ABSTRACT

National Rural Employment Guarantee Act 2005   - Implementation in Tamil Nadu - Formulation of Tamil Nadu Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme - Orders issued.

Rural Development and Panchayat Raj (CGS I) Department

G.O.Ms. No.89
Dated:  2.8.2006.

Read:

1.      The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 notified in the Gazette of  India, dated 7.9.2005.

2.      Director of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj D.O.Letter No.87877/2005/SGRY-4  dated 29.1.2006.

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ORDER:

The Appended Notification will be published in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette, Extraordinary, dated the 2nd August 2006.

(By order of the Governor)

K. ASHOK VARDHAN SHETTY

SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT

To

The Works Manager, Government Central Press, Chennai-79 (for publishing in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette,  Extraordinary, dated 2.8.2006 and to supply 1000 copies to the Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department , Chennai-9).

The Director of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj, Chennai-15

The District Collectors of Cuddalore, Villupuram, Tiruvannamalai, Nagapattinam, DIndigul and Sivaganga.

(They are requested to communicate the notification appended to all concerned)

All other District Collectors, (except the Collector of Chennai)

Project Officers, District Rural Development Agency, Cuddalore, Villupuram, Tiruvannamalai, Nagapattinam, DIndigul and Sivaganga.

All other Project Officers, District Rural Development Agency. 

Panchayat Union Commissioners, Cuddalore, Villupuram, Tiruvannamalai, Nagapattinam, DIndigul and Sivaganga Districts.

( through Director of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj, Chennai-15.)

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APPENDIX

NOTIFICATION

In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 4 of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 (Central Act No.42/2005), the Governor of Tamil Nadu hereby makes the following Scheme, namely, the Tamil Nadu Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme.

K. ASHOK VARDHAN SHETTY

SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT

THE TAMIL NADU RURAL EMPLOYMENT GUARANTEE SCHEME

CHAPTER

CONTENTS

Page

 

PREAMBLE

7

I

OUTLINE AND OBJECTIVE

8 to 13

 

I             Objective

 

 

1.2         Status

 

 

1.3         Beneficiaries

 

 

1.4         Notified Districts

 

 

1.5         Funding pattern

 

 

1.6         Implementing Authority

 

 

1.7         Permissible Works

 

 

1.8         Special safeguards

 

 

1.9         Definition of panchayats

 

 

1.10       Transparency & Accountability

 

 

1.11       Right to Information

 

 

1.12       Grievance redressal

 

II

REGISTRATION

14 to 17

 

2.1          Eligibility

 

 

2.1         Application

 

 

2.2         Registration

 

 

2.3         Verification

 

 

2.4         Job Card

 

 

2.5         Application of  work

 

 

2.6         Allotment of works

 

III

TIME BOUND EMPLOYMENT

18 to 20

 

3.1          Time Bound Employment

 

 

3.2          Functions of Village Panchayats

 

 

3.3          Functions of Block Programme Officer

 

 

3.4          Functions of District Programme

               Coordinator

3.5           State level Authority

 

 

IV

WAGES

 

4.1      Wage Rate

4.2      Payment of Unemployment allowance

4.3      Compensation

4.4      State Employment Guarantee Fund

4.5      Disentitlement

4.6      Rural Schedule of rates

4.7      Muster rolls

4.8 (a) Social audit

4.8 (b) Physical & Financial audit

4.9      Record of asset created

4.10    Facilities at work site

4.11    Ban  on contractors & machines

21 to 26


 

CHAPTER

CONTENTS

Page

V

ALLOCATION OF FUNDS

 

5.1      Allocation of Funds

5.2      Unspent Resources

5.3      Procedure for Allocation

 

27

 

 

VI

PLANNING AND EXECUTION

 

6.1   Perspective plan

6.2   Annual action plan

6.3   Execution of Works

6.4   Execution Authority

6.5   Maintenance Employment Register

 

28 to 32

 

 

VII

MONITORING AND EVALUATION

 

7.1    Monitoring

7.2     Evaluation

33

 

 

VIII

CONVERGENCE WITH THE OTHER PROGRAMMES

 

8.1   Convergence with the other Programmes

8.2   State Employment Guarantee Council

 

34 to 35

IX

TRANING

 

9.1   Training

9.2   Communication

9.3   Removal of difficulties

36


 

CHAPTER

CONTENTS

Page

X

QUALITY CONTROL

 

10.1  Quality Control

 

37

 

ANNEXURES

 

I      Application for registration

II     Application for job

III     Job Allotment letter

IV    Credit letter

V      Social audit - Check list

 

 

38

42

44

45

46

 

 

Tamil Nadu Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme

(see section 4 (1) of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005)

Preamble

The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 (Central Act 42 of 2005) provides for the enhancement of livelihood security of the households in rural areas of India by providing at least one hundred days of guaranteed wage employment in every financial year to every household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work.

Accordingly, the Government of Tamil Nadu has made a scheme called the  Tamil Nadu Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (TNREGS) under sub-section (1) of section 4 of the said Act to implement the said Act in the notified rural areas.

CHAPTER-I

OUTLINE AND OBJECTIVE

1. Objective

 The Tamil Nadu Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (TNREGS) will be implemented as a centrally sponsored scheme on cost sharing basis between the Centre and the State Government. 

1.2 Status

 The objective of the Scheme is to provide livelihood security for the households in the notified rural areas of Tamil Nadu by providing at least one hundred days of guaranteed wage employment in every financial year to every household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work.   

1.3  Beneficiaries

1.3.1 The Scheme is open to all rural households who are in need of wage employment and who desire to do unskilled manual work in and around their village/habitation.

1.3.2. As far as possible, employment shall be provided within a radius of five kilometers of the village where the applicant resides at the time of applying for job.

1.3.3 In case the employment is provided outside such limit, it must be provided within the Panchayat Union, and the labourers shall be paid ten per cent extra wage to meet  transportation and living expenses

1.3.4  A new work under the Scheme shall be commenced only if-

(a)   at least fifty labourers become available for such work; and

(b)   the labourers cannot be absorbed in the ongoing works:

 u     Provided that this condition shall not be applicable for new works, to be executed  in hill areas and in respect of afforestation.

1.3.5 The period of employment shall ordinarily be at least fourteen days continuously with not more than six days in a week.

1.3.6  All those desirous of taking up unskilled manual work may submit their applications  to the Village Panchayat  or Block Programme Officer concerned for registration of their household and for allotment of job.

1.3.7  The Village Panchayat shall register the household after making such enquiry as it deems fit and issue a job card containing such details of adult members of the household. The job card will ordinarily remain valid for a period of 5 years from the date of launch of the Scheme.  This may be renewed or cancelled on the request of the applicant in writing.  The job card holder is entitled to apply for  unskilled manual work and for employment for as many days as he may request subject to a maximum of 100 days per household in a financial year. 

1.3.8 The Village Panchayat shall within 15 days of receipt of an application provide unskilled manual work to the applicant.

1.3.9  In all cases where unemployment allowance is paid, or due to be paid, the Block Programme Officer shall inform the District Programme Coordinator in writing the reasons therefor.

1.3.10 If the Village Panchayat is satisfied at any time that a person has registered his name by furnishing false information, it may request the Block Programme Officer to direct his name to be struck off from the register. No such deletion shall be made unless the applicant has been given an opportunity of being heard in the presence of two independent persons.

1.4    Notified Districts

The Scheme will be implemented in the following districts under Phase I and  will be extended to other districts within five years.

1. Nagapattinam

2. Cuddalore

3. Villupuram

4. Tiruvannamalai

5. Dindigul

6. Sivagangai

1.5 Funding pattern

1.5.1 Cost of wages, administrative cost, establishment charges of Block Programme Officer with supporting staff and three fourth of material cost will be borne by Government of India.

1.5.2 Cost of unemployment allowance, administrative expenses of State Council and one fourth of material cost will be borne by the State Government.

1.6.1. Implementing authority

(a) The Scheme will be implemented by the Panchayats at District, Panchayat Union and Village levels.

(b) The Block Programme Officer shall allot at least 50% of works in terms of its cost under the Scheme to be implemented through Village  Panchayats.

(c) The remaining works may be allotted to other implementing agencies such as Line Departments, Public Sector Undertakings, Co-operative Societies, Non Governmental  Organisations, Self Help Groups,  etc.,

(d)  Every person who has done the work given to him under the Scheme shall be entitled to receive wages at the rate of minimum wages fixed  for Agricultural labourers as notified  by the State Government from time to time.

(e)  The Panchayat shall disburse the daily wages on a   weekly basis subject to the satisfaction of quality and quantity  parameters. Disbursement shall be    on a weekly basis or in any case not later than a fortnight  after the date on which such work was done.

(f)   The Panchayat shall make provision for giving employment to every adult member of household who is willing to do unskilled manual work.

(g)   The District Collector will be the District Programme Co-ordinator at the district level with overall responsibility of planning, implementation, co-ordination, monitoring and supervision.  He will be assisted by the Joint District Programme Co-ordinator/Project Officer, District Rural Development Agency at the district level. The Block Programme Officer, (Block Development Officer) as implementing authority at Panchayat Union level  will  be responsible for matching the demand for employment with  employment opportunities.  At the Village Panchayat level, Panchayat President shall be the implementing authority.

(h)  The Village Panchayat concerned will be the field level implementing authority for its share of resources and is responsible for planning and execution of the Scheme. The Village Panchayat may entrust the work to any Line department or Self Help Group for execution.

1.6.2 Involvement of Self Help Groups/ Youth in the implementation.

 (a) The Panchayats may  involve the Panchayat Level Federations (PLF) of Self Help Groups(SHGs) and the Youth, to assist the Panchayats in the successful implementation of the Scheme.

  (b) Panchayat Level Federations of Self Help Groups or an Self Help Group representative of all habitations of the Village Panchayats with a proven  track record of working with the Panchayats can be entrusted by the Village Panchayat with the assessment  of demand for work, registration, verification, issue of job cards, identification of works, monitoring and supervision, over all quality control and such other works which may be pertinent to the successful completion of works at the village level.

(c) An Self Help Group entrusted with responsibility under the Scheme may be allowed to engage necessary skilled/unskilled manpower on behalf of the Panchayat. Expenditure towards          this will be reimbursed to the Panchayat Level Federation/Self Help Group from the administrative costs as per rules.

(d) Every effort should be made by the District Programme Coordinator (DPC), Block Programme Officer (BPO) and implementing agencies to ensure the maximum participation of women and youth under the Scheme.

 1.7. Permissible works