G.O.(Ms).No. 112, Madras Institute of Development Studies matching grant, 2019-20

What G.O.(Ms).No. 112 does

The Government of Tamil Nadu, Planning Development and Special Initiatives (PR) Department, issued G.O.(Ms).No. 112 dated 4 October 2019 to sanction and release Rs.26.00 lakhs to the Madras Institute of Development Studies, Chennai. The amount is the State matching share equal to the grant released by the Indian Council of Social Science Research, New Delhi.

The abstract describes the amount as the final instalment of the matching share of salary and general grants for 2019-20. The operative portion describes it as an ad hoc grant to meet salary expenses for the first half of the first quarter of the financial year 2019-2020.

Background to the matching grant

The Government of Tamil Nadu had previously decided that it would provide the Madras Institute of Development Studies with a matching grant equal to the amount sanctioned by the Indian Council of Social Science Research each year.

For the financial year 2019-2020, the Indian Council of Social Science Research sanctioned and released Rs.26.00 lakhs as an ad hoc salary grant. The Member Secretary of the State Planning Commission then requested release of an equal State matching grant. The document records that Rs.188.98 lakhs was available in the 2019-2020 Budget Estimate when the request was considered.

Key financial and administrative provisions

G.O.(Ms).No. 112 provides that:

• Rs.26.00 lakhs is sanctioned and released as the State matching share.
• The money is provided to the Madras Institute of Development Studies as grants in aid for 2019-20.
• The stated purpose is to meet salary expenses for the first half of the first quarter of 2019-2020.
• The expenditure must be charged to the head of account printed in the government order.
• The Member Secretary of the State Planning Commission is authorised to draw and disburse the amount.
• The Member Secretary must obtain a Utilization Certificate from the Madras Institute of Development Studies.
• The Finance Department concurred with the sanction.

Relevance to land and property matters

G.O.(Ms).No. 112 concerns an institutional grant to the Madras Institute of Development Studies. It contains no provision changing land ownership, revenue records, planning permissions, land use, registration, property taxes or buyer obligations. A property buyer or owner is therefore not assigned any duty or entitlement by the document.