G.O.(Ms) No.5, Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme Central Assistance, 2017
The Rural Development and Panchayat Raj (CGS.1) Department issued G.O.(Ms) No.5, dated 12 January 2017, sanctioning Rs.48,00,00,000 for the material and administrative component of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme for 2016-17. The order authorises transfer of the money to the State Employment Guarantee Fund of Tamil Nadu and does not change land ownership, title, registration or land use.
What the document does
The Rural Development and Panchayat Raj (CGS.1) Department issued G.O.(Ms) No.5, dated 12 January 2017, to sanction Rs.48,00,00,000 received as Central Assistance for the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme. The amount is the seventh part of the first tranche for the material and administrative component during 2016-17.
The Government of India released the assistance on the condition that Tamil Nadu transfer it, together with the State share, to the State Employment Guarantee Fund within three days of receiving the funds. A delay beyond that period would make the State Government liable to pay penal interest at 12 per cent for the period of delay.
Key provisions
G.O.(Ms) No.5 provides that:
- Rs.48,00,00,000 is sanctioned for the material and administrative component of the scheme.
- The Director of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj is authorised to draw the sanctioned amount and transfer it to the State Employment Guarantee Fund account of Tamil Nadu.
- Rs.33,60,00,000 is allocated under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Schemes head of account.
- Rs.13,92,00,000 is allocated under the Special Component Plan for Scheduled Castes.
- Rs.48,00,000 is allocated under the Tribal Area Sub Plan.
- The total of the three accounting allocations is Rs.48,00,00,000.
- The Finance Department concurred through U.O.No.03/DS(TS)/2017, dated 11 January 2017.
Who is affected
G.O.(Ms) No.5 directly concerns the Director of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj, District Collectors other than the Chennai District Collector, and Project Directors of District Rural Development Agencies involved in programme implementation and fund administration.
Property buyers and landowners are not assigned any duty under the document. It contains no provisions dealing with property ownership, land classification, planning permission, registration, transfer of title or land use. Its subject is government funding for rural employment programme materials and administration.
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Common questions
Does G.O.(Ms) No.5 affect my land title or property registration?
No land title or property registration provision appears in G.O.(Ms) No.5. It sanctions and transfers funding for the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme.
How much money was sanctioned under G.O.(Ms) No.5?
The Rural Development and Panchayat Raj (CGS.1) Department sanctioned Rs.48,00,00,000 for the material and administrative component for 2016-17.
Who is authorised to transfer the sanctioned amount?
The Director of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj is authorised to draw the money and transfer it to the State Employment Guarantee Fund account of Tamil Nadu.
Was there a deadline for transferring the Central Assistance?
Yes. The Government of India required Tamil Nadu to transfer the funds, together with the State share, within three days of receipt. Delay beyond that period would attract penal interest at 12 per cent for the period of delay.
