G.O.(Ms.) No. 72, Member of Legislative Assembly Constituency Development Scheme, 2018-2019

What this document is

Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department, G.O.(Ms.) No. 72, dated 31.05.2018, approves the Member of Legislative Assembly Constituency Development Scheme for 2018-2019, sanctions Rs. 587.50 crore for the scheme and initially releases 25 percent, Rs. 146.875 crore. It also annexes the guidelines for how the 2018-2019 scheme must be implemented. The document follows earlier Government Orders that had increased the fund per constituency from Rs. 2.00 crore to Rs. 2.50 crore from 2017-18 and had issued revised guidelines for 2017-2018.

Who it affects

This document mainly affects:

• Members of the Legislative Assembly, who identify infrastructure gaps and propose works in their constituencies.
• District Collectors, except Chennai, and the Commissioner, Greater Chennai Corporation, who receive and handle the released funds.
• The Director of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj, who is authorised to draw and disburse the sanctioned amount.
• Local bodies, schools, Anganwadi centres, health institutions and other public institutions that may receive works under the scheme.

For property buyers and owners, the document is a public infrastructure funding and implementation order. It does not create private land rights, change land classification or set registration rules in the text provided.

What the scheme governs

The Member of Legislative Assembly Constituency Development Scheme is meant to identify and execute essential infrastructure gaps in Assembly constituencies in both rural and urban areas.

Key points in the guidelines are:

• Fund allocation per constituency is Rs. 2.50 crore per annum.
• Rs. 1.50 crore per MLA must be earmarked as a tied component for priority works.
• The remaining Rs. 1.00 crore is an un-tied component, and the Member of the Legislative Assembly can choose works not falling within the negative list.

Mandatory tied component spending

The tied component requires at least:

• Rs. 25.00 lakh for infrastructure to Corporation, Municipality, Panchayat Union and Government schools only, including toilets, drinking water, compound walls, classrooms, libraries and laboratories.
• Rs. 15.00 lakh for installation of Reverse Osmosis systems in those schools.
• Rs. 20.00 lakh for Anganwadi buildings, Noon Meal Centres, kitchen sheds, baby friendly toilets, drinking water and kitchen modernisation with gas connection.
• Rs. 30.00 lakh for drinking water supply works.

The remaining Rs. 60.00 lakh under the tied component can be used for listed works such as roads, buildings and compound walls for public institutions, bridges, burial or cremation grounds, sanitary complexes, Public Distribution shop buildings, physical fitness centres and, in rural or urban areas, solar or street lighting related works mentioned in the guidelines.

Fund release and administration

The Government accords administrative sanction for Rs. 587.50 crore for 2018-2019 and initially releases Rs. 146.875 crore. The Director of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj is authorised to draw and disburse the amount to District Collectors, except Chennai, and the Commissioner, Greater Chennai Corporation.