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G.O.(Ms).No.7, Electronic Mode of Data Collection, 2016

The Planning, Development and Special Initiatives (ST.2&E) Department issued G.O.(Ms).No.7, dated 19 January 2016, sanctioning Rs.7.88 lakhs for electronic field data collection and staff training in the Evaluation and Applied Research Department. The document concerns funding for evaluation studies and does not state any change to land ownership, property records, land use or revenue administration.

Category
Revenue and land administration
Effective
1 January 2016
Pages
2
Status
In force
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What the document does

G.O.(Ms).No.7, dated 19 January 2016, was issued by the Planning, Development and Special Initiatives (ST.2&E) Department. It sanctions Rs.7.88 lakhs under the Tamil Nadu Innovation Initiatives Scheme for 2015 to 2016.

The funding is intended to introduce electronic field data collection in the Evaluation and Applied Research Department. The stated purpose is to improve the quality and timely completion of evaluation study reports and to train staff in the new technology.

Approval and expenditure

G.O.(Ms).No.7 records that the Director (FAC), Evaluation and Applied Research Department, proposed the scheme. The Standing Finance Committee approved the electronic data collection scheme at a cost of Rs.7.88 lakhs.

Key provisions are:

  • Rs.7.88 lakhs is sanctioned for electronic data collection and staff training.
  • The expenditure is to be met from the State Innovation Fund.
  • The document specifies the accounting heads under which the expenditure must be recorded and transferred.
  • The Director (FAC), Evaluation and Applied Research Department, is authorised to incur the sanctioned expenditure.
  • The Director must follow applicable procedures and codal provisions when purchasing items.
  • The Pay and Accounts Officer (North), Chennai, is directed to open the new accounting head in the books of accounts.

Responsible authorities

G.O.(Ms).No.7 designates the Director (FAC), Evaluation and Applied Research Department, as the estimating, reconciling and controlling authority for the new head of account. The Finance Department gave its concurrence through U.O.No.2698/Public/2016, dated 14 January 2016.

The document was issued by order of the Governor and signed by the Principal Secretary to Government, S. Krishnan.

Relevance to property and land matters

G.O.(Ms).No.7 is an administrative funding approval for electronic data collection used in evaluation studies. It does not state any requirement for property buyers, landowners, developers or registration professionals. It contains no provision changing title records, patta, land classification, land use, registration or property charges.

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Common questions

Does G.O.(Ms).No.7 change any land or property rules?

No land or property rule is stated in the document. It sanctions funding for electronic field data collection and staff training in the Evaluation and Applied Research Department.

How much funding was sanctioned?

The Government sanctioned Rs.7.88 lakhs for electronic data collection and training staff in the new technology.

Where will the money come from?

The sanctioned expenditure is to be met from the State Innovation Fund through the accounting arrangements specified in the document.

Who is authorised to spend and control the funds?

The Director (FAC), Evaluation and Applied Research Department, is authorised to incur the expenditure and is the estimating, reconciling and controlling authority for the new head of account.