G.O.(Ms).No.123, Formation of 10,000 Self Help Groups during 2014-15
The Rural Development and Panchayat Raj (CGS-3) Department issued G.O.(Ms).No.123 dated 9 September 2014, directing the formation of 10,000 new Self Help Groups during 2014-15 at a total cost of Rs.35 lakhs. The groups were intended for identified poor and vulnerable people who were not already members of a Self Help Group, and the expenditure was to come from National Rural Livelihoods Mission funds without using State funds.
What the government approved
The Rural Development and Panchayat Raj (CGS-3) Department issued G.O.(Ms).No.123 dated 9 September 2014 following an announcement made in the Assembly. It directs the Managing Director of the Tamil Nadu Corporation for Development of Women Limited to form 10,000 new Self Help Groups during 2014-15.
The programme forms part of the Tamil Nadu State Rural Livelihoods Mission, which seeks to provide sustainable livelihoods to economically weaker sections of society. The mission uses the Participatory Identification of Poor process to identify poor and vulnerable people.
Who the programme covers
G.O.(Ms).No.123 dated 9 September 2014 focuses on people who had been left out of the existing Self Help Group network. The intended participants include:
- Poor people identified through the Participatory Identification of Poor process.
- Destitute and vulnerable people.
- Differently abled people.
- Scheduled tribe members.
- People who were not already members of a Self Help Group.
The 10,000 groups were to be formed in 60 blocks across 15 Phase-I districts covered by the Tamil Nadu State Rural Livelihoods Mission.
Funding and implementation
The Rural Development and Panchayat Raj (CGS-3) Department approved a total formation cost of Rs.35 lakhs. The key financial and administrative provisions are:
- A formation cost of Rs.350 was provided for each new Self Help Group.
- The amount was to be paid to the Village Poverty Reduction Committee responsible for forming the group.
- The total calculation was Rs.350 for each of 10,000 groups.
- The entire cost was to be met from National Rural Livelihoods Mission funds.
- No State fund was to be used.
- The Finance Department concurred with the proposal.
Implementation was assigned to the Managing Director of the Tamil Nadu Corporation for Development of Women Limited. District Collectors and Project Officers under Mahalir Thittam were also included among the recipients of the government communication.
Relevance to property and land matters
G.O.(Ms).No.123 dated 9 September 2014 is a rural livelihoods and Self Help Group formation measure. It does not contain provisions about land ownership, property registration, land classification, planning permission, patta, acquisition or transfer of land. A property buyer or owner is therefore not given any land-related right, restriction or procedure by this document.
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Common questions
Does G.O.(Ms).No.123 affect my land title or property registration?
No land title or property registration provision appears in the document. It deals with forming and funding 10,000 new Self Help Groups.
Who was eligible to be included in the new Self Help Groups?
The programme focused on identified poor, destitute, vulnerable, differently abled and scheduled tribe people who were not already members of a Self Help Group.
Where were the 10,000 Self Help Groups to be formed?
They were to be formed in 60 blocks within 15 Phase-I districts covered by the Tamil Nadu State Rural Livelihoods Mission.
Was State government funding used for forming these groups?
No. The government directed that the Rs.35 lakh cost be met from National Rural Livelihoods Mission funds and that no State fund be used.
