G.O.(Ms.) No.24, Namakku Naame Thittam 2021-22, Amendment to the Guidelines

Purpose

The Rural Development and Panchayat Raj (SGS.1) Department issued Government Order (Ms.) No. 24 on 8 March 2022. It substitutes paragraphs 2 and 7(iii)(a) of the Namakku Naame Thittam guidelines issued through Government Order (Ms.) No. 147, Rural Development and Panchayat Raj (SGS-1) Department, dated 14 December 2021.

Namakku Naame Thittam is a participatory scheme in which communities are involved in planning, raising resources, executing works and maintaining them. Government financial and technical support supplements the community's contribution.

What changes

Government Order (Ms.) No. 24 changes the contribution requirements for works in Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe habitations:

• For identified works generally, the minimum public contribution remains one third of the estimated cost.
• For works in Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe habitations, the minimum public contribution is reduced to one fifth of the estimated cost.
• The change responds to the finding that works in Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe habitations formed only 8 per cent of the total works taken up.

Who is affected

The amended Namakku Naame Thittam guidelines affect members of the public and other contributors who propose community development works under the rural scheme. They particularly affect contributors proposing works in Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe habitations, where lower contribution requirements now apply.

District Collectors also have a decision-making role when contributors ask to carry out works themselves or through an agency. The order was circulated to all District Collectors except Chennai and to District Rural Development Agencies.

Execution by contributors

Government Order (Ms.) No. 24 allows contributors to request permission to execute a work themselves or through their agency without tender, subject to these conditions:

• For works generally, the public contribution must be 50 per cent or more of the estimated value.
• For works in Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe habitations, the public contribution must be one third or more of the estimated value.
• Contributors must provide their willingness in writing when applying under Namakku Naame Thittam.
• The District Collector must assess the contributor's or agency's technical and financial capability before granting permission.

Relevance to property matters

Government Order (Ms.) No. 24 concerns community contributions and execution of rural development works. The supplied text does not change land ownership, patta, registration or property transfer requirements.