of the previous year with respect to the expenditure incurred and of MPLADS instalments by the Government of India and the first instalment is released in the beginning List to private, and commercial involving commercial organizations. 3. All works establishments/units. 4. All types of maintenance works. 5. All renovation, and repair works. 6. Grants and loans, contribution to any Central and State/UT Relief Funds. 7. Assets to be named after any person. 8. Purchase of all movable items. 9. Acquisition of land or any compensation for land acquired. 10. Reimbursement of any type of completed or partly completed works or items. 11. Assets for individual/family benefits. 105 and 106 12. All revenue and recurring expenditure. Sanitation Campaign was launched by Rajiv 13. Works within the places of religious Gandhi National Drinking Water Mission, worship and on land belonging to or Government of India to cover all households owned by religious faith/group. with water & sanitation facilities and promote As per Government of India (Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation) website, Tamil Nadu stands third at All India level in cumulative utilization of funds under MPLADS with 97.29% fund utilization since 1993. For 2011-12, an amount of Rs.285 crores is likely to be allotted for works under MPLADS. Total commenced in Sanitation Cuddalore and people-centered on the principle of Low to No subsidy ; a nominal subsidy in the form of incentive is given to the rural poor households for construction of toilets. The TSC gives strong emphasis on Information, Coimbatore Districts initially and was later extended to the remaining districts in a phased manner till 2004. The project period is from 1999 to 2012. In order to ensure sanitation facilities in hygiene education with the for practice comprehensive of open programme 107 defecation, called effective involvement Based and behaviour of PRIs, Organisations(CBOs), NGOs, etc. The key intervention areas have been identified as Individual House Hold Latrines (IHHL), School Sanitation & Hygiene Education, Community Sanitary Complex and Anganwadi Toilets. rural areas with the broader goal to eradicate the Education Communication (IEC), capacity building and Community Campaign and rural health. The programme is demand-driven change, 4.4 Total Sanitation Campaign The hygiene behaviour for overall improvement of a Total 108 The sharing of cost among the Centre, State and Beneficiary contribution is as follows: (in Rupees) Sl. No Compo nent GOI GoTN Beneficiary contribution Total Unit Cost 3,500 1. IHHL 2,200 (63%) 1,000 (28%) 300 (9%) 2. School Toilet 24,500 (70%) 10,500 (30%) 0 35,000 3. Anganwadi Toilet 5,600 (70%) 2,400 (30%) 0 8,000 4. Sanitary Complex 1,20,000 (60%) 40,000 (20%) 40,000 (20%) The total 2,00,000 outlay is Rs.1064.25 crores, out of which an amount of crores has Rs.609.47 crores incurred through creation and health education. Cover schools/Anganwadis in rural areas with sanitation facilities and promote hygiene education & sanitary habits among students. been released as and expenditure technologies in sanitation. Eliminate open defecation to minimize risk of contamination of drinking water sources and food. Convert dry latrines to pour flush latrines and eliminate manual scavenging practice, wherever in existence in rural areas. so far. 4.4.1 awareness Encourage cost effective and appropriate project Rs.725.73 Generate felt-demand for sanitation facilities This programme aims at covering all the Individual (IHHL) House Hold Latrines scheme is extended to BPL families as the same quality of life in the rural areas. areas. coverage considered of for full community. the necessary The APL families are to be motivated to construct the Bring about an improvement in the general sanitation is involvement The main objectives are as under: Accelerate rural families. Incentive provided under the household toilets on their own. The construction of the IHHL is undertaken by the in rural BPL household itself. Under the IHHL component, the target is 44,22,133 in Tamil 109 110 Nadu, out of which 37,06,650 toilets have been forms an integral part of the TSC project. constructed as on Out of the Toilets in all types of schools i.e. primary, toilets to be constructed, secondary, higher secondary and anganwadis 31.7.2011. remaining 7,15,483 it is proposed to construct 5,22,214 IHHLs during 2011-12. are constructed under the scheme. Emphasis is given for toilets in girl schools. As per the existing norms, the unit cost for All activities with regard to the provision IHHL is fixed at Rs.3,500 out of which, the of sanitation and hygiene education in Schools Government of India gives Rs.2,200/- and the and Anganwadis will be done in tandem with State Rs.1,000/- school education department. This Government beneficiary shall ensure that all Schools and Anganwadis in Government towards the contributes subsidy and the contribution is Rs.300/-. 4.4.2 School the State are provided with toilets. Sanitation and Hygiene education Funding for School Sanitation in a TSC project Children are more receptive to new ideas is shared between the Central Government and State Government in the ratio and the schools/anganwadis are the most of 70:30. appropriate the toilets at a cost of Rs.118.09 crores, 40,201 behaviour, mind set and habits of the children toilets have been constructed so far at an from open defecation to the use of lavatory expenditure of Rs.88.44 crores. The remaining through The 13,477 School toilets will be constructed during experience gained by children through use of 2011-12 at an estimated cost of Rs.47.170 toilets crores. institutions motivation in school for and and changing education. sanitation education Out of the target of 53,678 school imparted by teachers would also reach home and influence their parents to adopt good sanitary habits. School Sanitation therefore 111 112 4.4.3 Anganwadi toilets responsibility In order to change the behaviour of the children from very early stage in life, it is essential to use Anganwadis as a platform for behavioural change of the children as well as the mothers attending the Anganwadis. Each anganwadi is provided with a baby friendly toilet. In Tamil Nadu, 24,212 Anganwadi toilets have been constructed. It is proposed to construct 3,758 toilets during 2011-12, at an estimated cost of Rs.3.00 crores. The requirement of school and anganwadi toilets in the districts will be re-worked and the required additional number will be constructed during the next financial year. 4.4.4 Community Sanitary Complex or make alternative arrangements at the village level for the maintenance of the complex. The sharing pattern amongst the Government of India, State Government and the community is in the ratio of 60:20:20. The Village Panchayat can make the community contribution also. As against the target of 1,438, so far, 1,548 complexes have been constructed at a cost of Rs.23.22 crores. 4.4.5 Rural Sanitary Marts (RSM) Rural Sanitary Mart is a commercial venture with a social objective. Rural Sanitary Mart is an outlet for dealing with the materials required for the construction of the sanitary latrines and also the sanitary facilities required for individuals, families and the environment in The Community Sanitary Complex is an the rural areas. The main aim of having RSM is important component of the TSC and the to provide materials, services and guidance complexes are set up in any place in the needed for constructing different types of Village, which is acceptable to the stake- latrines and other sanitary facilities, which are holders and accessible to them. The Village technologically and financially suitable to the Panchayat is expected to own the ultimate area. The RSM may be opened and operated by 113 114 NGOs, SHGs, Organisations, Country. Taking cue from this, Government of Panchayats, etc. An amount of Rs.2.93 crores India had started giving Nirmal Gram Puraskar has for (NGP) from 2005 to give a fillip to the Total establishing 195 RSMs in 31 districts of the Sanitation Campaign. The NGP recognized the State. efforts of PRIs and other institutions towa rds been Women incurred as expenditure full sanitation in their respective areas. 4.4.6 Production Centres Production Centres are the means to improve the production of cost effective, affordable sanitary materials under the TSC project. A maximum amount of Rs.3.5 lakhs per production centre can be provided for construction of shed, training of masons and also for sanction of revolving fund. So far, 65 production centres have been established in the State at a cost of Rs.65 lakhs. in July 2003 for the best performing Village Panchayats in the field of Sanitation, there by on the importance of Sanitation for the first time in the entire 115 and political discourse for development in rural India. 2. To develop open defecation free and clean villages 3. To give incentive to PRIs to sustain the initiatives taken increase recognizing announced the Clean Village Campaign Award focus social 4. To Hon ble Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu prime 1. To bring sanitation to the forefront of by them for full mobilization by sanitation coverage 4.4.7 Nirmal Gram Puraskar giving NGP strives: organizations social the in role played universal by sanitation coverage. So far, 5 Block Panchayats and 2,334 Village Panchayats of Tamil Nadu have received NGP awards for achieving 100% sanitation and over-all cleanliness. The NGP award incentive 116 amount varies from Rs.50,000 to Rs.5 lakhs critical gaps in local infrastructure and other in case of Village Panchayats and Rs.10 lakhs development requirements that are not being to Rs.20 lakhs for Block Panchayats, based on met adequately by the existing inflows. The the population. scheme focuses on strengthening the local This Government will add vigour to the sanitation sanitized initiatives and open and ensure defecation a free fully Rural Tamil Nadu through sustained multi media campaign. 4.5 Backward Regions Grant Fund (BRGF) The erstwhile Rashtriya Sam Vikas Yojana (RSVY) implemented in the 5 backward districts of Tamil Nadu through the funding of Union Planning Commission was transferred to Ministry of Panchayat Raj and modified as Backward Regions Grant Fund. The scheme is now implemented in 6 districts Nagapattinam, Sivagangai, Tiruvannamalai, Dindigul and viz. Villupuram, Cuddalore Districts. governance through for planning, implementation & monitoring their plans and improve the performance and delivery of critical functions. BRGF consists of two funding windows: 1. Capacity Building Fund meant to build capacity of the elected representatives and the officials associated with Panchayat Raj Institutions in planning, implementation, monitoring, accounting and improving the accountability & transparency. 2. An untied grant meant to be used by Panchayats and urban Local Bodies to address critical gaps identified in 118 integrated through participative planning process. imbalances in development so as to bridge the 117 building, providing professional support to local bodies development, The BRGF is designed to redress regional capacity the The details of funds released are as under: An annual plan for Rs.117.74 crores has been sent to Government of India for sanction a. A sum of Rs.21.55 crores has been released to the State Institute of Rural Development, Maraimalainagar under and release for the year 2011-12. 4.6 National districts have received the following amount: current Total amount received (Rs. in crores) 36.94 waste streams such as, paper production, sugar production, animal waste and so Name of the District Biogas Biogas can easily be produced from forth. slurried Sl. No. on Development capacity building component. b. As regards the untied amount, the BRGF Project The various together and waste allowed streams are to naturally ferment, producing inflammable methane gas. Biogas production has the capacity to meet enormous amount of energy needs. Biogas 1. Nagapattinam 2. Sivagangai 38.19 3. Villupuram 55.66 4. Tiruvannamalai 47.26 are to provide clean, bio-gaseous fuel mainly 5. Dindigul 45.85 for cooking purpose and thereby reduce use of 6. Cuddalore 43.44 Total 267.34 aims at conventional promoting energy eco-friendly source with nonmultiple benefits. The objectives of the biogas scheme conventional fuels including LPG. Biogas provides bio-fertilizer/organic manure to reduce the use of chemical fertilizers, mitigates the drudgery of rural women, reduce the pressure on forests, improve sanitation in villages by linking sanitary toilets with biogas plants and 119 120 mitigate climate change by preventing lethal connectivity is bound to reflect on the socio- emissions. economic status. During 2011-12, the physical target of biogas plants for Tamil Nadu is 1,000 and the components of the financial outlay will be as under: Sl. No. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. to the habitations is expected to bring-in significant improvement in various aspects of rural life, especially in agriculture sector in the areas of availability of raw material, changes in the cropping pattern, Component Subsidy Turnkey Toilet link Users Training Masons Training Connectivity Proposed No. of units 1000 500 200 50 Rate (in Rs.) 2 37,500 8,000 1,500 1,000 2,000 Total (in Rs.) 80,00,000 7,50,000 2,00,000 1,00,000 access to market centres, changes in prices of agricultural produce and increase in dairy production. This Government has already announced that Every village with the population of more than 500 will have a black topped road and other habitations will have an all-weather road 91,25,000 Total 75,000 The earnestness of this Government to provide good roads for the socio-economic 5. ROADS development of the State is undisputable. This Rapid and sustainable development as well as socio-economic transformation in rural areas is possible and alleviation of poverty can be addressed only if all weather connectivity is in place. There is a close link between rural connectivity and growth of employment, Government ensures access to the remotest regions by providing good roads. new roads and improvement of the existing roads will facilitate transportation of people and commodities and generate employment opportunities. education and health care and the state of 121 Building of 122 productive 5.1 Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) stipulated that only the following categories of road works would be considered for approval Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana was launched in 2000 to provide all weather access under PMGSY. i. Residual new connectivity coverage envisaged under Phase I of Bharat to unconnected habitations. PMGSY is a 100% centrally sponsored scheme. The programme objective is to provide Nirman. ii. Projects to be taken up with the assistance of World Bank and Asian round-the year connectivity by all weather roads with necessary culverts and cross drainage structures. Development Bank. iii. New habitation connectivity in the 33 identified Left Wing Extremism (LWE) Between PMGSY Phase I (2000-01) and PMGSY Phase VII (2007-08 - Bharat Nirman affected districts. iv. Special road connectivity packages Phase II), 4,949 roads have been taken up for a length of 9,984.32 kms at a cost of Rs.2,024 crores. Out of this, 4801 works have been completed so far. The remaining works will be completed shortly. Now, Detailed Project Reports (DPRs) for upgradation of 1,176 roads for a total length of 2,031 kms. at an estimated cost of Rs.577.90 crores have been prepared and are ready to be transmitted to National Rural Roads Development Agency (NRRDA) under Bharat Nirman Phase III (PMGSY Phase VIII). However, Government of India have 123 announced for the border areas. While such are the priorities of NRRDA, Tamil Nadu, as it has been consistently performing well in all the previous phases of PMGSY, leading to all weather road connectivity to all the habitations with the population of 500 and above, does not have the categories of roads to satisfy the conditions prescribed by NRRDA. When the situation so warrants that the implementation has to be carried to the next logical phase i.e., to the habitations with the population of 250 to 500, the State is 124 denied Centre s allocation under PMGSY as Groups and Non-Government Organisations for there are no habitations with the population of taking up of infrastructure projects in rural 500 and above, which are not connected by all areas. The NABARD has been releasing money weather roads. It is felt that the State should under different tranches. Major investments not be left out of the National PMGSY Agenda covered under the Fund include rural roads, for the better performance of the State in the bridges, minor irrigation structures, schools, implementation of PMGSY scheme since its health centres and power projects. inception. Therefore, the Honourable Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu took up the issue with the Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission on 6.7.2011 at New Delhi at the time of finalisation of Annual Plan 2011-12 for Tamil Nadu. During the meeting, it was also stressed by the Honourable Chief Minister that more funds should be allocated to Tamil Nadu for upgradation and improvement of the existing rural roads. Loans under RIDF have been sanctioned to Government of Tamil Nadu by NABARD. The financing and bridges received from RIDF were used to construct new roads, upgrade existing roads to black topped roads, strengthen existing black topped roads, etc. Under RIDF, so far, 4,307 roads have been taken up at an estimated cost of Rs.1322.37 Fund financial (RIDF) assistance remaining works will be completed shortly. in to Government 1995-96, the to State owned Corporations, Village Panchayats, Self Help 125 Out of this, 3,888 works have been completed and the of India, NABARD set up Rural Infrastructure Governments, roads commenced during RIDF II and the funds Following the direction from Government extend rural crores for a length of 10,580.46 kms. 5.2 NABARD RIDF Roads Development of During 2011-12, a proposal under RIDF XVII for Panchayat 2,837.06 strengthening Union kms. roads, at an of Panchayat for a estimated and length of cost of Rs.452.12 crores has been forwarded by the Government of Tamil Nadu to NABARD. In the 126 first phase, based on NABARD s clearance, and work orders to be issued to the Government of Tamil Nadu has to sanction 333 contractors/beneficiaries road works for a length of 902.07 km s. at an administrative procedures are enormous estimated cost of Rs.143.67 crores. and the quantity alone exerts excessive strain 5. 3 New initiatives for improvement of Quality administrative & level. It is proposed to introduce software Control measures will for be equipments to the quality preparation generation of of estimates; administrative sanctions and work orders to avoid the control delay caused by extensive administra tive laboratories, situated in the districts and procedure standardise the equipments available in and ensure an efficient, transparent and accurate system. each laboratory. Authorised independent laboratories run online online strengthened by providing critical test the other engineering personnel at block/district quality on and This Government proposes to bring in by Government Agencies and reputed desired changes in the type designs of engineering conduct the various buildings constructed by this various quality control tests to ensure Department in consultation with the end that the works conform to the prescribed users and bring uniformity in design. institutions shall standards. All the procuring entities shall provide for e-submission of bids for all tenders exceeding Rs.10.00 lakhs in value. The volume of work with regard to the number of estimates to be prepared in each district, administrative 127 It is proposed to use smart phones with Global Positioning System (GPS) facility to upload the photographs of the works during the field inspection to enable expeditious feed back. sanctions 128 It is also proposed to adopt uniform Assistants, Assistant Executive Engineers, quality standards in the construction of roads Assistant Engineers, Junior Engineers, under Overseers/Junior all the schemes as the standards Inspectors scheme. Rural Road Panchayat Raj Department as follows: Sl. the Officers, adopted at present vary from scheme to 6. ESTABLISHMENT in Draughting Development Category of Post and No. of No. vacancies 1. Joint Directors of Rural Development 2. Assistant Directors of Rural Development 3. Block Development Officers 4. Deputy Block Development Officers 5. Assistants drawing in the scale of pay of Rs.2500-5000 6. Junior Assistants with a Grade Pay of Rs.500/-. Considering the 7. Assistant Executive Engineers 8. Assistant Engineers 9. Junior Engineers 6.1 Upgradation of the post of Panchayat Assistants The Panchayat Assistants are at present importance of the work Government proposes to involved, this re-designate the also provide a Special Allowance of 7 870 15 Overseers/Junior Draughting Officers 11. Road Inspectors 536 6,124 As the vacancies in the various posts will 6.2 the implementation these vacancies. This Government proposes to fill up the vacancies existing in various categories of staff like Joint Directors of Rural Development, Assistant Directors of Rural Development, Block Officers, 129 of Schemes, this Government will take necessary steps to fill up Filling up of vacancies Development 304 Total affect Officers, 5 451 10. Rs.500/- each, per month. Development 130 3,757 Panchayat Assistant as Panchayat Secretary and 8 41 Deputy Assistants, Block Junior 130 7. CAPACITY BUILDING Capacity approach tandem with this Department. The training Building is a conceptual to development that focuses on understanding the obstacles involved in enhancing the ability of the target group to identify and meet the challenges. Capacity building is a continuous process, which refers to strengthening of skills/competencies and abilities of people and communities in developing societies. The Capacity Building takes place at individual level, institutional level and the societal level. The term training refers to the acquisition of knowledge, skills and competencies so as to achieve specific goals such as improving the capability, capacity and performance. 7.1 Regional programmes are designed to sensitise their duties and capability There responsibilities, and are 5 improve Regional enhance their their performance. Institutes of Rural Development (RIRD) and one State Institute of Rural Development at apex level in the State. The RIRD impart training to officials like Village Panchayat Assistants, Rural Welfare Officers, Assistants, Junior Assistants, Deputy Block Development Officers, Overseers, Road Inspectors, Self Help Groups and Officials from other sectoral departments. These Institutes are located at S.V.Nagaram in Tiruvannamalai District, Krishnagiri Dam in Krishnagiri District, Pattukkottai in Thanjavur District, Bhavanisagar in Erode District and T.Kallupatti Institutes of Rural Development in Madurai District. Each RIRD has its own jurisdictional districts attached to it for the The Rural Development and Panchayat purpose of training. Raj Department of Government of Tamil Nadu In RIRD, faculty members in the Grade of imparts training continuously to the elected Assistant Directors are posted from RD & PR representatives of all three tiers of Panchayats Department and other sectoral departments. and also the officials of RD & PR Department Farm and other department officials who work in Mechanics, 131 Supervisors, Workshop Ministerial 132 Staff Supervisors/ form the establishment wing of these Institutes. The Training Programmes are conducted throughout the year. Ten 7.2 State Institute of Rural Development The elected representatives of the rural Local Bodies and the Officials of the RD & PR types Training Department play a pivotal role for the socio- Computer economic development of the rural masses are conducted regularly in RIRD. through implementation of the programmes Whenever new schemes are announced by and schemes of the Government. Capacity Government of India and Government of Tamil Building Nadu, are Panchayat Raj Institutions and Officials and conducted in RIRD. The RIRD also functions as functionaries of RD & PR Department is an outsourcing centre for sectoral departments for essential conducting training programmes. knowledge, upgrading their skills and enriching Programmes Training of and five special The training State Regular types of programmes Government allocates necessary funds for the salary and non-salary expenditure to the RIRD. Besides, each RIRD receives a sum of Rs.10.00 lakhs annually as Grants-in-aid from the Ministry of Rural of tool elected representatives available for updating of their their attitudes for delivery of quality services. The responsibility to facilitate the Capacity Building is vested with State Institute of Rural Development at the State level. The State Institute of Rural Development Development, Government of India, which also (SIRD), extends financial assistance for the creation of institution necessary infrastructure. programmes for elected representatives of PRIs Tamil for Nadu, is organising the State various apex training and functionaries of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department. 133 134 SIRD was established in 1961 at Bhavani Department, LF Audit, Agriculture and on direct Sagar. It was registered as an autonomous recruitment. body Nadu under the Tamil Nadu Societies In addition, Government of Tamil have sanctioned 24 posts of Registration Act, 1975 and started functioning Administrative Staff to SIRD. Further, Ministry in its own campus at Maraimalai Nagar from of Rural Development, Government of India 1991. have permitted SIRD to engage 5 Core Faculty The Government of Tamil Nadu have ordered for constitution of 1) Governing Body 2) Executive Committee, for managing the affairs of the Institute. The Principal Secretary to Government, Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department is the Chairperson. The Executive Committee meets once in six months and the Governing Body meets once in a year. The Director, SIRD, in the cadre of Additional Director of the Department is the Member Secretary looking after administration of the Institute. 7.2.2 Funding Pattern SIRD organizes training programmes of Ministry of Rural Development, Ministry of Panchayat Raj of GoI and NIRD. The SIRD receives funds as follows; Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India provides 100% financial assistance to SIRD for organising programmes on effective implementation of MGNREGS, IAY, SGSY/NRLM, Lab to Land Initiatives, etc. 7.2.1 Faculty Ministry of Panchayat Raj, Government of The Government of Tamil Nadu have sanctioned 13 posts of Faculty Members for SIRD. on contract basis as resource persons. These 13 posts have been filled up on deputation from the Rural Development & PR 135 India, supports performance SIRD and to delivery improve of the critical functions assigned to PRI representatives, Officials and functionaries. The Ministry of Panchayat Raj provides 136 100% financial assistance for organising training Ministry of Statistics and Programme programmes by SIRD under BRGF Capacity Implementation, Government of India also Building components, being implemented in provides six programmes under MPLADs. Districts Villupuram, in Tamil Nadu, Tiruvannamalai, namely Cuddalore, Dindigul, Nagapattinam and Sivagangai. In respect of the balance 25 Districts, the Ministry of Panchayat Raj provides 75% of the training cost and the balance 25% is being provided by Government of Tamil Nadu for organising the training programmes under RGSY. Development at Hyderabad is the National level apex training institution for Rural Development which provides 100% financial for conducting programmes at SIRD Integrated watershed on training topics like Development Programmes, Managerial Skills and GIS application on implementation of RD & PR programmes. It also supports SIRD in carrying out Research and Action Research Projects. for conducting Department of Personnel Government of India training and Training, provides financial assistance to SIRD for organizing field attachment programmes Secretaries of the for Central the Under Government Departments. 7.2.3 Administrative expenses NIRD - The National Institute of Rural assistance funds SIRD receives grants in aid for administrative expenses as follows. 7.2.4 Salary Grant To meet the salary and other allowances of the faculty members and administrative staff of the SIRD, Government of India and the State Government are sharing the expenditure in the ratio of 50:50. To meet the salary and allowances of five core faculty members engaged by SIRD, 137 138 100% financial assistance is being provided Panchayat by training to Officials from the cadre of Block Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India. Rural Development. To meet the office expenses, Government SIRD every year. the NGOs and Bankers. 7.2.8 provides Ministry of Rural of India financial construction of assistance for buildings for hostels, training halls, teaching equipments etc., 7.2.7 Clientele The State Institute of Rural Development is organizing training programmes for elected representatives Chairpersons, Members, Implementation of Training The State Institute of Rural Development Government Development, Further, this Institute Programmes To strengthen the Infrastructure facilities SIRD, provides provides training to Members of SHGs, PLFs, 7.2.6 Non Recurring Grant of also Assistant Engineers to Executive Engineers of of Tamil Nadu provides non-salary grant to SIRD Development Officers to Additional Directors, 7.2.5 Non Salary Grant Presidents. of District District Panchayat Panchayat Panchayat Union Ward Chairpersons, conducts residential training programmes in its campus and Off-campus at District, Block and Village Panchayat levels and through RIRD in the case of RGSY. 7.2.9 Resource persons In order to ensure coverage of large number of participants and conduct quality training progammes, SIRD engages Resource Persons as follows from the eminent organizations. National Informatics Centre, Chennai National Institute of Rural Development, Hyderabad Panchayat Union Ward Members and Village 139 programmes 140 Institute of Remote Sensing, Anna Details of training programmes conducted University, Chennai SRM University, Chennai Krishi Vigyan No. of progra mmes Year Kendra, Kattupakkam, Chennai Officials & Others PRIs Anna Institute of Management, Chennai Grand Total No. of Partici pants No. of progra mmes No. of Partici pants No. of progra mmes No. of Partici Pants 2003-04 19 593 52 1,670 71 2,263 Chennai 2004-05 55 2,399 31 1,119 86 3,518 Madras University, Chennai Institute of Public Health, Poonamalee, 2005-06 38 1,374 83 3,077 121 4,451 2006-07 150 13,091 46 1,393 196 14,484 Department of Agricultural Engineering, 2007-08 71 5,559 95 4,643 166 10,202 Chennai 2008-09 887 45,151 490 19,341 1,377 64,492 2009-10 1,495 71,582 372 17,826 1,867 89,408 2010-11 2,528 81,011 221 31,339 2,749 1,12,350 2011-12 (Up to June 11) 14 1,197 32 1,985 46 3,182 Live stock Research Center, Potheri, Chennai Dr.M.S.Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai C.P Ramasamy Research Foundation, Chennai Officers from the Sectoral Departments Officers from the Rural Development and Panchayat Raj SIRD has all the required infrastructure National and State Quality monitors. for conducting training programmes effectively SIRD also utilises the services of Best Village Panchayat 7.2.10 Infrastructure Presidents, NGOs, and such as air conditioned conference halls, Library with reading room, Computer Lab with retired officials for training programmes as 25 resource persons. Internet facility, fully renovated hostel for 130 141 computers of latest 142 configuration with participants with boarding facility, newly constructed hostel for 40 participants, Auto During the current year, thrust will be given in the following areas: genset (125 kva) and all the audio visual Total Sanitation campaign programmes. Rain Water Harvesting Solar Energy 7.2.11 Programmes for 2011-2012 Tamil equipments for conducting training on Panchayat various Raj subjects for representatives the and Establishment matters Application of Computers Implementation Accounts and Audit of School Infrastructure BRGF and RGSY training programmes for Training programmes for Bharat Nirman Volunteers in new blocks under Lab to Land Initiatives Centrally Government Disaster management programmes; Technical matters Social Audit Right to Information Act Decentralized Planning. State funded schemes Conduct of field training for the Under Secretaries of the Central Sponsored Schemes 143 Comprehensive elected representatives and Officials Panchayat Raj administration Habitation Development Scheme officers/functionaries on the following areas. Village Improvement Scheme (THAI) SIRD has proposed to conduct training programmes Nadu and State Departments Decentralized Planning. 7.2.12. Projects on hand The construction of the RTRC (Rural Technology Resource Centre) Building in SIRD campus is under progress. 144 providing Revolving Fund and Credit linkage to SHGs, Capacity Building, Youth Skill Training, for conduct of programmes for the PRIs promotion of Economic Activities, Marketing and others under RGSY. Support and formation of Panchayat Level Proposal has also been sent to the Ministry Federations(PLF) of Proposal has been sent to the Ministry of Panchayat Raj seeking financial assistance implements Panchayat Raj seeking financial of the SHGs. TNCDW Swarnajayanthi Swarozgar the PRIs and others under Decentralised sponsored rural anti poverty programme. Planning. 8.1 Tamil Nadu Women s Development Project (Mahalir Thittam) 2011-12, it is proposed to conduct 2,879 training programmes, covering 2,41,746 participants at a cost of Rs.19.12 crores, including 2,714 Off-campus programmes to impart training to 2,31,890 participants at a cost of Rs.15.45 crores. 8. TAMIL NADU CORPORATION DEVELOPMENT OF WOMEN FOR Tamil Nadu Corporation for Development of Women started in 1983, implements Mahalir Thittam , a scheme for empowerment of women fully funded by the State Government in partnership with NGOs and Banks. The activities under the project include formation of Self Help 145 Groups (SHGs), Tamil Project Nadu funded by (SGSY), Women s Development started an 1991-92 in Centrally Development International Agricultural on the Gram assistance for conduct of programmes for During Yojana also (IFAD), experimental Dharmapuri Fund initially basis District for was during later extended to Salem, South Arcot, Madurai and Ramanathapuram Districts during the period from 1992-1994. During 1995-96, the project started gaining wide acceptance among women and was taken up as a model for future growth and extended to all other districts in a phased manner, targeting poor families and marginalised sections of the society as a State funded programme. TNCDW became the focal point for women empowerment activities due to 146 its key role as the prime organisation spearheading the SHG movement in the State. A small homogeneous group of poor women consisting of 12 to 20 members, for and grooming them into full fledged community based organizations and further expanding the SHG coverage to habitations and ward/slums in urban areas hitherto uncovered. to So far, 452 NGOs have been affiliated promote savings and mutually agreeing to with TNCDW. The salient features of the NGO contribute a common fund to be lent to its agreement members as per the group s decision is called incentive with greater emphasis on quality, as Self Help Group (SHG). The members apart from providing an enabling environment have to be in the age group of 18-60 years. for the growth of PLFs into Community Based The members and office bearers of the SHGs Organisations (CBOs). NGOs are paid formation promoted by Mahalir Thittam are provided cost, monitoring cost and also incentive for systematic training to bring about qualitative enabling SHGs to access bank credit by TNCDW changes in their attitude and to promote and are subjected to performance evaluation cohesion and effective functioning of the group. every year. 8.1.1 Role of NGOs 8.1.2 Activities of Mahalir Thittam their development voluntarily formed include performance based in 1. Group Formation partnership with NGOs and community- based 2. Capacity Building organisations such as PLFs which are affiliated 3. Revolving Fund to SHGs to TNCDW, and extend support in the formation 4. Credit Linkage to SHGs of SHGs, organising training, guide and monitor 5. Youth Skill Training their 6. Enterprise Development Training Mahalir activities. Thittam The is future implemented plans include, enhancing the sustainability of SHG movement through intensifying the federation activities 147 7. Restructuring of Panchayat Level Federation 148 8. Formation of Slum Level Federation 9. Marketing support and sales The Table below gives the details of SHGs formed so far. Details of SHGs exhibition 8.1.3 Formation of New SHGs No. of SHGs The prime objective of this Government 4,91,311 No. of SHG Members 76.60 lakhs is to extend its benefit to all the unreached population of the society and uncovered areas No. of Rural SHGs 3,32,092 of the state with special focus on widows, destitutes, transgenders and other vulnerable No. of Members in Rural SHGs 51,77,028 and marginalised sections. No. of Urban SHGs 1,59,219 new Self Help Groups will be taken up with a No. of Members in Urban SHGs 24,82,654 special focus on women MGNREGS workers, Total Savings Rs.2,973 crores No. of SHGs credit linked 4,51,248 During 2011-12, formation of 65,000 urban slum dwellers and in rural areas where poor women are still outside the ambit of SHG coverage. Special groups will be formed to specifically cover Transgenders, Total credit Differently abled, HIV positive individuals etc. All possible efforts to revive the defunct groups and include 8.1.4 Community Resource Persons (CRP) all women SHGs currently outside the purview of the Mahalir Thittam into its fold will be taken up, so that the intended benefits reach all poor and needy women. Rs.11,603.83 crores As a measure of strengthening the Self Help Group movement and to make it community oriented, CRPs were developed from among the SHG members. CRPs impart capacity building training to SHGs including 149 150 training of Social Audit Committee members of 8.1.6 Release of Revolving Fund to Self Help Groups the MGNREGS and provide continuous hand holding support to the PLFs. They also act as messengers for creating awareness among SHGs on various Government schemes. 8.1.5 Training for SHG members and Office bearers of the SHGs are provided with systematic training in order to function as a cohesive group. All the SHG members are imparted training in 4 modules for 4 days. The office bearers of the SHGs (Animator and given training in 3 modules for 6 days. The main objective of SHG members and Animator & Representatives Training is to enhance the leadership qualities, team building spirit and to build their capacity to maintain books of account. A sum of Rs.45/is paid to each member as compensatory wage during the days of training. have passed the first credit rating. Revolving fund will augment the group corpus and is used by the SHGs for internal lending for SHGs promoted by Mahlir Thittam and are who are in existence for at least six months and Animator & Representatives Representatives) Revolving Fund (RF) is provided to SHGs small income generation activities or as personal loans for health or education needs of SHG members. SHGs have to make themselves credit worthy in the next six months to one year to get loan for economic activity. So far, 4, 47,081 SHGs have been provided with Revolving fund. During this financial year, this Government will provide revolving fund to 42,214 SHGs with a subsidy of Rs.15,000/ each along with a bank loan of Rs.50,000/ -. 8.1.7 Formation of Transgender Self Help Groups This Government will concentrate on the welfare of the transgenders who were hitherto neglected in the society. For the first time, the transgenders Self Help Groups numbering 100 151 152 will be formed The increased to Rs.1 lakh to Rs.1.50 lakhs during with the subsequent linkages. Repeat loans in the economic form of second and subsequent doses of credit assistance so as to improve their standard of linkages from the banks are essential for living. expansion and sustainability of the economic transgender training, by SHGs revolving this will Government. be fund provided and 8.1.8 Loan with subsidy to Transgender SHGs As per the orders of the Hon ble Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, this Government will provide loan upto Rs.15 Lakhs with 25% subsidy to eligible transgender SHGs to start activity taken up by SHGs. Cumulative credit linkage to SHGs since inception accounts for Rs.11,603.83 crores. An ambitious target of Rs.4,000 crores has been fixed as credit linkage for the year 2011-12. 8.1.10 Enhanced Economic Assistance for SHGs viable economic activity and thereby enhance their income and lead a respectable life in the society. In the past, the SHGs were provided with 8.1.9 Loans for Economic Activity through banks economic assistance under various schemes to a maximum of 5 lakhs with subsidy upto 50% of the project cost or a maximum of Rs.1.25 lakhs. This year, the Hon ble Chief SHGs fall into the clutches of money Minister of Tamilnadu has ordered to enhance lenders and become indebted over a period of the quantum of loan under economic assistance time. Providing credit to SHGs through banks to the maximum of upto Rs.10 lakhs with at nominal interest rates for income generation subsidy of 25%. activities has led to economic empowerment of SHGs. Banks extend loan to SHGs, a minimum of Rs.50,000 is given as first linkage which is 153 154 8.1.11 Job oriented Youth Skill Training 8.1.12 Enterprise Development Training with assured placement (YST) Programme (EDT) Today, there is huge demand for skilled manpower in the industrial sector particularly in manufacturing and service sectors, due to the industrial boom in the state. To exploit the opportunities offered by the growing economy SHG members who are interested in taking up economic activities particularly in urban employable, Youth Skill Training programme has been envisaged to impart specific job oriented skills to improve their employability and make them competitive in During 2011-12, given by this Government to Youth Skill 4,000 women will be Women in the age group of 18-60 years belonging to Self Help Groups in Urban Areas are eligible, but preference will be given to those above the age of 35years and below 50 years. Stipend including conveyance charges is fixed at Rs.25/- per day per trainee Selection of trade and institution are decided by the District Level Committee Training programme by imparting training to 25,000 youth at a cost of Rs.20 crores. reputed by this Government. vocations and 60,408 youth have been placed During 2011-12, greater impetus will be through given specific skill oriented training under EDT far 93,762 youth have been trained in various employed. trained been trained in various activities. the job market to get gainful employment. So in various firms, excluding those who are self are institutions and so far 12,329 members have and to make the unskilled and semi skilled youth areas based on the choice of courses by women. EDT training is given through reputed / recognized institutions specialized in giving self employment training with sufficient faculty support like procurement of raw 155 156 materials, machinery, packaging, labeling, value pricing, addition, also form and train new SHGs in rural areas. standards, Strong and cohesive PLFs representing the certification etc., common aspirations of its member SHGs is the The trained women are provided with key for achieving sustainability in the long run. assistance to get loan from nationalized banks to establish production units. to organized to popularise SHG products and Level order to office bearers, best PLFs pave the way for with the objective of making them more Federation of inclusive, SHGs (PLFs) In of strengthening PLFs. Restructuring of PLFs enhance their market share. Panchayat building providing seed money and giving awards State and District level exhibitions are 8.1.13 Capacity transparent and participator y and also to improve their governance and strengthen the SHG movement and make it sustainable federations of SHGs at Village Panchayat, Block and District level are formed. sustainability is very important. In the State, till now 7,646 PLFs have been restructured out of 12,618 PLFs. During 2011-12 a total of 4,972 PLFs will be restructured and further strengthened by PLF is a participatory platform for the SHGs to share their experiences, voice their problems and find collective solutions. What individual SHGs could not achieve, PLF can achieve by pooling their collective skills and resources and exploiting economies of scale both in production and marketing. PLF can also guide and monitor the functioning of SHGs and 157 this Government by providing capacity building to the office bearers and members of both Panchayat Level Federations and Habitation Level Governance modules. and Forums Finance TNCDW will (HLF) on Management provide greater thrust towards capacity building of the PLF members and office bearers in areas like 158 Social Audit, Identification of business PLFs are graded after the completion of six months against predetermined fixed indicators covering participation, inclusion, governance, transparency, credit discipline and community development initiatives. 8.1.14 Incentive to Restructured PLFs An incentive of Rs.1 lakh is provided for each successfully graded PLF to encourage the functioning of the PLFs. So far 2,825 successfully graded PLFs have been sanctioned an incentive of Rs.1 lakh each. The interest accrued from the incentive fund is used by PLFs for administrative expenses. During 2011-12, 3,000 eligible PLFs will be sanctioned with an incentive of Rs.1 lakh each at an allocation of Rs.30 crores. Bulk Loan to Panchayat Level Federations opportunities, Value addition etc. 8.1.15 One of the primary roles of PLF is financial intermediation. Over a period of time, PLFs will evolve into community level financial institutions. PLFs who emerge successful after grading become eligible for financial linkage and can access bulk loan from the Banks and on-lend it to its members. On a pilot basis, in few districts bulk loans were sanctioned to the restructured PLFs. The experience of these PLFs show, that PLFs could avail bulk loan from the banks, on lend the amount to member SHGs and repay the loan with interest to the Banks without any default. So far 300 PLFs have been provided with a bulk loan of Rs.73.48 crores by various Banks. During 2011-12 focus of this Government will concentrate on linking 400 PLFs with bulk loan. 8.1.16 Awards to best PLFs and SHGs In order to motivate and encourage the SHGs and PLFs, the Government will give awards at State and District level. Awards are 159 160 presented to 5 best PLFs and 10 best SHGs at District level, one bank and 3 bank branches the State Level. One best PLF and 3 best SHGs will get the award. at the District level are given awards and one best SHG at the Block level is given a certificate. The awards have occupied a place of pride among the SHGs and have been instrumental in motivating the SHGs and PLFs 8.1.18 Issuing Identity Cards to SHGs SHGs face a lot of problems and hardship during their interface with banks, government offices and other institutions. An ID card will to aim for better performance. help SHGs to gain recognition in society and 8.1.17 Awards to Bankers and Banks. also have easy access to Government offices Banks are the most important partner of TNCDW for the economic empowerment of women, who are extending credit to the SHG members for debt swapping, consumption needs and for productive purposes. A state level and district level award will be given to honour best performing banks and individual bank branches, which have shown outstanding performance in extending credit linkage to SHGs. These outstanding awards will performers and motivate also the create a healthy competition among the Bankers. details such as savings, credit rating status, loans as well as member details. The ID cards also prevent duplication of members in more than one group. Action will be taken by this government to issue ID cards to all functional and eligible Self Help Groups in this financial year. 8.2 Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY) Swarnajayanthi Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY), introduced in April 1999 by the Government of India and implemented by the At State level, 3 best performing banks and 5 bank branches are given award. The ID card will contain group At State is a major anti-poverty programme with the main objective of bringing the poor families above the poverty line by ensuring 161 162 reasonable and sustained level of income over a period of time. SHG approach is adopted to reach poor women and aims to graduate them from micro credit stage to micro enterprises stage. This is planned to be achieved through skill development infrastructure training, facilities bank including credit, marketing support to the products produced by them. Government of India and the State In 2011-12, a sum of Rs.135.25 crores is to be allocated for the implementation of the scheme with a credit target of Rs.284.10 crores. In order to implement the scheme in a more manner, the following initiatives will be undertaken in 2011-12. A sum of Rs.33.32 crores will be provided for the subsidy component of Government are sharing the cost in the ratio of Revolving fund to 22,214 eligible SHGs 75:25. in rural areas. 8.2.1 Components of SGSY SHGs Greater will emphasis encourage 2. Providing Economic Assistance to be provided with SHGs will to be opt laid for to key activities that are suitable for cluster SHGs formation at Block/District levels. 3. Qualitative Skill Development Training through reputed institutions Qualitative skill development training through reputed institutions will be 4. Infrastructure Development imparted to 22,214 SHG members at a 5. Training ensure 7,464 economic assistance. 1. Providing Revolving Fund to SHGs. To purposeful cost of Rs.7.77 Crores greater convergence of 4,860 Individual swarozgaris are to be activities taken up for the benefit of SHGs in economically assisted at a cost the State, supervision and monitoring of SGSY Rs.5.832 crores scheme has been entrusted to TNCDW. 163 164 of 8.2.2 Marketing of SHG Products During 2011-12, 2 State level, 64 District level SHGs do not have adequate capacity in understanding marketing issues and do not possess negotiation skills to promote their products. Therefore, this Government will take and 130 Block level exhibitions are planned. 8.2.3 Branding and Packaging of SHG products various initiatives to enhance the capacity of SHG products, though of good quality SHGs and PLFs and ensure better convergence and priced reasonably are not able to capture a and greater co-ordination between different considerable market share due to not having a agencies in promotion of SHG products. common brand and less attractive packing. A State level permanent marketing complex for SHG products is functioning in Annai Theresa Nungambakkam, Women Chennai for Complex, conducting exhibition cum sale of products produced by SHGs. Similarly, to create better marketing facilities in rural areas, 86 Village Haats are under construction at the cost of Rs.12.90 crores in 30 districts and will be completed during this year. To expand the market of SHG products in urban and semi-urban areas, a calendar of exhibitions has been prepared to During the year 2011-12, TNCDW will rope in training institutions who will enhance the capacity of Marketing skills of SHGs, NGOs and officials at District level and also identify a state level nodal agency to develop a brand with attractive design for packaging of SHG products. A five year plan for state and district level business development for SHG products will be prepared. 8.3 Tamil Nadu State Rural Livelihood Mission (TNSRLM) Government of India have announced a conduct new scheme called National Rural Livelihood exhibitions at State, District and Block levels. Mission by restructuring the existing SGSY scheme. This scheme will be implemented by 165 166 this Government in the name of Tamil Nadu State Rural Livelihood Mission during 2011 -12. 8.4 Major activities proposed for 2011-12 1. To improve the economic status of women, TNSRLM aims at universal mobilization of credit assistance for economic activity up BPL households into SHGs, promotion of SHG to Rs.10.00 lakhs will be provided to federations at Village, Block and District level, eligible SHG with subsidy upto 25%. untied fund flow to federations of SHGs for on-lending to member SHGs as well 2. Special focus will be given to the formation as of Transgender Self Help Groups and credit employment linked skill development training assistance for economic activity upto Rs .15 for rural youth. Lakhs will be given to eligible groups to The programme, a major improvement upon SGSY lays greater emphasis on the livelihood and marketing aspects of the rural people. The programme follows a demand driven strategy based on participatory processes. TNSRLM seeks to mobilize the rural poor to build institutional platforms that are self managed. These institutional platforms in the form of groups, federations and producer collectives access a variety of financial and technical services including TNSRLM and also resources from the Government programmes and Banks. improve their livelihoods. 3. 65,000 vibrant SHGs will be formed in rural and urban areas. Importance will be given to left out /uncovered areas and habitations where poor women are not enrolled in SHGs. Special SHGs will also be formed with differently marginalized abled and communities, vulnerable population. 4. Revolving fund subsidy of Rs.15,000/- each will be provided to 42,214 SHGs (Rural 22,214 and Urban 20,000) with an allocation of Rs.63.32 Crores. The credit amount will be mobilized through the Banks. 167 168 5. An amount of Rs.4,000 Crores will be arranged as credit to the SHGs through all SHG Bank linkage activities to facilitate economic empowerment of the SHG members. Emphasis will be given to needy SHGs after identifying credit needs and gaps. 6. To further strengthen Panchayat Level the restructured Federations, 3000 successfully graded PLFs will be provided an incentive of Rs.1.00 lakh each. 7. 300 new Slum Level Federations will be formed and 150 successfully graded SLFs will be provided with an incentive of Rs.1.00 lakh each to strengthen them. the reputed training institutions who provide immediate placement for the trained youth. 9. Under 10. Tamil a ceiling of Nadu State Rural Livelihoods year and highly intensive efforts at 60 blocks in 15 Districts will be taken up with the assistance of National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM) / National Rural livelihood Project (NRLP) (75% Government of India and 25% Government of Tamil Nadu) 9.WORLD BANK AIDED PUDHU VAAZHVU PROJECT 9.1 About the Project This Project was launched in the State in November 2005 as Pudhu Vaazhvu by the present Hon ble Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. The Pudhu Vaazhvu named Project as (PVP) was Vazhndhu Swarozgar Kaattuvom in 2006, has now been restored Yojana (SGSY) 7,464 rural SHGs will be back to its original name of Pudhu Vaazhvu . provided with The project is being implemented in 16 maximum eligible subsidy being 50% of districts with a total outlay of Rs.717 crores, economic Gram with Mission (TNSRLM) will be launched this subsequently Swarnajayanti cost Rs.1.25 lakhs. 8. Youth Skill Training will be imparted to 25,000 Youth in various vocations through project assistance benefitting 5.8 lakh households for a period 169 170 up to September 2014. Now with additional financing, the Project has expanded Building its an outlay of Rs.950 crores benefitting 3.8 lakh target poor households. The Project is designed on Community Driven Development empower promotion (CDD) the poorest of of strong approach poor to through Community-Based Organizations (CBOs), thereby creating a strong voice for rural poor, especially women in community decision making and in shaping developmental endeavours, adopting the following key elements: responsiveness, accountability and transparency at all operations to 10 more additional districts for a period of 3 years till September 2014 with downward levels. 9.2 Additional Financing for Project Expansion The Project implementation was taken up in a limited number of Blocks in the State to demonstrate the Pudhu Vaazhvu Project (PVP) model and the efficacy of the CDD approach. At present the Project is being implemented in 2,509 Village Panchayats spread over 70 Blocks in 16 Districts. This covers only 20% of the Village Panchayats and 18% of the Blocks in the State. The success of the Pudhu Vaazhvu Transferring the control over decision making and resources to the community Project has encouraged the expansion of this model to few most backward districts. The Project has identified 10 additional based organizations. Focusing on the poorest of poor, the Districts and the number of Blocks in these most vulnerable and differently abled. Districts that deserve intervention is 46. Four Establishing strong linkages with Panchayat Raj Institutions Providing employment opportunities and enhancement. more additional Blocks in the existing Project districts have also been included for coverage generation which makes the total number of new Blocks to livelihood 50 apart from the existing 70 Blocks which are in operation to benefit 3.8 lakh households. 171 172 9.3 Project Coverage Project Funding Ongoing Project Areas With the inclusion of new project areas, the Project will now be implemented in 120 Source Percentage Blocks out of the total 385 Blocks, which is Rs. in crores World Bank 541 75 Govt. of TN 122 17 Community 54 8 Total 717 100 approximately one third of the Blocks in the State. The project period is now being extended from September 2011 to September 2014. The total number of Districts covered, existing and new Blocks for Project intervention and the details of Panchayats proposed to be covered are given below : Project On Blocks of VPs Total households (HHs) (lakhs) No. of Target HHs covered(lakhs) 70 2,509 16.97 5.8 50 1,661 11.24 4,170 28.21 80 132 14 Community 58 6 Total 950* 100 *includes Rs.222.85 crores for existing areas and 3.8 120 760 Govt. of TN 9.6 going New Rs.727.15 crores for new project areas. Project Total 173 Percent Rs. in crores World Bank (IDA) No. of No. Project Funding New Project areas Source 9.3.1 Existing Project No. of (IDA) 174 age 9.4 Institutional Structure 9.5 Project Cycle There is a State level Institutional set up The various activities in the project are that includes the State Society and the State summarized in the project cycle as follows. Unit headed by Project Director and a multi - Activities in New Areas disciplinary team of experts and support staff to supervise the implementation of the Project. To cope up with the expanded mandate and to cover new project areas under the PVP, guiding and additional posts are being created. The responsibility for facilitating the Project implementation will be that of the District level Society with a multi functional team as operational unit. 1. Start up and promotional activities 2. Institutional development 3. Livelihood development Activities in Existing Areas 4. Consolidation of intra - village activities 5. Inter-village institutional development 6. Inter-village livelihood development 7. Self reliance [Additional details given in Annexure] At the cutting edge a 5 member Project Facilitation Team is constituted at the cluster level to cover 10-15 Village Panchayats to provide close handholding support to the village institutions. Reduction 1. Intensive Communication Campaign is taken up initially in all project villages in a At the Village Panchayat level, the Village Poverty 9.5.1 Start up and Promotional Activities Committee (VPRC), an inclusive and autonomous body of the target poor is vested with the responsibility of Project implementation. systematic manner propagate information about the vision, objectives and strategies including role and responsibilities of each stakeholder during the various stages implementation. 175 to 176 of Project 2. Self Help Groups are basic institutions of 2. The community themselves are engaged the poor at village. The SHGs formed in identifying the poorest of the poor, under the Project are from among the marginalized and differently abled who left out target poor. Tribal SHGs and form the target beneficiaries using the special groups for differently abled are Participatory Identification of Poor (PIP) also promoted. methodology along with other tools like 3. Panchayat Level Federations Institutions that social mapping and wealth ranking. This specialized method only render both financial and non financial of services with good customer services, has transparency ensured in the not process financial are identification of target beneficiaries, but minimal also wide acceptance and ownership of effectively reach poorest of the poor the project processes and outcomes. households. 9.5.2 Institutional Development Activities 1. Community based organizations like Village Poverty Reduction Committees (VPRCs), (SACs), Social Self Help Audit Committees Groups (SHGs), Common Livelihood Groups (CLGs) and Panchayat Level Federations (PLFs) are developed, strengthened capacitated. and 4. administrative Common Livelihood Groups costs and are formed predominantly at village level around small livelihood activities aggregating similar individual activities and providing them support services, common procurement, marketing facilities etc. 9.5.3 Livelihood Development Activities The overall goal of the livelihood approach is increased household income, assets and well being of the target poor in such a way so as to get sustained income flow through livelihood 177 178 protection and livelihood promotion strategies. common infrastructure facilities, market To achieve this, the following approaches are support, technology, value chain analysis followed: and risk coverage. 1. Providing an enabling environment 9.5.4 Consolidation issues of timely and inadequate financing. 2. Job oriented skill training for enhancing employability, along with creation of employment opportunities in Corporates and MNCs through placement. 3. Support to Individual livelihood activities by identifying local livelihood opportunities and intervention strategies and exploring market feasibilities including demand and risk mitigation measures. These individual livelihoods are promoted through small loans from VPRCs, PLFs and any other either through external or internal sources. 4. Graduating individual livelihoods to Common Livelihood Group activities and Economic Activity Federations, providing 179 Village All the activities hitherto carried out are confined to the village Panchayat level. The stage has now come to intensify the activities that the primary Community Based Organizations at village level are engaged in. To sustain the achievements made so far, specific enrichment measures will be undertaken in the form of deepening project activities with concrete additional interventions in order to facilitate the CBOs to manage by themselves and take over the reins from the project after its exit. credit assistance that the individual would get Intra Activities involving increased accessibility to credit addressing of The project would convergence mobilize expertise, knowledge other Government also through resources, inputs, etc., from departments/agencies/ institutions. For this, there will be Block level/ District level and State 180 level convergence teams working in close liaison with the generation institutions would provide Community Based Organizations promoted by facilitation, handholding and sustainability even the project to forge strategic partnerships with after line departments and other organizations. continuity and meet emerging demands of the The project would extensively use the social capital Professionals. in the Their form of proficiency Community would be capitalized at length, utilizing their knowledge, expertise and skills gained from their field experience for wider use by the community the project withdraws, to provide community even after the project exit. These institutions would be either at inter-village level, cluster level, Block level or district level and are formed with the following key objectives: themselves, various departments and agencies. 1. To strengthen the primary community All districts have institutionalized Community institution of the villages and ensure that Professionals these institutions give quality service to Professional in the form of Community Learning and Training Centers (CPLTC-MAGAMAI). the target people. 2. Sustainability of the success achieved by Primary institutions for their inclusive 9.5.5 Inter-Village Institutional growth beyond the project life. Development 3. To identify and promote collective efforts Developing and Promoting Second Level Institutional Federations, Community Professional Learning and Training Centers and Economic support Activity and Federations guide the first to provide Generation institutions like SHGs, PLFs, etc. These second 181 in livelihood infrastructure, and provide necessary equipments, technical assistance and linkages for adding value to livelihoods adopted by the target community. 4. To find appropriate solutions to emerging inter village issues including conflicts. 182 5. For ensuring regular interaction with financial institutions, dissemination of livelihood information, easy access to continuous credit and insurance support. 9.5.6 Inter Village Livelihood Development Efforts will be taken up to complement and maximize the livelihood activities promoted so far including scaling up. Th is would help achieve economies of scale through aggregation and federations looking beyond village level to inter-Village livelihood activities. The project also demands more focused up in the value chain and harness the benefits of sustainable markets. 9.5.7 Village Self- Reliance Village self reliance aims at intensifying project activities at village level by strengthening and sustaining the inter- village level activities. The exit strategy will be built for maximizing the impact of poverty reduction initiatives as well as equipping the community at every level of project intervention to carry forward the project principles and strategy both at intra-village and inter-village level. The interventions to promote sustainable livelihoods higher level community based through higher level federations aggregating organizations would support sustainable and the group activities. cost The livelihood federations would look after higher level activities of Common Livelihood Groups. The livelihood federations thus promoted would provide support services like sharing information, linkage provision, technical assistance, common procurement and marketing including opportunities for moving effective service provision, capacity support and handholding support beyond the project period. Strengthening and sustaining these higher level institutions and ensuring smooth transition by handing over the project facilitation part to the community would be one of the key features underpinning this phase of project cycle. The efforts taken up by the project to improve the standard of living of the target 183 184 beneficiaries, focuses exclusively in making monitored and self propagative in all aspects setting a trail blazer. Project are as follows: As on As on 31.3.2011 31.07 2011 Participatory identification of Fully Fully completed completed approved by Grama Sabha. Village Poverty Reduction Fully Fully Committees formed 3. completed completed SHGs formed among women 14,688 14,846 7,877 1,50,039 1,58,826 SHGs among the differently abled 5. Differently vulnerable abled given and financial Rs.101.54 Rs.108.67 crores 5,254 5,666 Rs.68.68 Rs.74.72 crores Crores 6,459 8,075 14,081 15,014 52,914 56,765 & differently Fund 13. SHGs given second dose of credit 14. Amount of second dose of abled maintenance grant received through project intervention 16. Differently abled persons received aids and appliances activities Youth given job oriented skill 17. Aged persons received old age pension through project intervention. 9.7 Financial Performance Till 31.3.2011 the expenditure incurred assistance to start livelihood 6. 18,022 formed abled SHGs received Revolving 7,962 and youth. 4. 17,394 Groups formed 15. Differently poor 2. 2,344 Livelihood credit Project Fund Achievements list crores 1,849 10. Common 12. Amount of first dose of credit Activities and Rs.133.67 crores 11. Newly The important accomplishments of the 1. Rs.127.92 released. Non- Project Fund Achievements 9.6 Project progress Sl.No. Livelihood corpus fund crores the community self reliant, self managed, self 9. 1,44,733 1,57,661 training 7. Youth gainfully employed 1,02,979 Panchayat Level Federations 2,335 crores under the existing project. 1,21,553 8. under the Project from inception is Rs.589.19 2,367 restructured 185 186 From 1.4.2011 to 31.7.2011 the expenditure incurred under the Project is minds of the coastal communities and they became resilient from the effects of Tsunami. Rs.51.83 crores under the existing project and new project areas. Tsunami A sum of Rs.315.11 crores has been provided in the Budget Estimate for the year 2011-2012 for both existing and new Project areas. Project Implementation Unit (TPIU), a wing of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department was established on 01.08.2005 to monitor and implement the Tsunami Rehabilitation Projects entrusted to this Department in 12 coastal districts. The 10. TSUNAMI following projects were/are implemented by the REHABILITATION TPIU. PROGRAMMES An unprecedented natural disaster called Tsunami suddenly and severely hit the coastal stretch of Tamil Nadu on 26th Dec.2004 and caused heavy damages to the lives, livelihoods and infrastructure of the coastal communities. However, the Government of Tamil Nadu by mobilizing all its energies, took strenuous efforts to rehabilitate provide immediate relief and the Tsunami affected people and brought them back to normal life within a short period. Because of the effective initiatives of the Government, confidence was instilled in the 10.1 Tsunami Assistance Project (TEAP) The Project Tsunami with Emergency financial assistance Assistance of Asian Development Bank (ADB) was taken up on 06.04.2005. The objective of this programme was to revive the Livelihoods of the Tsunami affected people and to restore their damaged infrastructure in 12 coastal districts namely Tiruvallur, Cuddalore, Tiruvarur, 187 Emergency Kancheepuram, Villupuram, Nagapattinam, Thanjavur, Pudukottai, 188 Ramanathapuram, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli and Kanniyakumari. Total was expenditure Rs.292.50 of crores. this Two project important components had been taken up and completed as given below: In the Livelihoods component, 2,70,308 beneficiaries were assisted with an expenditure of Rs.183.23 crores in 12 coastal districts. This included economic and revolving fund assistance to the Self Help Groups, grant to the disabled persons, assistance to the fishermen societies, training to the youth, coastal communities and women, creation of awareness on sanitation and construction of various community infrastructure etc. This component was implemented with grants from ADB. In the Rural infrastructure component, 821 works such as BT roads, Public buildings and Direct paddy procurement centres were taken up and completed with a loan assistance of Rs.96.27 crores from ADB. 10.2 Rajiv Gandhi Rehabilitation Package (RGRP) Rajiv Gandhi Rehabilitation Package (RGRP), funded by the Government of India as grant was started in 2006 and implemented by the Tsunami Project Implementation Unit at an estimated cost of Rs.716 crores. The project consists of the following components namely: 10.2.1 Construction of houses in the NGO backed out sites and provision of basic amenities 2,687 houses that were backed out by the NGOs in 5 districts namely Nagapattinam, Thoothukudi, Villupuram, Kancheepuram and Tiruvallur were taken up under RGRP at an expenditure of Rs.63.75 Crores and all the houses were completed. In these housing sites, 3,009 works relating to the basic amenities such as cement concrete roads, water supply, street lights, house service connection, land filling, public buildings etc., were taken up and completed at an expenditure of Rs.8.04 crores. 189 190 10.2.2 Basic amenities in the NGO constructed housing sites an expenditure of Rs.454 crores and occupied by the beneficiaries. The project is pending in Similarly, in the sites where NGOs constructed houses with their funds, 32,301 Pudukottai District only where 1,080 houses are in progress and will be completed early. works pertaining to basic amenities such as In these housing sites, basic amenities cement concrete roads, sanitation, land filling, such as cement concrete roads, street lights, street lights and house service connection etc. water supply, black topped roads, cremation were sheds, taken up and completed at an expenditure of Rs.54.27 crores. 10.2.3 Reconstruction of vulnerable amenities The vulnerable houses lying between 0 200 mtrs from the High Tide Line (HTL) and 10 year old houses that were constructed under Awaz Yojana and buildings, Singaravelar Fisherman Housing Scheme as on 01.01.2006 and located within 1000 mtrs from HTL were taken up for reconstruction. and works of basic amenities were taken up and completed at an expenditure of Rs.56.67 crores. From the savings amount under RGRP, 138 additional works related to basic amenities have been taken up in July, 2010 at an estimated cost of Rs.7.86 crores and so far 70 works have been completed at a cost of Rs.3.00 crores. The remaining works are in progress and are planned to be completed by December, 2011. In 11 coastal districts, 18,299 houses were taken up at a cost of Rs.499 crores and so far 17,219 houses have been completed at 191 sanitation drainages etc. have been provided. 3,246 houses and provision of basic Indira public 192 10.3 Emergency Tsunami Reconstruction 10.3.1 Reconstruction Project Vulnerability Reduction of This project was originally started in 2005 with the loan assistance of the World Bank (G.O.(Ms.) No.384, Revenue NC.4(1) Department, dated 01.07.2005). This project is a component of the programme of recovery and reconstruction implemented by the State Government to mitigate the impact of the Tsunami. The project was expected to be completed by October, 2007. subsequent period, this project commenced in Dec.2009 only with a project outlay of about Rs.670 crores and the project period has been fixed upto 31.12.2011. The ETRP-VRCCP has two important reconstruction of components, vulnerable 15,056 vulnerable houses lying between 200 Mtrs to 1000 Mtrs from the High Tide Line (HTL) were Department (Third purpose) namely houses provision of evacuation routes with signage. and identified and Party for by the revalidated by facilitators Revenue the NGOs appointed reconstruction in for 11 this coastal districts (except Tiruvarur). These houses were grouped into 157 packages. After finalizing the tenders in the Phase-I (May-July,2010) 61 packages Phase-II But, due to prolonged procedures in the vulnerable houses Coastal Communities Project (ETRPVRCCP) of containing 5,619 (Aug-Oct,2010) houses 96 and in packages containing 9,437 houses were taken up for reconstruction. Out of these 15,056 houses identified, 14,385 houses were found eligible and construction is in progress. 10.3.2 Provision of Shifting Allowance and monthly Rent Allowance The period of construction for these houses has been fixed as 15 months. Till the completion of these houses, the beneficiaries are provided an one time shifting allowance of 193 194 Rs.1,000/- and a rental allowance of Rs.500/10.3.3 Construction of Evacuation routes per month for 15 months. with Signage Provision up to Rs.1,000 has been given for insurance coverage of these new houses against the natural calamities. cyclones, storms, Tsunami etc., to provide easy 11 NGOs, based on their performance have been selected as third party facilitators to create awareness among the beneficiaries, to train them in the quality aspects of houses and to nurture a sense of ownership of their new houses. also been established at the district and village levels. The District Level Monitoring Committee is headed by the District Collector with the District and quick access to the coastal communities to reach safe shelters, the construction of evacuation routes with signage boards along the coastal areas has been taken up under this project, at an estimated cost of Rs.65 crores. This component is to be implemented in 12 coastal districts. Estimates and designs are A grievance redressal mechanism has members During the emergency times such as including Project Implementation Unit, Co-ordinator, DRO(R&R), being finalized by a private consultant engaged for this purpose by the World Bank. estimate proposals for evacuation routes for a length of 64 km at a cost of Rs.35.53 crores have been submitted by the consultant. Works will be commenced soon. Tahsildar, EE, NGO, BDO, etc. The Village level Grievance Redressal Committee is headed by the Village Panchayat President which includes the Vice President, VAO, Project Engineer, One women member and SC/ST member of the Panchayat and a NGO representative. 195 So far, 196 11.INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT (IFAD) ASSISTED POST-TSUNAMI SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOODS PROGRAMME (PTSLP) IN TAMIL NADU 11.1.2 Target Group Coastal dwellers (in villages directly or indirectly affected by the tsunami) including: i. coastal coastal communities, which are able to manage their livelihoods in a sustainable manner. This achieved with the objective of developing viable enterprises and resource management systems, owned and operated by women in the region affected by the Tsunami and supported by the community and other appropriate institutions. 11.1.1 Project details Period 8 years (2007-2015) Cost Rs.283.69 crores Programme Districts launched ii. wage labour employed in the fisheries The goal envisages building self-reliant be beach craft; 11.1 Goal and Objective of PTSLP would fishers using Thiruvallur, Kancheepuram, Villupuram, Cuddalore, and agriculture sectors; iii. small-scale women fish vendors and processors; iv. small and marginal farmers; v. other marginalized occupation groups (e.g. seashell workers); and vi. very poor and poor, identified through Participatory Rural Appraisal exercise. 11.1.3 Programme Components (i) Coastal Area Resource Management (a) Community Support Community Support is provided through Cluster Resource Centre (CRCs) which is a Nagapattinam & Kanniyakumari group of coastal Panchayats. Project area 109 Panchayats in 25 Blocks area 30 Cluster Resource Centres have been Coverage 1.55 lakhs Households established About 6 lakhs population 197 by Facilitating In the Project NGOs (FNGOs). Three staff for each Cluster Resource Centre 198 viz., a Cluster Coordinator, Facilitator Business Promoter have been recruited. & The Resource Management. responsible safe fishing practices. Cluster Resource Centre provides support to awareness the environmental local community in implementing the project activities. impact, workshops diversifying on fishing that are being undertaken. The Cluster Resource Centre personnel 11.1.4 Rural Finance and Risk Transfer Instruments aid the community in a Participatory Resource Mapping exercise, which identifies and prioritize the infrastructure needs of the community. Infrastructure Micro Plans for implementation are developed based on the Participatory Rural (PRA) through Creating operations etc are other important activities (b) Community Resource Planning Appraisal The project promotes which also reflects environmental and gender concerns and also (a) Micro credit for SHGs Training to SHG members are given to identify Income Generating Activities and bank linkages are facilitated by the Cluster Resource Centres. The District Implementation Office (DIO) Livelihood options. The Programme makes available funds to the community for implementing the Micro Plans, 10% of which are contributed by the community by way of cash. in coordination with Cluster Resource Centres conduct sensitization workshops to the bank staff and financial institutions. Exposure visits are arranged for the bankers, to understand the importance of timely credit assistance. (c) Fisheries Resource Management The expertise of specialist Organizations in the fisheries sector are utilized in Fisheries 199 200 (b) Risk management and Insurance The District Implementation 11.1.5 Employment Generation and Skill (DIOs) arrange workshops to discuss the risk management needs of the fishing community. For this Vulnerability Reduction Fund is set up which extends soft loans at the time of disasters. This fund is administered by PLFs of which the project contribute 4/5 the share and the balance 1/5 share by the community. Workshops on insurance help the community to decide on suitable insurance products. Self Help fish Groups marketing and societies the members are given of training on insurance. (a) Support to SHGs A Structured Survey to assess the status of Self Help Groups, NGOs and Federations was undertaken, which indicated areas of weakness and has suggested measures to strengthen them. The Facilitating NGO, through the Cluster Resource Centre personnel undertake Capacity building training of weak Self Help Groups, promote credit linkages and formation of Federations. (b) Formation of Fish Marketing Societies (c) Establishment of Venture Capital Fund This Fund would supplement the loans from banks to Self Help Groups and fishermen societies. Training Offices The fund will be managed by a professional Financial or Business establishment that has necessary skills to provide support for the enterprises to become successful. The establishment would be selected through procurement procedures laid down by IFAD. The Programme Management Unit (PMU) has entered into an agreement with South Indian Federation (SIFFS) through of Fishermen a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for setting up of Fish Marketing Societies, limiting membership to owners of small crafts, Kattumarams and Vallams. South Indian Federation of Fishermen Society is also given grants to finance loan redemption of fisher folk. 201 Societies 202 The Programme Management Unit examines submitted South Indian by proposals Federation 11.1.6 Community based Sea Safety and Disaster Management of Fishermen Societies for Out Board Motor (OBM) repair centres and give clearances. Training sessions have been organized for (c) Vocational Training fishermen on sea safety measures. Workshops were conducted utilizing subject The Resource NGO (RNGO) identifies experts to create awareness on the various viable trades which can be taken up for measures available for ensuring Sea Safety Vocational training by the youth and identify (Communication aids, life saving techniques suitable etc). institutes training. The and RNGO organizations specify the for courses offered, duration, cost in terms of scholarship, stipend etc. The Cluster Resource Centres coordinate the receipt of applications, 25% of those trained should be women. organizations specialists / institutes / are ascertaining the experts need are to engaged educate in school children on disaster management. Workshops are also conducted to evolve resource material and curriculum on environmental education in (d) Micro Enterprise Development Technical Technical Primary Schools. reputed engaged in Teachers have been trained on these materials and they were involved in conducting workshops conducting district wise sub sector studies and Developing, Printing analysis. The Programme Management Unit in resource material, its periodical review and partnership presenting awards to model schools are part of with Non-Government Organizations (NGOs) / organizations that have for and this component. experience in development of micro enterprises work to develop a cluster of enterprises in the identified sub sector. 203 204 school children. dissemination of 11.2 Organizational Arrangements for Component wise: Implementation Level State Unit Sl. No. Guided by Programme Unit (Rs.crores) Management with Tamil Nadu Corporation for 1. Programme Steering Secretary, 2. 3. Development and Panchayat as Nodal Agency. Raj Department. District District Office Implementation Cluster Resource Centre 23.37 1.80 0.63 14.92 5.26 283.69 100.0 management 5. consisting Institutions, Government 66.31 Community based sea Programme Management Total of representatives of Panchayat Raj 56.23 Employment generation Cluster Advisory Committee (CAC) 159.50 Rural Finance and Risk safety and disaster District level Implementation advisory committee (DLIAC) headed by Collector. Village 14.51 and skills training 4. Percentage 41.16 Transfer instruments Rural Development of Women Ltd Amount Management Committee (PSC) headed by Principal Component Coastal area Resource ACTIVITY-WISE PROGRAMME COST Non- (Rs. in thousands) Organizations, % to Traditional Institutions etc. S. No. Component Amount Project financing: Cost Agency wise: A. Coastal Area Resource Management (Rs. in crores) Sl. No. Agency 1. 2. Amount IFAD Govt. of Tamil Nadu 3. 4. total Base Percentage 132.32 12.00 Bank / Micro Finance 47 4 Beneficiary Contribution Total 205 Community Resource Planning (Capacity 11,800 Building) 2. Community Support (Establishment of 1,07,802 4 27,500 1 2,64,500 9 4,11,602 14 CRCs) 3. Fisheries Resource Management (Workshops, studies & pilot initiative 100.61 38.76 14 Fund for improve fisheries management) 35 283.69 Institution 1. 100 4. Community Infrastructure Fund Sub Total 206 4. 1. Venture Capital Fund 36,000 2. Support for banks & MFIs (Establishment 1 5. 39,170 Sub Total D. Community Based Sea safety & Disaster management management fund by Project & SHGs, insurance training for SHG members) 1. Promotion of sea Safety (Feasibility training & publicity) support to MFIs, studies & exposure) 2. 14,96,765 Support for coastal school (Need 18,000 1 dissemination) Sub Total 15,95,055 Sub Total 56 E. Programme Management C. Employment Generation & Skill Training Support for SHGs (support to SHGs 17,388 1 1. Programme Management Unit (Vehicles, 1 1,05,156 4 18,277 1 5 28,36,917 100 equipments, salaries, office expenses, development & NGO staff training) 25,739 1,49,172 mapping, training, kits, federation trainings) Support for IGAs (IGA training, 36,970 1 2. business practices, training in new 3. technology, market linkage workshops) Fish marketing Societies (Debt redemption fund, support for marketing infrastructure facilities, repair centers, District Offices (Vehicles, equipments, salaries, office expenses, trainings) facilitation for business upscaling, best 3. 1 training educational material, printing & societies) 2. 15,000 Assessment, workshops, development of 52 credit to SHGs, ME and Fish marketing 1. 3,000 study in a district, cell phone subsidy, 11,000 (Product development for ME financing Incremental credit Fund (Banks & MFI 24 development training & workshops) 1 & pilots, contribution to disaster 5. 3 6,63,088 Vocational Trainings (Review, support for vocational trainings, fishing skill workshops for bank & MFI staff) Product development & innovations 85,075 Overseas Trainers,trainings &workshops) of district offices of MFIs, training & 4. 7 Technology pilots, technical Assistance 12,120 Risk Mitigation (Insurance investigations 2,06,855 sector survey, studies, BDS support, B. Rural Finance & Risk Transfer Instruments 3. Micro Enterprise Development (sub- Project M&E (Vehicles, equipments, salaries, technical assistance) 3,16,800 11 Sub Total Total Base Cost beach landing centers, organization expenses) 207 208 component, Vulnerability Reduction Fund of Component wise expenditure as on 31.07.2011 is as under: (Rs. in lakhs) From 2007 - 08 Name of the outlay 31.07.2011 Project Component 01.04.2011 to 2010 - 11 Exp. Budget incur Total exp. Exp. Budget incurr red ed incurr ed % of Total Exp. to project outlay Coastal Areas Resource 4,116 3,341 2,645 1,379 310 2,955 72 9,83 446 62 487 17 79 8 6,631 1,648 350 1,964 217 567 9 Management Transfer lakhs has been given to 1,297 beneficiaries with community participation. One Fishermen Federation has been formed at Nagapattinam. Under programme, IEC Management and coastal materials on Environmental school Disaster awareness were printed and distributed to 30,215 coastal Rural finance and Risk Rs.62.00 school students at a cost of Rs.20.25 lakhs. Instruments Employment Generation and Skill training based sea 180 205 140 5 0 140 78 1,492 778 770 383 118 888 60 13,402 6,418 3,967 4,218 662 4,629 35 disaster management Programme Management Total 128 01.04.2011 Community to Infrastructure 31.07.2011, works have been completed at a cost of Rs.479.46 lakhs. Community safety and From Upto Societies 2010-11, (FMS) Nagapattinam, Kanyakumari, have 5 4 22 been in in Fish Marketing formed Thiruvallur, Cuddalore and (6 in 6 in 1 in 14,470 villagers have trained on insurance and its importance. 28 Livelihood Pilot Initiatives and 28 Sub sector based Micro Enterprise Development have been initiated at a cost of Rs.129 lakhs. One Fish Marketing Society has been formed at Kancheepuram District. 238 fishermen have been redeemed from debt involving a debt redemption amount of Rs.59.03 lakhs. Villupuram districts) and debt relief of Rs.69.32 lakhs has been provided to 442 fishermen of 9 FMS. Under Rural Finance and Risk Transfer 209 been 210 11.3This Government proposes to implement the following activities during 2011 12. 414 Community Infrastructure works and six artificial reefs at a cost of Rs.120.00 lakhs would be taken up under Coastal Area Resource Management Venture Capital Fund will be transferred to PLFs for promotion of Micro Enterprises through bank linkage. Insurance activities and Vulnerability Reduction Fund activities at a cost of FMS with necessary of Rs.250.00 lakhs will be provided. The Programme also looks into the aspects like Gender Focus, Poverty marketing Focus, Knowledge Management besides Financial Management. For the year 2011-12, a sum of Rs.42.17 crores has been provided in the Budget Estimates. 12. BUDGET FOR 2011-12 A sum of Rs.9,150.31 crores has been provided in the Budget for 2011-12. Rs.127.00 lakhs will be undertaken. 27 Vocational training to 2500 youth at a cost which, projected revenue Out of expenditure is infrastructure will be formed and debt Rs.7,200.30 crores and capital expenditure is redemption assistance will be extended to Rs.1,950.01 crores. the fishermen of these societies, besides formation of one Fishermen Federation in Thiruvallur District at an estimate cost of Rs.15.00 lakhs. One Out Board Motor repair centre and one Boat Yard Rs.10.00 respectively at lakhs a and will be Kanniyakumari district. 211 cost Rs.25.00 of lakhs established in 13. CONCLUSION This Government is committed to the cause of the people living in rural areas, especially the rural poor. Strengthening of Local Self Government is one of the prime agenda of this Government. It was this Government which legislated the Tamil Nadu 212 Panchayats Act, in 1994. Many new schemes has proposed to introduce a new innovative were implemented by this Government during scheme THAI - which is going to change the the previous period (2001-2006) for providing very face of rural development. basic infrastructure facilities in rural areas and After food and clothing, housing is the to strengthen the Self Help Group movement. most important human need. The thrust given for Rain Water Harvesting has mentioned, the unit cost provided for the resulted in improved ground water availability. Housing Scheme implemented by the previous Sanitation, which was one of the important Government was grossly inadequate. agenda of this Government, was completely this Government has proposed to launch a neglected in the past. Both Rain water unique Solar powered Green House Scheme Harvesting and Sanitation will be revived to address rural housing need in a realistic with renewed vigour. manner. After 64 years of independence and plethora of rural development programme, Keeping in view the As already high Hence, cost of construction materials and wages to labourers, even today many remote Habitations are yet to this get contribution under IAY scheme. Under the IAY all basic Government committed the state Quality of Life in rural areas, by making share is 11,250 per unit. This Government available have now increased the allocation per house by amenities improve enhanced scheme, GOI share is Rs.33,750 and state basic to facilities. has the all is infrastructural Government within each habitation. But until the basic requirements of all the habitations are met, this ambitious objective of the Government will not be fulfilled. Realising the importance of providing the basic facilities to all the habitations, this Rs.55,000 raising the unit cost to Rs.1.00 lakh. Under MGNREGS, though the notified wage per person per day is Rs.119/-, the prevalent average wage rate in Tamil Nadu is Government for the first time in the country only about Rs.90/-. This Government will take 213 214 all possible efforts to enable the workers to get their full wage of Rs.119/-. The One This Government is to come out with a separate Solar Energy Policy keeping in view Panchayat - One Work norm will also be the growing energy needs. relaxed so as to enable the workers from Policy, it is proposed to replace street lights in different habitations to take part in MGNREGS rural areas with Solar Powered LED lamps works. which will lessen the financial burden of the Any progressive society should focus on it s children and youth to ensure a comprehensive and balanced growth. Keeping this in view, this Government proposes to introduce a new scheme for the benefit and betterment of Comprehensive the students School The Infrastructure Development Scheme. Participative infrastructural It development of basic facilities paves the way introduced encourage was Self this development Government Sufficiency community process. rural local bodies. Mahalir Thittam has played a pivotal role in bringing together poor and marginalized women into the fold of Self movement for Scheme participation To which in encourage to the more participation, this Government has doubled the allocation under Self Sufficiency Scheme. significantly transformed through contributing towards their various their socio lives measures economic Chief Minister of Tamilnadu, transgenders who were hitherto left out from the development stream would also be brought under the fold of Mahalir Thittam by this Government from this financial year. Self Help Groups today have moved from the status of being receivers to implementers of Government Schemes. This journey has been possible due to the continuous efforts and concrete steps taken by TNCDW in providing 215 and Help Group empowerment. On the orders of the Hon ble better ownership and maintenance of rural assets. In tune with this the form of revolving 216 capacity fund, building, enterprise development training, skill training, economic dimensions of poverty through empowerment, assistance, marketing support etc. Federating job oriented employment opportunities, self the Self Help Groups at the panchayat, block employment, and district level is the key to sustainability of market linkages, bridging information the SHG movement. Keeping this in mind, this developing social capital, securing entitlements Government will give greater thrust to the through project intervention including special Panchayat Level Federations, strengthen and focus for the differently abled. The project has build necessary made a mark in addressing poverty holistically handholding support to the member SHGs. and has transformed the lives of the poorest of Greater the poor, the unreached and the voiceless. The their capacity emphasis to will provide be given by this establishing produced by SHGs through creation of a unique results brand, appropriate packaging and adequate Government to embark on the expansion of facilities for marketing. this project. The focus of the Government from be on encouraged strengthening this this Government will further strengthen and sustain platforms for convergence at intra and inter all the initiatives taken up in the past for the village levels with the aim of sustaining the inclusive development gains made in livelihood interventions and the rural poor. would sustainable programme to be implemented shortly by this and empowerment of year have yielded gap, relentless which have linkages, Government to the promotion of products The new TNSRLM efforts credit the socio-economic empowerment. Tamil Nadu Government in 2005, in its This Government has embarked on an endeavour to alleviate poverty and i mprove the ambitious agenda to fulfill standards of living of the rural poor has infrastructural initiated a concerted effort through Pudhu habitations in Tamil Nadu including Housing for Vaazhvu Project adopting the CDD approach. the rural poor and empowerment of women by The targeted households are addressed from all further strengthening the SHG movement. The 217 218 requirements the of all basic the agenda may seem ambitious, but under the dynamic leadership and insightful guidance of our Hon ble Chief Minister, this Government will take all efforts and emerge successful in fulfilling its objective of improving the quality of life of the rural people of Tamil Nadu. K.P.MUNUSAMY, Minister for Administration Development 219 & Municipal Rural

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