G.O.Ms.No.122, Formation of Sustainable Development Goal District Committees and Cells, 2019 (2019)

What the government order does

G.O.Ms.No.122 of the Planning, Development and Special Initiatives (SP.2) Department creates a district level system for localising, monitoring and reporting progress on the Sustainable Development Goals. The system is intended to connect government schemes with Sustainable Development Goal targets and indicators at district, block, village, city, municipality and town panchayat levels.

The order follows announcements for forming district Sustainable Development Goal cells, creating departmental units, and ranking districts, backward blocks and other blocks.

District committees

The Sustainable Development Goal District Level High Power Committee includes the Honourable Minister as Chairman, the District Collector as Member Secretary and the Project Director of the District Rural Development Agency as Convenor. Its wider membership includes elected representatives and district officials responsible for revenue, policing, forests, local government, agriculture, health, education, welfare, infrastructure, employment, statistics, banking and other services.

Key provisions include:

• The High Power Committee must meet annually to discuss all Sustainable Development Goal matters concerning the district.
• The District Level Executive Committee is chaired by the District Collector.
• The District Planning Officer serves as Member Convenor of the Executive Committee.
• The Deputy Director of Statistics serves as Data Coordinator.
• Other officials may be included where required.

Monitoring and reporting

The district framework supports:

• Mapping goals and targets.
• Developing indicators that can be monitored.
• Collecting baseline and periodic data.
• Preparing vision documents and annual status reports.
• Building administrative capacity.
• Coordinating resources to achieve targets.
• Periodically reviewing targets and achievements.
• Reporting achievements to the High Power Committee.

A dedicated website and Sustainable Development Goal Dashboard developed through the Tamil Nadu e-Governance Agency allows district data to be entered or transferred by departments. It supports reviews, reporting, annual status reports, district performance assessment, awards and rankings.

Relevance to property matters

G.O.Ms.No.122 concerns government administration, development monitoring and district performance. It contains no provisions on ownership, title, patta, registration, land classification, land use approval or property charges. A property buyer or owner is therefore not given any direct application or compliance duty by the text of this government order.