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S H P M U I R T E N O AL TRUTH TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE Sl.No. TITLE No. PAGE Sl.No. TITLE No. 3.10 Clean Village Campaign 125 3.11 Solid Waste Management 1 Introduction 1 125 activities in Rural Areas 2 Panchayat Raj 11 3.12 Maintenance of School toilets 3 State Schemes clean, cleaning of Class rooms 127 and School premises 3.1 Chief Minister’s Solar Powered Green House Scheme 82 3.13 Socio Economic Development 129 (CMSPGHS) Programme 3.2 Rural Infrastructure – Roads 87 4 Central Schemes 4.1. Mahatma Gandhi National Rural 3.3 Tamil Nadu Rural Roads 131 Improvement Schemes 94 Employment Guarantee Scheme (TNRRIS) 4.2. Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana 163 3.4 NABARD - RIDF 95 (Gramin) 3.5 Member of Legislative Assembly 4.3. Member of Parliament Local Constituency Development 104 Area Development Scheme 166 (MPLADS) Scheme(MLACDS) 4.4 Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak 3.6 Self Sufficiency Scheme (SSS) 115 167 . Yojana (PMGSY) 3.7 Sanitation - Muzhu Sugaathaara 118 4.5. Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin) 171 Thamizhagam 4.6 National Rurban Mission 174 3.8 Integrated Sanitary Complexes 124 4.7 Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana for Women 178 (SAGY) 3.9 Integrated Men Sanitary 124 4.8 National Bio-gas and Manure Complexes 180 Management Programme ii PAGE Sl.No. TITLE No. 5 Establishment 5.1. Gazetted Establishment 184 5.2. Engineering Establishment 186 5.3. Deputation of Senior officers to 187 other Departments 5.4. Non-Gazetted Establishment 188 6 Capacity Building 194 7 Tamil Nadu Corporation for 223 Development of Women 8 Tamil Nadu Rural Transformation Project (TNRTP) 277 (Pudhu Vazhvu Project - II) 9 International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) assisted Post-Tsunami 288 Sustainable Livelihood Programme (PTSLP) 10 Budget for 2018-19 304 11 Conclusion 306 iii RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND PANCHAYAT RAJ DEPARTMENT POLICY NOTE 2018-19 1. Introduction “In the true democracy of India, the unit is the Village. True democracy has to be worked from below by the people of every village. Village unit as conceived by me is as strong as the strongest. Such a unit can give a good account of itself if it is well 1. INTRODUCTION organised on a basis of self-sufficiency. If anyone can produce one ideal village, he will have provided a pattern not only to the whole country, but perhaps for the whole world.” - Mahatma Gandhi In Tamil Nadu, Rural development is concerned with Economic Growth, Social Justice, Improving the standards of the people living in rural areas by converging the various resources in a focused manner and also ensure that the resources are equitably distributed to all by means of deploying an efficient delivery mechanism. The Rural development 1 2 department formulates various schemes with Another unique initiative of this the aim of elimination of poverty in rural areas Government is the Tamil Nadu Habitations and also delivering high quality services to the Improvement (THAI) Scheme implemented rural public. since 2011 with habitation as the basic unit of The Chief Minister’s Solar Powered development. This scheme has done away with Green House Scheme (CMSPGHS) is one of the the lopsided distribution of funds to village flagship programmes of this Government. This panchayats and seeks to ensure equitable scheme has been formulated to address the distribution of resources. Now that the gap in housing needs in rural areas as well as minimum basic requirements like water supply, to promote green energy. This is a first of its street lights, roads, improvements to burial kind scheme in India. From the year grounds, pathway to burial grounds and 2011-12 to 2017-18, a total of 3.40 Lakh Green additional requirements like Anganwadi houses were taken at an estimate cost of centres, Public distribution shops, SHG Rs.6,780 crore. Each house is constructed Buildings, Threshing floor, Play Ground and with a plinth area of 300 Sq.ft., and provided other needy works were completed in all the with solar lights. habitations to a considerable extent. In 2016-17, the focus of THAI scheme got A wide network of rural road is a sine quo changed according to the local needs. non for a robust rural economy. The policy of Accordingly, renovation of MI tanks, this Government is to give priority to provide upgradation of rural roads and provision of connectivity to people living in remote and far basic amenities like water supply, street lights, flung areas in order to get them mainstreamed. improvement of streets etc. are being taken up. Accordingly, the Government continues to invest huge funds for the improvement of rural MGNREGS is the largest social security roads, through various schemes. Apart from programme which provide legal entitlements to that, the government has formulated the the rural workers by way of strong legal Tamilnadu Rural Roads Maintenance policy. framework of rights and entitlements. The scheme provides employment for maximum of 3 4 100 days for every rural household willing to do direct bearing on the Socio-Economic and unskilled manual work on demand. Tamil Nadu Health indicators. Hence, this Government has is the highest in the generation of women been giving major thrust to Sanitation persondays of 86% as against the National programmes in its endeavour to achieve Open average of 52% in the Country. Further, Defecation Free (ODF) status and maintain Tamil Nadu stands first in the country in timely clean environment. There is a simultaneous disbursement of wages with 99.18 %. focus on behavioural change communication Under MGNREGS 65% of the total and sanitation coverage in order to ensure allocation for the State is spent on Natural that the toilets constructed are used and the Resource Management (NRM) works like check ODF status achieved by the Villages are dam, renovation of traditional water bodies, sustained. Motivators trained in Community soak pit, massive tree plantation and also approaches and the Community Based construction of durable and sustainable assets Organisations, viz., Village Poverty Reduction in convergence with Social Welfare Department Committees (VPRC) and Panchayat Level and TNSRLM like Anganwadi Building and SHG Federations (PLF) are playing a major role in Federation Buildings etc. By the effective the achievement of ODF status and its Implementation of MGNREGA, the noble sustainability. objectives and goals of Sustainable The innovative model of Establishment Development like “No Hunger”, “No Poverty”, of Solid Waste Management System in rural “Gender equality” and “Climate change” is areas by engaging “Thooimai Kaavalar” for being achieved in our State by ensuring door to door Collection of waste, Segregation employment for 100 days and by providing and its safe disposal in all the Village equal wages for men & women and taking up of Panchayats of the State has brought accolades drought proofing works in rural areas. from various parts of the Country. This model Improvement of Sanitation facilities is an has not only helped in maintaining a clean important Nation Building exercise, as it has a environment and it’s resultant benefits, but also has economically benefited the 5 6 Panchayats and Self Help Groups through the State. TNCDW through TNSRLM and its revenue generated from the sale of recyclable subcomponents of Deen Dayal Upadhyaya waste, compost and vermi-compost. Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY), Start– The Tamil Nadu Corporation for up Village Entrepreneurship Programme (SVEP) Development of Women (TNCDW) was and Mahila Kisan Sashaktikaran Pariyojana established in 1983 with the prime objective of (MKSP) aims at empowering the women and bringing about socio-economic development reducing the poverty in the rural areas of the and empowerment of women. The Corporation project through Community Driven implements Mahalir Thittam (MaThi), Tamil Development approach. The Participatory Nadu State Rural Livelihood Mission (TNSRLM) Identification of Poor (PIP) process is a unique and Tamil Nadu Urban Livelihood Mission feature of Tamil Nadu, based on which the (TNULM). target people - Poor, Very Poor, Vulnerable and Differently abled are identified and assisted. The TNCDW works on the dual principles; Under this project, socio-economic women as prime movers and social capital for empowerment and poverty alleviation activities socio-economic change. This is achieved by are implemented with the help of Community organising the women into Self Help Groups by Based Organizations (CBOs) created under the facilitating access to various trainings for skilled project such as Self Help Groups, Village wage employment and self-employment by Poverty Reduction Committees, Panchayat enabling internal lending and bank credit Level Federations, Common Livelihood Groups, linkage for commencing economic activities in Common Livelihood Federations and MaKaMai. farm and non-farm sectors apart from leveraging the social capital for social inclusion TNCDW is also the implementing agency and convergence with education, health and for the Amma Two Wheeler Scheme of the other sectors. State Government which aims to empower working women by enabling them to purchase TNSRLM is being implemented in 12,524 women friendly two wheelers (Mopeds / Village Panchayats in all 385 Blocks of the Scooters) to ease their commute to their 7 8 enterprises and places of employment, banks, Tamil Nadu Rural Transformation Project etc. Every year one lakh working women will is a world bank funded project which is in be benefited through this scheme both in rural continuation of the Tamil Nadu Pudhu Vaazhvu and urban areas. Priority will be given to Project. The main objectives of the project are women residing in remote places, hilly regions, to promote rural enterprises, access to finance women headed households, deserted women, and employment opportunities in 120 blocks of destitute widows, differently abled women, Tamil Nadu. The funding pattern for this project unmarried women aged above 35 years, is by World Bank and State Government in the SC/ST women and Transgenders.