G.O.Ms.No.3, Madras Institute of Development Studies Matching Grant, 2017
The Government of Tamil Nadu, Planning, Development and Special Initiatives (SPC) Department, issued G.O.Ms.No.3 dated 11 January 2017 to sanction Rs.90.50 lakhs as the second instalment of the State matching grant to the Madras Institute of Development Studies, Chennai, for 2016 to 2017. The grant concerns institutional funding and does not contain any provision governing land ownership, revenue records, property transactions or land administration.
What the government order does
The Government of Tamil Nadu, Planning, Development and Special Initiatives (SPC) Department, issued G.O.Ms.No.3 dated 11 January 2017 to release a State matching grant to the Madras Institute of Development Studies, Chennai.
The Government had agreed to provide a matching grant equal to the amount sanctioned each year by the Indian Council of Social Science Research. The Indian Council of Social Science Research released Rs.90.50 lakhs as the second instalment for the financial year 2016 to 2017. Following a request from the Member-Secretary of the State Planning Commission, the Government sanctioned an equal amount as the State share.
Grant details
G.O.Ms.No.3 dated 11 January 2017 records the following allocation:
- Plan Grant: Rs.14.50 lakhs.
- Non-Plan Grant: Rs.76.00 lakhs.
- Total State matching grant: Rs.90.50 lakhs.
- Purpose: the second instalment of Plan Development Grant and Non-Plan Salary Grant for 2016 to 2017.
- Recipient: Madras Institute of Development Studies, Chennai.
The document also notes that Rs.41.50 lakhs had previously been released for the same financial year as Plan Development Grant and Non-Plan Salary Grant, matching an earlier release by the Indian Council of Social Science Research.
Administration and oversight
G.O.Ms.No.3 dated 11 January 2017 directs the Member-Secretary of the State Planning Commission to draw and disburse the sanctioned amount to the Madras Institute of Development Studies under proper acknowledgement. The Member-Secretary must also monitor receipt of the Utilization Certificate from the institute.
The expenditure is assigned to the account head printed in the government order. The document states that the Finance Department concurred with the sanction on 9 January 2017.
Relevance to property and land
G.O.Ms.No.3 dated 11 January 2017 is a financial sanction for a research institute. It does not set out requirements concerning patta, land classification, ownership, registration, acquisition, planning permission, land use or property taxes. Property buyers, owners and land professionals are not assigned any duty or entitlement under the document.
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Common questions
Does G.O.Ms.No.3 dated 11 January 2017 affect my land or patta?
No land or patta provision appears in the document. It sanctions a matching grant to the Madras Institute of Development Studies, Chennai.
How much money was sanctioned to the Madras Institute of Development Studies?
The Government sanctioned Rs.90.50 lakhs as the second instalment of the State matching grant for 2016 to 2017.
How is the Rs.90.50 lakhs divided?
The document allocates Rs.14.50 lakhs as Plan Grant and Rs.76.00 lakhs as Non-Plan Grant.
Who must disburse and monitor the grant?
The Member-Secretary of the State Planning Commission must draw and disburse the amount under proper acknowledgement and monitor receipt of the Utilization Certificate from the Madras Institute of Development Studies.
