G.O. (Ms.) No. 86, MGNREGS Administrative Funding, 2023
The Rural Development and Panchayat Raj (CGS.1) Department issued Government Order (Ms.) No. 86 on 22 June 2023, sanctioning and releasing Rs.132.30 crore as the first instalment of the first tranche of central administrative funding for the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme for 2023-24. The funding is for salaries of regular officers and staff and other administrative expenditure, and the order does not deal with land ownership, transfer or property rights.
What the order does
Government Order (Ms.) No. 86 of the Rural Development and Panchayat Raj (CGS.1) Department sanctions and releases Rs.132,30,00,000 as the Government of India's full share of the administrative component under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme for 2023-24. It is the first instalment of the first tranche of funding.
The money may be used for:
- Salaries of regular officers and staff administering the scheme.
- Non-salary administrative expenditure under the scheme.
Labour budget context
The Central Empowered Committee approved a labour budget for Tamil Nadu for 2023-24 at its meeting on 16 March 2023. The approved figures recorded in Government Order (Ms.) No. 86 are:
- 20 crore person days of employment.
- A wage rate of Rs.294 per person day.
- An entitlement of Rs.5,880 crore for Tamil Nadu based on those figures.
The Rs.132.30 crore released by the order is specifically for the administrative component and is not identified as the wage payment allocation.
Fund handling and oversight
Government Order (Ms.) No. 86 authorises the Commissioner of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj to draw the sanctioned amount and transfer it to the Mahatma Gandhi NREGA Admin Cost Account. The State Employment Guarantee Fund of Tamil Nadu is named as the Single Nodal Agency.
Key controls include:
- Charging the expenditure to the specified rural employment and administrative cost head of account.
- Strict compliance with Government of India guidelines.
- Ensuring social audit in accordance with those guidelines.
- Sending the utilisation certificate to the Government of India under the applicable norms, with a copy to the Tamil Nadu Government.
The Finance Department concurred with the release on 20 June 2023.
Who is affected
Government Order (Ms.) No. 86 directly concerns the Commissioner of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj, District Collectors outside Chennai, Project Directors of District Rural Development Agencies, and officers administering the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme. Property buyers and landowners are not given any new land-related obligation or right by the document.
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Common questions
Does Government Order (Ms.) No. 86 change any land ownership or property rules?
No land ownership, transfer, registration or property rule is included. The order concerns administrative funding for the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme.
How much funding was released under the order?
The Rural Development and Panchayat Raj (CGS.1) Department sanctioned and released Rs.132,30,00,000 as the full central share of the administrative component.
Can the released amount be used to pay MGNREGS wages?
The order identifies the released amount for salaries of regular officers and staff and for non-salary administrative expenditure. It does not identify this amount as the wage payment allocation.
What checks apply to the use of the money?
Government of India guidelines must be followed, social audit must be ensured, and a utilisation certificate must be sent to the Government of India with a copy to the Tamil Nadu Government.
