Official guidance, Tamil Nadu land law
Tamil Nadu Town and Country Planning State Infrastructure and Amenities Fund Rules, 2008
The Housing and Urban Development Department issued G.O. Ms. No. 30, Housing and Urban Development (UD4-1), dated 7 February 2008, making the Tamil Nadu Town and Country Planning State Infrastructure and Amenities Fund Rules, 2008. The rules establish how the State Infrastructure and Amenities Fund is administered, used, controlled and audited, including how infrastructure and amenities charges are transferred to the fund.
What the rules govern
The Tamil Nadu Town and Country Planning State Infrastructure and Amenities Fund Rules, 2008 govern the State Infrastructure and Amenities Fund constituted under the Tamil Nadu Town and Country Planning Act, 1971. The fund supports infrastructure such as transport, power, water supply, sewerage, drainage, communications and access, as well as the social institutions that support human activities.
Amounts collected as Infrastructure and Amenities Charges under the Tamil Nadu Town and Country Planning (Levy of Infrastructure and Amenities Charges) Rules, 2008 must be credited to the Government Account and transferred by the Government to the fund annually.
Who may be affected
The Tamil Nadu Town and Country Planning State Infrastructure and Amenities Fund Rules, 2008 mainly affect planning authorities, local authorities, government agencies, parastatal organisations and other organisations implementing infrastructure projects. Local authorities include municipal corporations, municipal councils, third grade municipalities, town panchayats, panchayat union councils and village panchayats.
For property buyers and owners, the relevance is indirect. The rules explain how money collected through Infrastructure and Amenities Charges is managed and used for infrastructure projects, but the supplied text does not state the amount of any charge.
Fund administration and project approval
The State Infrastructure and Amenities Promotion Committee administers the fund. It is chaired by the Secretary to Government, Housing and Urban Development Department, and includes representatives from the Finance Department, Planning and Development and Special Initiative Department, Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department, Municipal Administration and Water Supply Department, Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority and the Directorate of Town and Country Planning.
Key responsibilities include:
- Selecting schemes and deciding funding patterns.
- Monitoring project implementation and ordering release of funds.
- Reviewing project reports submitted by implementing agencies.
- Meeting as often as necessary and at least once every three months.
- Obtaining member approval by circulation in urgent cases.
How the fund may be used
The State Infrastructure and Amenities Fund may provide grants for preparing or executing infrastructure investment plans and for related purposes. It may also convert development plan proposals into specific action programmes and fund essential infrastructure schemes.
The committee may sanction up to five crore rupees per scheme for capital expenditure and up to twenty lakh rupees for other items. Proposals beyond those limits require previous Government approval. Combined administration, establishment and contingency expenditure must not exceed 5% of the fund corpus available at any given time.
Financial control and audit
The fund account must record all receipts and payments separately from other State or Central Government special schemes. The accounts must be audited annually. Required records include the cash book, cheque book, pass book, grant register, ledger, annual account, stock register, tools and plants register and staff register.
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Common questions
Do these rules state how much Infrastructure and Amenities Charge a property owner must pay?
No charge amount is stated in the supplied text. The rules only say that amounts collected under the Tamil Nadu Town and Country Planning (Levy of Infrastructure and Amenities Charges) Rules, 2008 must be credited to the Government Account and transferred annually to the fund.
What types of projects can receive money from the fund?
The fund may support the preparation and execution of infrastructure investment plans, related purposes, essential infrastructure schemes and action programmes based on development plans.
Can a local authority receive a grant from the fund?
Yes. The Government may provide grants to planning authorities, local authorities, government agencies, parastatal organisations or other organisations for implementing infrastructure and amenities projects.
Who decides which infrastructure schemes receive funding?
The State Infrastructure and Amenities Promotion Committee selects schemes, decides the funding pattern, monitors implementation and orders the release of funds. Projects beyond the stated committee sanction limits require previous Government approval.
