G.O. (Ms) No.107, Member of Legislative Assembly Constituency Development Scheme, 2022-2023

What the government order does

G.O. (Ms) No.107 of the Rural Development and Panchayat Raj (SGS.1) Department, dated 26 September 2022, governs implementation of the Member of Legislative Assembly Constituency Development Scheme for 2022-2023. The scheme is fully funded by the Government of Tamil Nadu and supports works intended to meet local infrastructure and development needs, with emphasis on creating durable assets.

Funding approved

G.O. (Ms) No.107 provides the following financial approvals:

• Administrative sanction of Rs.702 crore for 2022-2023.
• Allocation of Rs.3 crore per Assembly constituency for the year.
• Release of Rs.351 crore, which is 50% of the total sanctioned amount.
• From the released amount, Rs.273.78 crore is placed under other expenditure, Rs.73.71 crore under the Special Component Plan for Scheduled Castes, and Rs.3.51 crore under the Tribal Area Sub-Plan.

The Director of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj is authorised to draw and distribute the released amount to District Collectors outside Chennai and to the Commissioner of the Greater Chennai Corporation.

Who recommends and implements works

The Member of Legislative Assembly Constituency Development Scheme allows each Member of the Legislative Assembly to recommend works within that member's constituency. Recommendations for the entire allocation must be submitted to the relevant District Authority within three months from the issue of the guidelines.

• The District Collector is the District Authority for a district.
• The Commissioner may act as the District Authority within the Greater Chennai Corporation.
• The implementing agency is the agency assigned by the District Authority to execute a particular work.
• Members may also recommend works using savings and accrued interest from 2021-2022 within the tenure of the Legislative Assembly.

Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe areas

The Member of Legislative Assembly Constituency Development Scheme guidelines require works costing at least 22% of each constituency's entitlement to benefit Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe habitations, predominantly populated areas, or people living in urban slums. The allocation is divided into 21% for Scheduled Castes and 1% for Scheduled Tribes. Where a district has no Scheduled Tribe population, the full 22% must be allocated to areas predominantly inhabited by Scheduled Caste persons.

Relevance to property owners

G.O. (Ms) No.107 concerns government funding and recommendations for local infrastructure and durable public assets. The supplied text does not address patta, title, ownership transfer, land classification or individual property rights.