G.O.(Ms).No.60, Localisation of Sustainable Development Goals
The Planning, Development and Special Initiatives (SP) Department issued G.O.(Ms).No.60 dated 9 May 2022, constituting a State Level Steering Committee to monitor the localisation of Sustainable Development Goals in Tamil Nadu. The government order concerns planning, coordination, training and monitoring by departments and Panchayats, and contains no provision changing land ownership, land classification or property transactions.
Purpose
The Planning, Development and Special Initiatives (SP) Department issued G.O.(Ms).No.60 dated 9 May 2022 after considering the Government of India Expert Group report on localisation of Sustainable Development Goals. The government order creates a State Level Steering Committee to guide and regularly monitor Tamil Nadu's progress in implementing the report's recommendations.
The Expert Group recommended a thematic approach for villages. Themes listed in the government order include:
- Poverty free villages with enhanced livelihoods.
- Healthy and child friendly villages.
- Water sufficient villages.
- Clean and green villages.
- Villages with self-sufficient infrastructure.
- Socially secured villages.
- Villages with good governance.
State Level Steering Committee
The State Level Steering Committee is chaired by the Chief Secretary. Its members include senior officials from the Planning and Development, Rural Development and Panchayat Raj, Social Welfare and Women Empowerment, Municipal Administration and Water Supply, Adi Dravidar and Tribal Welfare, Health and Family Welfare, and School Education Departments.
The State Level Steering Committee must monitor progress on:
- Institutional and implementation mechanisms.
- Monitoring systems and a Sustainable Development Goals dashboard.
- Incentives for Panchayats.
- Capacity building and training.
- Development of a vision and road map.
Implementation and monitoring
Annexure I requires structured reporting on current preparedness, action taken and plans with timelines. Key measures include:
- Identifying nodal officers at State, district and block levels.
- Establishing interdepartmental coordination arrangements.
- Mapping Central and State schemes to themes and related Sustainable Development Goals.
- Convergent planning, implementation and monitoring at Panchayat level.
- Recording physical and financial targets in local plans.
- Collecting local indicator data monthly or quarterly.
- Integrating scheme monitoring information into a Sustainable Development Goals dashboard.
- Training elected representatives, department officials and other stakeholders.
- Documenting and sharing successful Panchayat practices.
- Preparing visions covering 1-2 years, 2-5 years and 5-25 years.
Relevance to property and land
G.O.(Ms).No.60 dated 9 May 2022 is an administrative framework for localising Sustainable Development Goals. It does not state any change to land records, ownership, land use, property registration, planning permission or buyer obligations. Property owners and buyers may only see indirect local effects if Panchayats later undertake infrastructure, water, environmental or governance activities under the listed themes.
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Common questions
Does G.O.(Ms).No.60 change my patta, land ownership or property rights?
No such change is stated. G.O.(Ms).No.60 dated 9 May 2022 establishes a committee and monitoring framework for localising Sustainable Development Goals.
Does this government order impose any requirement on a property buyer?
The government order does not state any requirement for property buyers or property transactions. Its directions concern government departments, Panchayats, officials, elected representatives and other stakeholders involved in Sustainable Development Goals implementation.
Who chairs the State Level Steering Committee?
The Chief Secretary chairs the State Level Steering Committee. Senior officials from several State departments are members.
What will the State Level Steering Committee monitor?
It will monitor institutional and implementation mechanisms, dashboards and monitoring, Panchayat incentives, training and capacity building, and the vision and road map for localising Sustainable Development Goals.
