G.O.(Ms).No.108, State Balanced Growth Fund Restructuring, Reformulation and Implementation Guidelines, 2022
The Planning, Development and Special Initiatives (SPC) Department issued G.O.(Ms).No.108 dated 15 September 2022 to reformulate the State Balanced Growth Fund implementation guidelines established under earlier orders. The revised scheme targets regional differences in child and maternal nutrition and primary school learning during its first two years. It does not change land ownership, land records, planning controls or property transactions.
What the government order does
G.O.(Ms).No.108 dated 15 September 2022 restructures the State Balanced Growth Fund after the State Planning Commission found that spending had been spread thinly across many blocks and had not produced a clear reduction in development gaps between districts. The revised guidelines use current administrative data, surveys and research reports to identify backward districts and blocks and design focused projects.
The Government accepted the reformulation proposed by the Member Secretary of the State Planning Commission. The Finance Department concurred with the order.
Priorities for the first two years
The State Balanced Growth Fund guidelines identify two initial areas for intervention:
- Improving nutrition among children during their first 1,000 days, including the nutritional status of pregnant and lactating women.
- Improving primary school children's reading and writing in Tamil and English, and their mathematical skills.
The first 1,000 days cover the period from conception until a child reaches two years of age. The guidelines identify pregnancy, infancy and toddlerhood as important stages for physical growth and mental development.
How projects and locations are selected
The revised State Balanced Growth Fund operates on these broad principles:
- The State Level Empowered Committee identifies the development issues to be addressed.
- Projects are funded on selected themes for two years.
- The annual outlay is divided between themes based on an approved biennial work plan.
- Development priorities may be revised once every two years, or continued depending on project outcomes and impact.
Using an index based on National Family Health Survey 5 data, ten districts were identified as backward in health and nutrition: Perambalur, Karur, Tiruchirapalli, Ariyalur, Sivagangai, Villupuram, Pudukottai, Thiruvannamalai, Vellore and Tirunelveli. The Nilgris was added because physical access to nutritional support systems was considered weak.
Administrative data was used to rank blocks because the survey data did not support block level indices. The supplied guidelines list Alathur and Perambalur in Perambalur district, Krishnarayapuram and Thogaimalai in Karur district, and Thuraiyur and Manachanallur in Tiruchirapalli district.
Relevance to property owners
G.O.(Ms).No.108 concerns public development funding for nutrition, health and education. It contains no provision changing land classification, title, registration, planning permission or property rights.
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Common questions
Does G.O.(Ms).No.108 affect my patta or ownership of land?
No land title, patta, registration or ownership change is set out in the document. It revises guidelines for funding health, nutrition and education projects.
Which districts were selected for health and nutrition interventions?
The districts are Perambalur, Karur, Tiruchirapalli, Ariyalur, Sivagangai, Villupuram, Pudukottai, Thiruvannamalai, Vellore, Tirunelveli and The Nilgris.
What are the scheme priorities during the first two years?
The priorities are nutrition during a child's first 1,000 days, including nutrition for pregnant and lactating women, and primary school skills in Tamil, English and mathematics.
Who decides which development issues receive funding?
The State Level Empowered Committee identifies the development issues and apportions the annual outlay between selected themes based on the proposed and approved biennial work plan.
