G.O.(Ms). No.37, Maintenance of School Toilets in Rural Areas, 2022
The Rural Development and Panchayat Raj (CGS.1) Department issued Government Order (Ms.) No. 37 on 23 March 2022, permitting Rs.36.50 crore from the State Finance Commission population grant to be used for cleaning and maintaining rural government school premises from September 2021 to April 2022. It covers sanitary worker payments and cleaning materials, and does not change land ownership, property records or land use.
Purpose
Government Order (Ms.) No. 37, issued by the Rural Development and Panchayat Raj (CGS.1) Department on 23 March 2022, provides funding for sanitation in Panchayat Union and government schools in rural areas. The work includes maintaining and cleaning school toilets, classrooms and school premises, and purchasing cleaning materials.
The government noted that Panchayat Unions are responsible for sanitation and hygiene in rural schools. It also recorded that no separate allocation had been made under Solid Waste Management funds for this work during 2021 and 2022.
Funding authorised
Government Order (Ms.) No. 37 permits the Director of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj, through District Collectors, to set apart Rs.36.50 crore from the State Finance Commission population grant due to Panchayat Unions for 2021 and 2022.
Key provisions are:
- The money must be maintained as a separate component after calculating requirements block by block.
- It may be used for cleaning school toilets, classrooms and premises, paying sanitary workers, and buying cleaning materials.
- The covered period is September 2021 to April 2022.
- District Collectors must release funds monthly to Block Development Officers (Block Panchayat).
- The guidelines issued by the Rural Development and Panchayat Raj (CGS.1) Department in Government Order (Ms.) No. 79, dated 14 July 2017, must be followed.
Schools and workers covered
Government Order (Ms.) No. 37 applies to Panchayat Union Primary and Middle Schools and government Primary, Middle, High and Higher Secondary Schools located in rural areas. The funding assessment recorded 33,597 sanitary workers across the covered schools.
The Director of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj had estimated a total requirement of Rs.38.06 crore for the remaining academic year. The government ultimately permitted Rs.36.50 crore to be set apart from the State Finance Commission population grant.
Relevance to property and land
Government Order (Ms.) No. 37 is an administrative school sanitation funding decision. It contains no provision changing land title, patta, ownership, boundaries, classification, development rights or land use, so it does not directly affect a property transaction.
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Common questions
Does Government Order (Ms.) No. 37 affect my land or property records?
No. The document deals with funding for sanitation in rural schools and contains no provision changing land ownership, patta, boundaries, classification or land use.
Which schools are covered by the sanitation funding?
It covers Panchayat Union Primary and Middle Schools and government Primary, Middle, High and Higher Secondary Schools located in rural areas.
What can the Rs.36.50 crore be used for?
It can be used to pay sanitary workers, clean school toilets, classrooms and premises, and purchase cleaning materials for the covered schools.
Who releases the money for the sanitation work?
District Collectors must release funds monthly to the Block Development Officers (Block Panchayat), based on block wise requirements.
