G.O.(Ms) No.83, Consolidated Pay Increase for MGNREGS Computer Assistants, 2017

What the document does

G.O.(Ms) No.83 of the Rural Development and Panchayat Raj (CGS.1) Department increases the consolidated monthly pay of 1,789 Computer Assistants from Rs.11,000 to Rs.12,000. The revised pay applies from 21 July 2017, the date on which the Government Order was issued.

The Computer Assistants support implementation and monitoring of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme through its Management Information System. The scheme was reported as operating across all 31 districts in three phases.

Who is covered

G.O.(Ms) No.83 covers Computer Assistants appointed for the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme and other scheme works through these channels:

• Computer Assistants recruited through Employment Exchanges and working on consolidated pay.
• Computer Assistants engaged through outsourcing on consolidated pay.

The source records that 1,789 Computer Assistants were working through these arrangements.

Key provisions

G.O.(Ms) No.83 provides that:

• Monthly consolidated pay is increased from Rs.11,000 to Rs.12,000.
• The increase applies to all 1,789 covered Computer Assistants.
• The revised amount is payable from the date of issue of the Government Order.
• The expenditure is to be met from the administrative component of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme.
• The Director of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj must obtain prior Government concurrence before making any later revision to the consolidated pay.

The Director of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj had proposed an increase to Rs.13,000 based on increases in wages paid to scheme workers. The Government approved a revised monthly amount of Rs.12,000 instead.

Employment absorption and administration

The background to G.O.(Ms) No.83 states that the Government had issued orders for 906 Computer Assistants to be absorbed as Junior Assistants after a special qualifying test conducted by the Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission. The operative pay direction in G.O.(Ms) No.83 applies to the full group of 1,789 Computer Assistants.

The Finance Department concurred with the pay decision. The Government directed implementation through the Director of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj, District Collectors outside Chennai and District Rural Development Agencies.

Relevance to property matters

G.O.(Ms) No.83 is an employment pay decision for scheme Computer Assistants. It contains no provision concerning land records, patta, ownership, registration, planning permission, land classification or property transactions.