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BPL : Below Poverty Line

BRGF : Backward Region Grant Fund

CEO : Chief Executive Office

DDP : Desert Development Programme

DFID : Department for InternationalDevelopment

DLCC : District Level CoordinationCommittee

DLO : District Link Officer

DPAP : Drought Prone Areas Programme

DPC : District Planning Committee

DRDA : District Rural DevelopmentAgency

DSMS : District Supply and MarketingSociety

DWCRA : Development of Women andChildren in Rural Areas

EAS : Employment Assurance Scheme

ED P : Entrepreneurship Development

ProgrammeEFC : Expenditure Finance Committee /

Eleventh Finance Commission

E TC : Extension Training Centre

FARD : Fisheries and Animal ResourceDevelopment

FS & CW : Food, Supply and ConsumerWelfare

GGY : Gopabandhu Gramin Yojana

GKY : Ganga Kalyan Yojana

GP : Grama Panchayat

H & FW : Health and Family Welfare

HRD : Human Resource Development

HUDCO : Housing and Urban DevelopmentCorporation

IAY : Indira Awaas Yojana

IAY (NC) : Indira Awaas Yojana (NewConstruction)

IAY (UG) : Indira Awaas Yojana (Upgradation)

IEC : Information, Education andCommunication

IRDP : Integrated Rural DevelopmentProgramme

ITP : Interactive Training Programme

Abbreviations

JRY : Jawahar Rozgar Yojana

KBK : Undivided Kalahandi, Bolangir &Koraput districts

MIS : Management Information System

MoPR : Ministry of Panchayati Raj,Govt. of India

MoRD : Ministry of Rural Development,Govt. of India

M NP : Minimum Needs Programme

MWS : Million Wells Scheme

NABARD : National Bank of Agriculture andRural Development

NFBS : National Fund for RuralDevelopment

NFFWP : National Food For WorkProgramme

NGO : Non-Government Organisation

NICNET : National Informatics CentreNetwork

NIRD : National Institute of Rural

Development

NMBS : National Maternity Benefit Scheme

NOAPS : National Old Age Pension Scheme

NREGA : National Rural EmploymentGuarantee Act

NRE P : National Rural EmploymentProgramme

NSAP : National Social AssistanceProgramme

OBB : Operation Black Board

ODA : Overseas Development Agency

OREGS : Orissa Rural EmploymentGuarantee Scheme

ORPRP : Orissa Rural Poverty ReductionProject

OTC : Organisation of Training Courses

PEO : Programme EvaluationOrganisation

PESA : Panchayat Extension to ScheduledAreas

PIA : Project Implementation Agency

PMGSY : Pradhan Mantri Gram SadakYojana

PMGY : Pradhan Mantri Gramodaya Yojana

PMGY(GA): Pradhan Mantri Gramodaya Yojana(Gramin Awaas)

PRIs : Panchayati Raj Institutions

PS : Panchayat Samiti

PURA : Provision of Urban amenities in

Rural AreasRBI : Reserve Bank of India

RC : Rural Connectivity

RH : Rural Housing

RLEGP : Rural Landless EmploymentGurantee Programme

RSM : Rural Sanitary Marts

RTI Act : Right to Information Act

SFC : State Finance Commission

SGRY : Sampoorna Grameen RozgarYojana

SGSY : Swarnjayanti Gram SwarozgarYojana

SHG : Self-Help GroupSIRD : State Institute of Rural

Development

SLBC : State Level Bankers Committee

SLCC : State Level CoordinationCommittee

SME : School and Mass Education

SC & ST : Scheduled Cast and ScheduledTribe

TFC : Twelfth Finance Commission

TRYSEM : Training of Rural Youth for Self-Employment

TRIPTI : Targeted Rural Initiat ives forPoverty Termination andInfrastructure

VMC : Vigilance & Monitoring Committee

VO : Voluntary Organisation

W & CD : Women & Child Development

WA : Watershed Association

WR : Water Resources

ZP : Zilla Parishad


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Contents

Panchayati Raj Department

- An Overview ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1

Rural Housing Programme ---------------------------------------------------------- 6

12th Finance Commission Award -------------------------------------------------- 7

National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) -------------------- 9

Sampurna Gramin Rozgar Yojana (SGRY) ---------------------------------------- 12

Gopabandhu Gramin Yojana (GGY) ---------------------------------------------- 13

Backward Region Grant Fund(BRGF) ------------------------------------------- 14

Swarna Jayanti Gram Swarojgar Yojana(SGSY) ---------------------------------- 16

Financial Support to Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) ----------------------- 18

Vigilance & Monitoring ------------------------------------------------------------- 20

e-Governance and Information Technology ------------------------------------ 21

State Institute for Rural Development (SIRD) --------------------------------- 23

Orissa Rural Development and Marketing Society (ORMAS) --------------- 27

Project TRIPTI ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 31

Published by:

State Institute for Rural DevelopmentPanchayati Raj Department, Govt. of OrissaUnit-8, Bhubaneswar -751 012

Tel.:91-674-2536680, 2562645(SIRD)

Fax: 91-674-2401413E-mail: [email protected]

Website: http://orissa.gov.in/panchayat/default.asp

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With a view to ushering in a democratic and participatory governance at grassroot level

in the country as envisioned by the Father of the Nation, the Constitution of India wasamended in 1992 to introduce three-tier Panchayati Raj System. It was hoped that Panchayats

would contribute to attaining the goals of accelerated growth with social justice. After

introduction of three-tier Panchayati Raj System, the State has witnessed unprecedentedgrowth in grassroot democratic institutions. There are now 6234 Gram Panchayats, 314

Panchayat Samitis and 30 Zilla Parishads. There are close to 87,542 elected representativesat village level, 6,234 at Samiti level and 854 at district level with representation of

women and socially-historically disadvantaged sections of the society.

This Annual Report for the year 2006-07 and 2007-08 is an attempt to compile the

important initiatives and achievements of the Panchayati Raj Department for strengtheningand finding ways to empower the people in the process of economic growth. The period

under report witnessed launching of state sponsored Gopabandhu Gramin Yojana toprovide rural infrastructure, namely Bijuli, Sadak, Pani, in 11 districts and Backward Region

Grants Fund of MoPR in 19 districts, extension of the flagship rural employment

programme, NREGS. The period is also marked by important achievements in SGRY, SGSY,IAY, TFC Award, new initiative like TRIPTI and constitution of Forest Rights Committee

for implementation of the Scheduled Tribe and other Traditional Forest Dwellers(Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006. The report is intended to be used as a reference

book by the officials, PRI representatives and all those associated with Panchayati RajSystem. I hope the users will find it really helpful for them.

(R.N. Mohanty)

Sri Raghunath MohantyMinister

Panchayati Raj & Parliamentary AffairsGovernment of Orissa

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The history of the Panchayati Raj Department (in

its various incarnations) is as old as the history of Orissa.However, in its present form, it came into existence in

1994. It is considered as a very important Departmentnot only for the quantum of fund it handles; but also for

the fact that its activities have a direct bearing on rural

development and poverty alleviation. It is also the nodaldepartment through which endeavour is made for grass-

root democracy and decentralization of power throughPanchayati Raj Institutions which have become fulcrums

of all activities.

Panchayati Raj Department of Orissa primarily

deals with two Ministries of Govt. of India; i.e. Ministryof Rural Development (MoRD) and Ministry of

Panchayati Raj (MoPR). While various schemes includingthe Wage-employment Schemes, Self-Employment

Schemes and Rural Housing Schemes fall under thepurview of MoRD, matters relating to Devolution ofPower to PRIs, Decentralised Planning, Finance

Commission Grants and Backward Region Grant Fundetc. are dealt by MoPR.

[However, some other important schemes ofMoRD such as PMGSY, Rural Water Supply, Total

Sanitation Programme are not handled by PR Dept. ofGovernment of Orissa. These schemes are handled by

Rural Development Department of Government of

Orissa]

Zilla Parishads and District Rural DevelopmentAgencies at district level, Panchayat Samities at Block

level and Gram Panchayats are the existing structuresthrough which PR Dept. activities are carried out in the

field. In addition to this, PR Dept. has got a State-levelInstitute at Bhubaneswar namely the State Institute for

Rural Development (established in 1964) for training

and capacity building of PRI elected representatives andfield functionaries. Three Extension Training Centers

(ETCs) at Bhubaneswar, Bhawanipatna (Kalahandi) andKeonjhar also function under PR Dept. for training and

capacity building purpose. For facilitating marketing of

rural products, PR Dept. created an autonomous body

at the State level in the name of Orissa Rural Marketing

Society (ORMAS) in 1991 which functions through itsdistrict units named District Supply and Marketing

Societies (DSMSs). In 2006-07 a mission in the name of

Orissa Poverty Reduction Mission (OPRM) wasconstituted under PR Deptt. for the World-Bank aided

TRIPTI (Targeted Rural Initiatives for PovertyTermination and Infrastructure) project, which will be

implemented from 2008-09.

Panchayati Raj in Orissa

Orissa Grama Panchayat Act, 1948 was the first

legislation prescribing constitutional power to Grama

Panchayats in Orissa. Provisions of the Act were to beextended to different areas of the state from time to

time and could be withdrawn where necessary, ascircumstances might warrant. In the year 1950-51, 500

GPs were set up in different areas of the State. It was

assumed that successful functioning of Panchayats atselected cases would serve as examples to the

surrounding villages, which might be prompted todemand establishment of Grama panchayats. This

experiment however did not succeed because in manyvillages people were misled by the propaganda that in

the panchayat areas people had to pay some additional

taxes and fees to the panchayats without gettingappreciable amenities in lieu thereof. Government

therefore adopted a scheme of establishing Panchayatscovering an entire district or a sub-division w.e.f. 1952-

53. The provision of withdrawal of Panchayats from

certain areas was deleted in the Orissa GramaPanchayats (2nd amendment) Act, 1957.

Initially a Panchayat was formed in a single village

having a minimum population of 1500 or a group ofvillages having a minimum population of 1000. It was

soon noticed that such a small unit was not financially

viable. Therefore, some of the panchayats established inthe year 1950-51 were merged with neighbouring

panchayats in order to make them financially viable units.

During the period 1958 to 1961, Community

Development (CD) Blocks were established in the state


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in selected areas. Orissa Zilla Parishad Act was enacted

in the year 1959 but ZPs were not constitutedimmediately. Subsequently ZP Act was amended and

titled as the Orissa PS & ZP Act, 1959 in the year 1961

(Orissa Act 24 of 1961). In the year 1961, a 3-tier systemof PRIs was established in the State covering all villages

with the objective of removing illiteracy, poverty anddiseases.

One of the three-tiers of panchayats, the

intermediate tier namely the Panchayat Samiti was made

the implementing agency for all programmes. Fund forCommunity Development was given as grant-in-aid to

Panchayat Samiti, Zilla Parishads were abolished in theyear 1968. The Panchayat Samitis emerged as an important

institution for implementing developmental

programmes, poverty alleviation programmes and socialsecurity schemes. However, despite these important

roles, Panchayat Samitis and Gram Panchayats could notemerge as institutions of Self-Government.

In the year 1992, the 73rd Amendment ofConstitution was made by the Parliament to establish

institutions of self-government from village upwardsproviding fixed tenure, definite minimum reservation

for discriminated groups.

After 73rd amendment the panchayat laws were

amended according to the provisions of 73 rd

Constitutional amendment as given below:

(i) Reservation of seats in favour of SC, ST, OBC and

women.

(ii) Constitution of Election Commission and Finance

Commission.

(iii) 5 years tenure for Panchayats.

(iv) Redefinition of the Powers and Functions of the

Gram Sabha and Palli Sabha.

However, even before the 73rd Amendment of

the Constitution, Orissa had taken the lead in providingreservation in favour of SCs, STs, and Women in 3-tier

PRIs. A distinguishing feature of the Panchayati Raj

system in Orissa is that either the Chairperson or theVice-Chairperson of all the three tiers of Panchayati Raj

Institutions is a woman. The 73rd Amendment of theConstitution and Provisions of Panchayats Extension to

Scheduled Areas Act, 1996 (PESA) came into force in theyear 1993 and 1996 respectively. Orissa Panchayat laws

were amended in consistence with provisions of the

73rd Amendment and Provisions of PanchayatsExtension to Scheduled Areas Act. Orissa is the first

State to conduct PRI elections in 2002 according to PESAAct thereby ensuring social justice to Scheduled Tribe

communities. All the offices of elected heads of 3-tier

PRIs in Scheduled Areas have been reserved for STs.Gram Sabhas and Palli Sabhas have been given more

statutory power after PESA Act came into force.

Panchayati Raj Institutions in Orissa -

In the In ScheduledState Areas

No. of Districts/ZPs 30 07 (Fully)

06 (Partly)

No. of Blocks / PSs 314 118 (Full)

03 (Partly)

No. of GPs 6,234 1966

Total elected representatives -

ZP Members 854 256

PS Members 6233 1965

Sarpanches 6234 1966

Ward Members 87,542 24,734

Total No. of Villages 51,349

Elected Members

Sl. Level Post No. of Member SC ST OBC UR

No. Seats elected M F M F M F M F

1. Zilla President 30 30 3 3 6 3 5 3 5 2

Parishad Members 854 853 87 58 135 85 149 88 181 70

2. Panchayat Chairman 314 314 15 21 82 57 37 23 62 17

Samiti PS Members 6,233 6,232 601 455 1,029 699 1,037 631 1,358 422

3. Grama Sarpanch 6,234 6,232 487 344 1,536 907 772 471 1,249 466

Panchayat Ward Members 87,547 85,542 7,884 6,291 12,753 9,413 13,666 9,094 19,943 5,693


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Devolution of Power

Government of Orissa is committed to

strengthen PRIs as institutions of self government. Inthe year 2003, 21 subjects of 11 Departments were

transferred to Panchayati Raj Institutions. District Level

Officers, Block Level Officers and Village Levelfunctionaries of 11 Departments have been made

accountable to Zilla Parishad, Panchayat Samiti and GramaPanchayat respectively for implementation of subjects/

schemes transferred to PRIs. They will place plans andschemes for discussion and approval in the meeting of

the respective level of PRIs. Chairperson of 3 tier PRIshave been delegated the power to sanction casual leave

of Head of offices / Institutions of 11 Departments

working at the respective level.

Out of 21 subjects, Activity Mapping in respect of18 subjects has been completed and instructions have

been issued to the field functionaries for preparation

of plans and schemes on subjects devolved for economic

development and social justice of people. Governmenthas signed an MoU (Memorandum of Understanding)with the Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Government of India

for effective devolution of functions, funds and

functionaries as per the mandate of 73 rd Amendment ofthe Constitution.

PRIs' Election - 2007

The law and procedure relating to conduct ofelection to Panchayati Raj Institutions have undergone

fundamental changes after the Constitution (SeventyThird Amendment) Act, 1992 came into force. The State

Election Commission constituted under Article 243 K

of the Constitution of India is vested with powers ofsuperintendence, direction and control of preparation

of Electoral Roll and the conduct of all election to thethree tier Panchayati Raj Institutions. After the 73rd

Constitution Amendment Act, 1992 (w.e.f. 24.04.1993)the State Election Commission, Orissa completed 3rd

General Election to Panchayati Raj Institutions in

February, 2007.

As the first step, the commission recommendedthe State Government to complete the task of

Delimitation of Wards and Constitutencies and

Reservation of Seats by 30.04.2006. Government soughtfor extension of time upto 31st May, 2006 to complete

the process which was accepted by the Commission. In

view of the ban imposed by Delimitation Commissionof India it was suggested that delimitation of Wards &Constituencies may not be taken up and only reservation

of seats and offices in all tiers are to be done as per the

procedure laid down in respective Election Rules. Alsono reorganization of Grama Panchayats and Panchayat

Samitis was taken up. The State Government inPanchayati Raj Department completed the reservation

of seats for Zilla Parishad Members and Collectors of

different Districts completed the reservation of seats

for Ward Members, Sarpanches and Panchayat Samiti

Members by 31st May, 2006.

On the advice of the State Election Commission,

the State Government issued notification on 22ndDecember, 2006 calling upon the electorate to elect

their representatives to three tier Panchayati RajInstitutions in a General Election. The Commission

notified the election schedule on 26.12.2006 and themodel of conduct came into force from the same date

till completion of direct election i.e. 21.02.2007.

Elections were held in 5 phases from 13.02.2007 to21.02.2007 with one day gap between each phase of the

poll.

For the first time, all statutory / non-statutory

forms, labels were printed in Oriya in order to facilitatethe contesting candidates. The Commission changed the

colour of ballot papers and prescribed light blue forWard Member, yellow for Sarpanch, pink for Panchayat

Samiti Member and white for Zilla Parishad Member.

For the first time ballot papers were printed with watermark having Logo of SEC as a security measure. To

ensure free and fair elections the Commission deployed25 IAS officers of the State as Election Observers. The

Commission for the first time, introduced ceiling onelection expenditure for candidates contesting for

Sarpanch, Panchayat Samiti Member and Zilla Parishad

Member as all political parties unanimously requestedthe Commission to that effect. The Commission also

fixed limit on use of number of vehicles by contestingcandidates. In order to implement the ceiling fixed by

the Commission, 32 expenditure observers belonging

to Orissa Administrative Service and Orissa FinanceService had also been deployed.

The Commission ordered for re-poll in 216

Wards due to booth capturing, destruction of ballotboxes and vitiation of free and fair poll. This figure is

much less in comparison to 453 numbers of repolling

ordered during the last General Election in 2002.

Arrangement was made for 2,36,15,749 votersto exercise their franchise for electing 87,542 Ward

Members, 6,234 Sarpanches & 6,233 Panchayat Samiti

Members and 854 Zilla Parishad Members. Overallpercentage of poll was 73, which is 2.62 percent more

in comparison to General Election of 2002. AroundRs. 35.00 crores was spent for conduct of Panchayat

Election, 2007.

The Provision of (Extension to the ScheduledAreas) Act, 1996 came into force on 24 th December,1996. Orissa Gram Panchayat Act, 1964, Orissa Panchayat

Samiti Act, 1959 and Orissa Zilla Parishad Act, 1991have adopted the provisions of the PESA Act. It covers

7 districts i.e. Mayurbhanj, Sundargarh, Koraput,

Malkangiri, Rayagada, Nawanrangpur and Kandhamal infull and Keonjhar, Gajapati, Kalahandi, Balasore,

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Accordingly 24,734 Wards out of 87,542 Wards, 1,966

office of Sarpanch out of 6234, 1965 office of PanchayatSamiti Member out of 6233 and 256 Members of Zilla

Parishad out of 854 come under the Schedule Area.

Election to these offices were conducted as per theprovisions of the PESA Act.

On review of the election process the

Commission observed that counting of votes at thebooth creates a lot of problem which affects the quality

of counting resulting in lot of litigations. There is a general

tendency of the defeated candidates to snatch away theballot papers and boxes. towards the end of the counting.

It is felt necessary to take up counting at the block

headquarters for conduct of poll in a fair manner withminimum law and order problem. This requires certain

amendment of Panchayat Election Rules which is to betaken up on priority by the State Government.

Commission has already recommended to theGovernment accordingly.

PRI structure in Orissa

Name of the Sub- No. of No. of No. of No. of No. of No. of

District Division Blocks Z.P. Consti- P.S. Consti- GPs Wards Voters

tuencies tuencies

Angul 4 8 28 209 209 2,938 732,572

Balangir 3 14 34 285 285 3,527 956,830

Balasore 2 12 45 289 289 4,354 1,415,075Baragarh 2 12 34 248 248 3,401 893,249

Bhadrak 1 7 28 193 193 2,970 932,757

Boudh 1 3 9 63 63 880 262,422

Cuttack 3 14 46 342 342 5,473 1,365,570

Deogarh 1 3 7 60 60 738 178,661

Dhenkanal 3 8 27 199 199 2,821 721,107

Gajapati 1 7 14 129 129 1,526 314,835

Ganjam 3 22 69 475 475 6,943 2,007,368

Jagatsinghpur 1 8 26 194 194 3,357 791,048

Jajpur 1 10 39 280 280 4,282 1,211,430

Jharsuguda 1 5 9 78 78 928 234,828Kalahandi 2 13 36 273 273 3,377 913,227

Kandhamal 2 12 18 153 153 2,083 403,365

Kendrapara 1 9 32 230 230 3,624 965,248

Keonjhar 3 13 37 286 286 3,680 986,522

Khurda 2 10 30 168 168 2,617 884,059

Koraput 2 14 29 226 226 2,725 692,015

Malkangiri 1 7 15 108 108 1,319 322,683

Mayurbhanj 4 26 56 382 382 5,253 1,399,243

Nawarangpur 1 10 26 168 169 2,048 660,205

Nayagarh 1 8 24 179 179 2,934 669,678

Nuapada 1 5 14 109 109 1,385 391,580

Puri 1 11 33 230 230 3,551 1,046,910

Rayagada 2 11 22 171 171 2,094 511,017

Sambalpur 3 9 19 148 148 1,874 483,531

Subarnapur 2 6 13 96 96 1,358 351,177

Sundargarh 3 17 35 262 262 3,482 917,537

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Constitution of Forest Rights Committee for implementation of Scheduled

Tribes and other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights)

Act, 2006

Implementation of the Scheduled Tribes and other

Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of ForestRights) Act, 2006 has become operational after

notification of the Scheduled Tribes and OtherTraditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest

Rights) Rules, 2007 with effect from 01.01.2008. As per

the procedure prescribed by the Law and Rules, theGram Sabha (Palli Sabha) is the competent authority to

initiate the process of determining the nature and extentof forest rights of individuals and community.

Accordingly, instructions were communicated to allCollectors/PD, DRDAs / BDOs / Tahasildars / DPOs /

DWOs / Sarpanches and all other Line Departments to

make all out efforts to convene Palli Sabha forconstitution of Forest Rights Committee at the village

level during March, 2008 in two phases i.e. on 16.3.2008and 23.3.2008. Wide publicity was made through

advertisement in Oriya daily newspapers / TV/ Radio

for awareness of general public.

Accordingly, Palli Sabhas were held on 16.3.2008 and23.3.2008 in all districts except Koraput and Rayagada

due to Laxmipur Assembly Bye-election. Out of 42506revenue villages in 28 districts, forest rights committees

have been constituted in 28,383 villages which comes

to 66.77% of the total villages of these districts.Instructions have been issued to all concerned to

constitute Forest Rights Committee in rest of the villageswhere no Forest Rights Committee has been

constituted within 30th April, 2008. Similarly,

instructions have also been issued to Koraput andRayagada districts to take all out efforts to constitute

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Indira Awaas Yojana (IAY)

The IAY scheme is being implemented from the year

1985-86 to provide assistance for construction / up-gradation of dwelling units to the Below Poverty Line

(BPL) rural households belonging to the ScheduledCastes, Scheduled Tribe and tread bonded labourer

categories. From the year, 1993-94 onwards, the scope

of the scheme was extended to cover the rural BPLfrom the non-SC and ST poor subject to the condition

that the benefits to the non-SC/ST poor would not bemore than 40% of the total IAY allocation. The benefits

of the scheme have also been extended to the families

of the ex-servicemen of the armed and paramilitaryforces killed in action. 3% of the houses are reserved

for physically and mentally challenged persons. Apartfrom this as per the instructions of Ministry of Rural

Development, Government of India, 15% of the total

Rural Housing Programme

houses are reserved for the religious minority

communities (i.e. Muslims, Christian, Sikhs, Buddhists &Jains) from 2006-07.

Wait-ListIdentification of eligible BPL beneficiaries is extremely

crucial to the programme. In order to imparttransparency to the selection process, a permanent IAY

waitlist based on the results of the BPL census 1997 has

already been prepared. This permanent waitlist isdisplayed at every Gram Panchayat. This measure will

help remove arbitrariness and malpractices in theselection process of beneficiaries.

The performance under IAY in 2006-07 and 2007-08 is

given at Annex-10 & 11.

Smt. Dipai Khora W/o Dambaru Village- SurugunapurGP- Badasuku Block- Koraput

Smt. Susila Muduli W/o Bandhu Village- NuakerengaGP-Badakerenga Block - Koraput


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A) Rural Local Body Grant

Allocation

The Twelfth Finance Commission (TFC) have

recommended Rs. 803.00 crores as grants forthe Rural Local Bodies of the State to utilize

towards Operation and Maintenance (O&M) ofwater supply, sanitation, maintenance of accounts

and creation of database during 2005-06 to 09-

10. In accordance with the recommendations ofTwelfth Finance Commission, Rs. 803.00 crores

have been allocated for the items as indicatedbelow:

a) O&M Cost of - Rs. 370.00 crores

water supply

b) Creation of database &

maintenance of accounts - Rs. 83.00 crores

c) Sanitation including

other basic services - Rs. 350.00 crores.

The annual availability of funds to the state is Rs. 160.60crores.

a) O&M of Water Supply & Sanitation:

Distribution

The funds recommended by the Twelfth FinanceCommission are distributed among the Grant

Panchayats for O&M cost of Water Supply &

Sanitation basing on the 2001 census population

figures. The population criteria for distributionof the funds are as follows:

Population Allocation

a) GP having population

upto 5000 Rs. 2.20 lacs

b) GP having population inbetween 5001 to 7500 Rs. 2.40 lacs

c) GP having population in

between 7501 to 10,000 Rs. 2.59 lacs

d) GP having population

more than 10,000 Rs. 2.69 lacs

According to recommendations of TFC, theGrants should be utilized to improve the service

delivery by the Panchayats in respect of watersupply & sanitation and maintain them initially with

the help of these grants. These grants would be

utilized for repair/renovation and rehabilitationof existing facilities as well as O&M costs for the

initial years. The PRIs should however recover atleast 50% of the recurring cost in the form of

user charges.

In pursuance with the recommendations of 12th

Finance Commission, the Gram Panchayats havetaken over 137 nos. of Rural Piped Water Supply

assets, earlier managed by RWSS organisation andare managing the systems with the help of 12th

Finance Commission Grants. The field staff of

RWSS organisation have been deployed at thePanchayat Samities and Gram Panchayats w.e.f.

21.10.2006 for Operation and Maintenance of theWater Supply Schemes.

Release

During the financial years 2006-07 and 2007-08, a

sum of Rs. 144.08 crores for each year have beentransferred to the Gram Panchyats for O&M cost

of water supply, sanitation and maintaining otherbasic services.

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b) Maintenance of Accounts & Creation of

Database:

Under this head, the computer programmersplaced at the DRDAs and Blocks are being paid

their remuneration @Rs. 5,000/- per month and

revised consolidated remuneration of Rs. 7,000/- per month w.e.f. Nov'07. Besides this, it has

been decided to computerize the GramPanchayats phase-wise, and to engage DEO, in the

GPs on outsourcing for maintenance of GP

Accounts. The GPs having required infrastructureand electricity facility will be given preference.

B) Road & Building Grants:

Improvement of GP/PS Roads:

Funds under 12th Finance CommissionAward for improvement / maintenance of

GP/PS roads and PRI buildings are madeavailable to the state from the financial year

2006-07. According to distribution of funds

under 12th Finance Commission Rs. 200.00crore will be available @ Rs. 50.00 crores

per annum for 4 years and with the help ofthis amount black top and cement concrete

roads will be constructed which will be apermanent asset to the Panchayat Samities.

During the financial year 2006-07, Rs. 50.00

crores have been transferred to the blocksfor upgradation and improvement of rural

roads (GP/PS). Similarly, Rs. 50.00 hav also

been provided for the purpose during2007-08.

Restoration of Non-residential Block

Office Buildings:

For strengthening the infrastructure at theBlocks, 12th Finance Commission Grants

amounting to Rs. 15.00 crores have beenmade available from the financial year 2006-

07 @Rs. 3.75 crore per annum. As per

decision of the Govt. Rs. 13.70 crores willbe utilized for restoration of Panchayat

Samiti Office buildings as provision of RCCroof @Rs. 10.00 lakh each. 137 nos. of

non-residential block office buildings willbe restored during the period 2006-07 to

2009-10.

A sum of Rs. 3.75 crore provided during

the financial year 2006-07 has been allottedin favour of 38 nos. of blocks for taking up

restoration of non-residential Panchayat

Samiti office buildings. Similarly, a sum ofRs. 3.75 crores provided during 2007-08

has also been released for the purpose.


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National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS)

The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act 2005

(No. 42 of 2005) is a path breaking legislation entitlingthe rural poor, guaranteed employment as a means of

sustenance averting hunger & distress, ultimately lifting

them from the trap of poverty. This Act provides thenecessary safety net for job seeking rural poor and in a

way different from the conventional approach as it isbased on some non-negotiable rights which empower

the people, enforce accountability & transparency in

implementation and by creating rural infrastructure ofdurable nature hastens up economic growth by reducing

poverty. It puts the people at centre stage as activeparticipant's and not passive recipients, and, is a

milestone towards realization of right to work.

NREGS-Orissa

This act came into operation in 19 districts of the State,namely Bolangir, Boudh, Deogarh, Dhenkanal, Gajapati,

Ganjam, Jharsuguda, Kalahandi, Kandhamal, Keonjhar,Koraput, Malkangiri, Mayurbhanj, Nawarangpur, Nuapada,

Rayagada, Sambalpur, Suvernpur & Sundargarh: with effect

from 2nd Feb 06. In 5 districts namely Angul, Balasore,Bargarh, Bhadrak & Jajpur since 1st April 07 and in rest 6

Districts namely Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapara,Khurda, Nayagarh & Puri since 1st April 08. NREGS is in

implementation in full swing in all 30 districts at present.

Salient Features

100 days unskilled wage employment to arural family in a financial year.

Equal wage for men & women.

Ban on contractors and labour displacingmachines.

Participatory planning and identification of

works through Palli Sabha.

Payment of wage on weekly basis but not

later than 15 days.

Unemployment allowance to job seeker ifwork is not provided to job seeker within

15 days of application.

Social Audit by Palli / Gram Sabha.

GP/PS/ZP are involved in Planning &execution of NREGS works.

Human Resource Strategy

In order to carry out the Act/Scheme at the field,

deployment of human resources is pivotal which hasbeen prepared keeping in view of the 3 tier PRI system

and governance structure of the State.

One Gram Rozgar Sevaks (Multi PurposeAssistant ) in every G.P.

2 Technical personnel (GPTA) in each Block.

One Addl. Computer Programmer at Blockto assist the regular computer programmer

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Planning of the Scheme:

For any scheme to succeed in implementation, planning

is crucial. Keeping this in view 5 year District Perspective

Plans have been prepared under NFFWP and revisedunder NREGA. This 5 yrs perspective plan under NFFWP

have had the approval of 3 t ier PRIs and also treated asAnnual Action Plan of respective year. It is worth

mentioning that Palli Sabha is the decision making bodyin the identification of works as per felt needs of the

community taking into consideration of demand for

work under NREGS. Partnership & collaboration formthe cornerstone of the plan document embodying the

principle "People's Plan for their own progress".

All works as permissible in the Act/Guidelines have

been chosen for execution in the plan documentenvisages regeneration /strengthening of rural assets /

infrastructure to make the village community viable /sustainable.

It has been spelt out that GP will execute 50% or more

works in terms of cost as found place in the Action Plan.

Line Departments have also been associated with theplanning process and their works have been integrated

into the District Plan after approval in Z.P.

Transparency and Social Audit by Palli Sabha

Social Audit by Gram Sabha is an important step formaintaining transparency in implementation of NREGS.

Orissa has gone one step ahead by entrusting to NIRD,Hyderabad for conducting the evaluation study in 24

NREGS implemented districts covered in 1st & 2nd phase

districts followed by Social Audit. Now 80 GPs of 41

Blocks of the State have been selected at random forSocial Audit which are under progress.

The ICT model of Orissa for NREGA online

The ICT model followed in the State for feeding NREGAdata on MIS on-line has been appreciated at the GoIlevel. In fact Orissa is the one and only State to capture

NREGS data on-line in the entire country and MoRD,

GoI has advised other NREGS implementation.Instructions have been issued for proactive disclosure

of information by the GP/PS. In this connection allinformation are uploaded in website.

Unemployment Allowance

The provision of payment of unemployment allowance

to job seekers is as follows

If employment is not provided within 15

days from the date from which the applicantseeks employment, a daily unemployment,

in-cash, has to be paid.

Allowance to be paid at the rate of 1/4th ofthe minimum wages for the first 30 days,

and at the rate of half of the minimum wages

for the subsequent days for the financialyear.

Amount of Rs. 1,03,492/- has been paid as unemployment

allowance during 2007-08. The details of the job seekerswith regards to GP, Block & District is given below.

Unemployment Allowance Paid under NREGS 2007-08

State: ORISSA

Sl. Districts Blocks GP Households Beneficiaries Amount

No. (Rs. in

thousands)

1. Bolangir Bolangir Mirdhapali 121 121 36.46

2. Kalahandi Narla Muskuti 133 133 15.38

Gigina 155 155 9.95

Thuamul-Rampur Gopinathpur 71 71 37.27

KLD. Sub Total 359 359 62.62

3. Nabarangapur 1.Tentulikhunti Tentulikhunti 63 63 4.41

Grand Total 4 5 543 543 1,03,492


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Performance under NREGS 2006-07 and 2007-08

Physical Achievement 2006-07 2007-08

* No of Districts 19 24

* Household registered (cumulative) 28.77 lakh 48.67 lakh

* Job card issued to Households (cumulative) 25.93 lakh 42.56 lakh* Employment demanded by households 14.07 lakh 12.59 lakh

* Employment provided to no of households 13.94 lakh 12.17 lakh

* Employment generated in person days 799.34 lakh 430.63 lakh

* Average no of days provided work per household 57 35.4

* 100 days completed households 1.54 lakh 0.43 lakh

* Unemployment Allowance paid Rs. 1,03,492/-

Financial Achievement

* Funds available (cash) Rs. 890 cr. Rs. 792 cr.

* Expenditure Rs. 733 cr. Rs. 691 cr.

* Unskilled wages (Out of Total Expenditure) Rs. 422 cr. Rs. 353 cr.

Mahabandha at Dhandra, Nandahandi Block, AyacutArea 21 Acre (Beneficiary 14)

Construction of Road with metalling from NH-43 to MaliDoliamba (Gr.I&II)under NREGS 2006-07 Est. Cost-Rs.3,20,000/-

Madabandha at Chatahandi, Nabarangpur Block AyacutArea 18.54 Acre during Kharif (Beneficiaries 16)

Mahabandha at Basini, Nabarangpur Block AyacutArea 48 Acre (Beneficiary 25)

Check Dam at Dengapadar, Jharigam Block AreaBenefited 70 Acre (Beneficiary 50)


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SGRY is a wage-employment programme launched by

Ministry of Rural Development, Govt. of India in 2001-02 for ensuring food security and infrastructural

development in rural areas.The primary objective of

the scheme is to provide additional and supplementarywage employment and thereby provide food security

and improve nutritional level in all rural areas. Creationof durable community assets and infrastructural

development in rural areas are the secondary objectives

of the scheme. This is a centrally sponsored schemewherein fund and foodgrains (rice incase of Orissa) are

utilized for implementation of the scheme. Almost 50%of the allocation is released in shape of foodgrain free

of cost by Govt. of India whereas the cash component isshared between Govt. of India and State Governments

in 75:25 ratio. Wage to wage-seekers is paid both in

cash and kind (foodgrain). The cost of foodgrain is fixedat Rs. 6.30 per kg.

Sampurna Gramin Rozgar Yojana (SGRY)

Coverage

After launching of National Rural Employment Gurantee

Scheme (NREGS), SGRY is being gradually withdrawnfrom the districts. In 2006-07, it was withdrawn from

19 districts of Orissa and in 2007-08, it was withdrawnfrom another 5 districts which came under the fold of

NREGS. W.e.f. 01.04.08, SGRY has been totally

withdrawn from the entire country as all districts havebeen brought under the fold of NREGS.

The financial and physical performance under SGRY for

2006-07 & 2007-08 is given at pages Annex-8 & 9.


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The Government of Orissa have launched a newinitiative, called "Gopabandhu Gramin Yojana (GGY)",

with a view to providing additional developmentalassistance to the targeted 11 (eleven) districts which

are not covered under the Backward Regions GrantFund (BRGF). The scheme shall be implemented fromthe year 2006-07 and will continue to be implemented

during the 11th Plan period from 2007-08 to 2011-12.

Coverage of Districts

The GGY shall be implemented in the following 11districts: (i) Angul, (ii) Balasore, (iii) Bargarh, (iv) Bhadrak,

(v) Cuttack, (vi) Jajpur, (vii) Jagatsinghpur, (viii)Kendrapara, (ix) Khurda, (x) Nayagarh and (xi) Puri

Objective of the GGY

The principal objective of the scheme is to provide

additional development funds to the targeted districtsto provide infrastructure consisting primarily of Bijli,

Sadak and Pani (i.e. electrification, roads and watersupply) to every revenue village in the identified eleven

districts. Some of the specific projects which could be

taken under this Yojana would be in the nature ofconstruction of concrete roads within the village,

construction of black-topped/concrete roads to connecta village with the nearest PMGSY or ODR road,

installation of street lights within the village, for which

the maintenance is to be borne by the concerned GramPanchayat (GP), provision of drinking water supply and

creation of irrigation sources.

The additional development funds provided in thisyojana would be of un-tied nature and would supplement

the programmes which are already available in the

aforesaid sectors and provide synergy and convergenceto the different development programmes.

Fund Allocation

Each targeted district shall be provided an additional

development assistance to the extent of Rs. 10 crore(rupees ten crore) per annum for a period of 6 years

from 2006-07 to 2011-12.

Mechanisms for implementation of the GGY

Panchayati Raj Department shall be the nodal department

for the purpose of administration of the GGY.

Each village may be allotted funds as follows: (i) thevillages having a population of below 500 persons maybe given funds to the extent of Rs. 2 lakh each, (ii) the

villages having population above 500 but less than or up

to 100 persons may be given Rs. 3 lakh each, and (iii) thevillages having population of more than 1000 persons

may be given Rs. 5 lakh each. The census figure of 1991shall be adopted for determining the population of village

for the purpose of implementation of this yojana. Theobjective is to cover all revenue villages in a phased

manner by the end of the 11th Five Year Plan.

The Gram Sabha and Palli Sabha of the identified village

shall select the projects to be undertaken within thevillage as per the ceiling prescribed in para above. Funds

received from other sources such as the SGRY, FinanceCommission Award may be dovetailed for the purpose.Contributions from villages may also be encouraged.

The proposals approved by the Gram Sabha and Palli

Sabha shall be compiled by the Block and put up to theDistrict Level Committee for approval. There will be a

District Level Committee headed by the Collector and

will consist of all the MPs, MLAs and Chairpersons,Zilla Parishad of the district. While selecting the villages

and the schemes, the District Level Committee shallensure that the resources are not spread too thin and

that durable assets are created.

The financial and physical performances under GGY for

the year 2006-07 and 2007-08 is given at pagesAnnex-6 & 7.

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Backward Region Grant Fund (BRGF)

BRGF is fully a centrally assisted scheme meant for

reducing regional imbalances in development. It isadministered by the Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Govt. of

India. 19 Districts of Orissa are covered under the BRGF.This new scheme was launched in 2006-07 and willcontinue through out the entire 11th Plan period (from

2007-2012).

BRGF consists of two funding windows.

(A) Capacity Building Funding

Every State will receive Rs.1.00 crore per yearfor each BRGF district for capacity building purpose.

(Capacity Building in planning, implementation, training,monitoring and improving accountabil ity and

transparency)

(B) Untied Grants to Districts

Every district will receive a fixed minimum amountof Rs.10 crores per annum. In addition to this, extra

allocation will be given to each district on the basis ofpopulation and geographical area of the district. On this

basis the allocation of Orissa is fixed at Rs.324 crores

per annum from 2007-08 to 2011-12.

BRGF Districts

1. Bolangir2. Boudh

3. Deogarh

4. Dhenkanal5. Gajapati

6. Ganjam

7. Jharsuguda8. Kalahandi

9. Keonjhar10. Koraput

11. Malkangiri12. Mayurbhanj

13. Nawarangpur

14. Nuapada15. Phulbani

16. Rayagada17. Sambalpur

18. Sonepur19. Sundargarh

BRGF Allocation vis--vis funds

released during 2007-08

(in Rs. Cr.)

Sl Name of the Entitlement FundsNo. District released

1. Bolangir 16.41 11.12

2. Boudh 12.94 12.5124

3. Deogarh 12.52 16.28

4. Dhenkanal 15.42 5.00

5. Gajapati 13.94 10.54

6. Ganjam 22.85 20.56

7. Jharsuguda 12.58 15.99

8. Kalhndi 16.98 13.90

9. Keonjhar 19.13 13.72

10. Koraput 16.82 14.36

11. Malkangiri 13.84 12.45

12. Mayurbhanj 22.04 16.13

13. Nawarangpur 15.04 13.05

14. Nuapada 13.07 19.26

15. Phulbani 16.89 5.00

16. Rayagada 15.37 13.83

17. Sambalpur 16.66 21.37

18. Sonepur 12.48 12.1219. Sundargarh 20.69 15.53

20. State of Orissa 19.00 19.00(For CB purpose)

TOTAL 324.67 283.62


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Chp-7Backward Region Grant Fund (BRGF)

BRGF Scheme is meant for rural as well as urban

areas. As far as rural area is concerned, projectplanning will start from the Gram Panchayat level and

will come to Zilla Parishad through the Panchayat

Samiti. In case of urban areas, the concerned UrbanLocal Bodies will prepare their respective project

plans. At the District level, the rural area project planand the urban area plan are to be merged and put up

before the District Planning Committee for approval.The district BRGF plan as approved by the District

Planning Committee is sent to the State Govt. where

a high power committee constituted under the

Chairmanship of the Chief Secretary (withrepresentation from Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Govt.

of India) goes through the district plan to assess

admissibility of various projects of the District Plan asper BRGF guideline. District Plan as approved by the

High Power Committee is then recommended to

Ministry of Panchayati Raj by the State Government forfunding. As per the guideline of BRGF, funding is made

through the State Budget. Government of India grantsare received by the Panchayati Raj Department and then

directly released to various executing agencies (ZillaParishads, Panchayat Samities and Urban Local Bodies)

as per the approved District Plan.

The performance of BRGF scheme in 2007-08 in the

State is given at page Annex-5.


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Swarna Jayanti Gram Swarojgar Yojana (SGSY)

Swarna Jayanti Gram Swarojgar Yojana (SGSY) is being

implemented in the entire country as a major rural self-employment programme since April,1999. This

programme was launched in April 1999 by merging

erstwhile programmes such as Integrated RuralDevelopment Programme (IRDP), Development of

Women & Children in Rural Areas (DWCRA), Trainingof Rural Youth for Self-Employment (TRYSEM), Supply of

Improved Tool Kits to Rural Artisans (SITRA) and Ganga

Kalyan Yojana(GKY).

Families below poverty line (BPL) in rural areas

constitute the target groups of SGSY. Within the targetgroup, special safeguards have been provided to

vulnerable sections by way of reserving 50% benefit for

SCs/STs, 40% for women, 15% for religious minoritiesand 3% for disabled persons.

SGSY has brought about a paradigm shift in thedevelopment strategy for creating self-employment

opportunities for the rural poor by focusing on

mobilization of the rural poor into Self Help Groups,their capacity building and skill upgradation, assistance

for conducting different economic activities byappropriate credit linkage, support by way of creating

necessary infrastructure and facilitating marketing of

rural products. The Self Help Group approach has beenrightly recognized as the best way of socio-economic

empowerment of rural poor.

Assistance under SGSY to Self Help Groups and

individual Swarojgaris is given in form of subsidy by the

Government and credit by the banks. Credit is the mostcritical component of SGSY whereas the subsidy is a

minor and enabling element only. Accordingly, SGSYenvisages greater involvement of banks in planning and

preparation of project report, identification of activityclusters for infrastructural planning, selection of

swarojgaris, their capacity building, pre-credit and post-

credit monitoring activities.

Subsidy under SGSY is back-ended which is given to

swarojgaris as prescribed below.

For individual Swarojgaris .. 30% of project

cost subject to maximum of Rs.7500/-. In case ofSC,ST and disabled swarojgaries, the subsidy shall

be 50% of the project cost or Rs.10,000/-,

whichever is less.

For Self Help Groups . . 50% o f Proj ec t cost

subject to a maximum of Rs.1.25 lakh orRs.10,000/- per SHG member, whichever is lesser

However, there is no monetary limit on subsidy

for irrigation projects. (i.e. subsidy for irrigationproject will be 50% of the project cost without

any financial limit.)

Government of Orissa have launched 'Mission

Shakti' programme in 2001 with an aim to have at least

3 lakh Women Self Help Groups by the end of 2008.SGSY has contributed substantially in carrying forward

the Mission Shakti activities in the State.

The financial and physical performance under SGSY

district-wise for 2006-07 and 2007-08 is given at page

Annex-1 to 4.

SPECIAL PROJECT

Special Project under SGSY is a focused time

bound programme for bringing a specific number of

BPL families above poverty line through Self EmploymentProgramme. It is sanctioned by Government of India

from the 15% of fund under SGSY set apart at nationallevel for such initiative. In Orissa the following 3 Special

Projects have been sanctioned and implemented.

1) Creation of integrated marketing network

for rural products

It is implemented by ORMAS with a cost of Rs.9.83

crores. The project is completed. (Please see Pg.

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2) Powder Milk Plant at Chandrasekharpur,

Bhubaneswar

It is implemented by OMFED with an estimatedcost of Rs.9.00 crores. The project is also

completed.

3) Revival & Revitalization of folk Art & Culture

as a sustainable livelihood for Rural Artisans/

Tribal Artisans in West Bengal & Orissa

It is implemented by Eastern Zonal Cultural

Centre (EZCC),Calcutta with an estimated cost

of Rs.9,44,90,000/-. Government of Orissa inPanchayati Raj Department has contributed

Rs.28.35 lakhs as Ist instalment out ofRs.70,86,750/- of State Share and Government in

Culture Department has contributed Rs.18.90

lakhs for successful implementation of the project.The project is continuing.

1) Coverage of Specially Disadvantaged

people under SGSY

Though SGSY advocates for more and more

group financing, the need for individual financing in

case of specially disadvantaged people (who may notbe conveniently formed into groups) cannot be over

emphasized. But it is found that over the years sincelaunching of SGSY in the year 2000-2001, the share of

individual financing has reduced drastically and in theyear 2006-07 only 2% of the SGSY beneficiaries had

been financed individually. There were some districts

where no individual financing was made. Consideringthis, the Government in the year 2006-07 decided to

fix 10% of the physical target under SGSY formanadatory coverage of dis-advantaged people by

individual SGSY financing.

2) Planned investment under SGSY Infrastructure

In the year 2007-08, the State Govt. decided to use funds under SGSY Infrastructure for the followinginfrastructural development in the State in a planned manner.

1. Training-cum-Production Centres for Women Self Help Groups

at 83 Block Headquarters @ Rs.15 lakhs per unit .. Rs.12.45 crores

2. Establishment of new Poultry Hatchery at 48 places

@ Rs.20 lakhs per unit .. Rs.9.60 crores

3. Strengthening of small animal(sheep and goat) farmsat 5 places @ Rs.52 lakhs per farm .. Rs.2.60 crores

4. Development of Pisciculture through

Orissa Pisciculture Development Corporation .. Rs.2.25 crores

5. Development of Pisciculture by strengthening

Fish Seed Farms under Directorate of Fisheries .. Rs.6.55 crores

6. Dairy Development through OMFED .. Rs.10.0033 crores

TOTAL .. Rs.43.4533 crores

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Financial Support to Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs)

Presently there are 6234 number of Gram Panchayat

functioning as the basic unit of local self govt at thegrassroots level. Gram Panchayats receive Central and

State grants for different developmental activities.

Non-Plan

(i) The Sarpanches and the Naib-Sarpanches of the

Gram Panchayat get Rs. 300/- per month ashonorarium. All other elected representatives

including Sarpanches and Naib-Sarpanches get Rs.

30/- per month as daily allowance and sitting feefor attending the Gram Panchayat meeting. Duringthe year 2006-07, a sum of Rs. 4,48,85,000/-towards honorarium, Rs. 3,37,56,000/- towards

DA and SFs have been provided in the budget.

Similarly during the year 2007-08, a sum of Rs.4,48,85,000/- and Rs. 3,37,56,000/- have been made

in the budget towards honorarium and DA and

SFs respectively.

(ii) The Gram Panchayat secretary gets remuneration

of Rs.2200/- per month. Provision of Rs.

11,59,23,000/- and Rs. 10,70,52,000/- have beenmade in the budget provision for the year 2006-

07 and 2007-08 respectively.

SFC Recommended Grant

(a) Cess on Land Revenue (assistance to ZPs) :

As per recommendation of State Finance

Commission, the cess on land revenue i.e.assistance to GPs have been provided in the

budget.This is untied fund and the amount till now

has been kept in P.L. account due to non-amendment of ZP Act. But recently, a resolution

to this extent has been passed and the entireamount during a financial year will be utilized by

the ZP for permanent infrastructure development

ensuring improvement of PR administration. TheBudgetary provision during 2006-07 and 2007-08

was Rs. 3.00 crore respectively.

(b) Cess on Land Revenue (assistance to Blocks):

As per recommendation of SFC this is an untied

fund and is utilized as Grant for minimizing thefelt need of the community and to provide

satisfactory service to the community. The

budgetary provision during 2006-07 and 2007-08was Rs. 3.00 crore.

(c) Cess on Land Revenue (assistance to GPs):

As per recommendation of SFC, this is an untiedfund and is utilized as Grant for minimizing the

felt need of the community and to providesatisfactory service to the community. The

budgetary provision during 2006-07 and 2007-08

was Rs. 9.00 crore.

(d) Sairat Grant: The SFC has recommended theSairat Grant as untied fund and is distributed

among the Gram Panchayats by the concerned

D.P.Os on the basis of population available in thelatest census report. The entire amount is

provided to the GPs for creation of assets. Thebudgetary provision during 2006-07 and 2007-08

was Rs. 1.00 crore respectively.

(e) Surcharge on Entertainment Tax: The SFC

has recommended the surcharge onentertainment tax as untied fund. Due to non-

finalisation of guidelines of distribution ofbudgetary amount of the above schemes, the

amount was lapsed till 2005-06. From the year

2006-07 to 2007-08, the amount has been releasedon the basis of resolution. The aim and objective

of this scheme stated in the resolution is that theentire amount i.e. Rs. 15.00 lakhs is to be

distributed among the Gram Panchayats on thebasis of population and the amount to be utilizedfor the creation of assets by the GPs concerned.

Kendu Leaf Grant

The Kendu leaf trade in Orissa is being regulated byOrissa Kendu leaves (Control & Trade Act, 1961) and

the Orissa Kendu Leaves (Control of Trade Act) Rules,

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an amount not being less than 50% thereof shall be paid

to the Gram Panchayats/Panchayat Samities/ ZillaParishads. The allocation of 50% of net profits for the

Panchayati Raj Institutions shall be made on the basis of

each year's final assessment of net profit as certified bythe Account General, Orissa. The 50% of the net profits

derived from trade in kendu leaves is being paid to theGram Panchayats / Panchayat Samities/ Zilla Parishads

Plan

Incentive Awards to the Panchayti Raj

Institutions

According to the 73rd amendment of Constitution of

India, in order to make the three tier PRIs more effective

and functional a scheme titled as "Incentive Award toPRIs" has been introduced in the state w.e.f. 2002-03financial year. The said awards are being given at the

State / RDC / District level basing on their performances

during the previous year.

At the district level the GP having best performance inthe field of preparing annual budget, proper utilization

of centrally sponsored schemes & submission of UCsof all social welfare programmes, public distribution

system is being awarded in the district level as the best

GP. For selection of best GP in the district, a districtlevel committee has been constituted under the

chairmanship of collector concerned. For this purposea sum of Rs. 1.00 lakh cash prize is being given to each

winning GP from 30 districts.

Year Budget Provision Amount Balance

Released

2000-01 Rs. 22.91 crores Rs. 22.91 crores -


2002-03 Rs. 22.91 crores Rs. 22.71 crores Rs. 20,00,000/-


2004-05 Rs. 15.90 crores Rs. 15.90 crores Nil




@ 72:10:8 respectively as per the principles enumerated

in the Dept. resolution dated. 16.12.2002. The rest 10%is being retained at the level of Govt. for distribution to

social institutions for social relevant purpose and

activities known as "Hard Case K.L. Grant". Details ofyear-wise provision and release of such grants under

Kendu Leaf Grant is given below:

Likewise in the RDC level 3 best Panchayat Samities are

being awarded on the basis of their performance on the

aforesaid field. A sum of Rs. 2.00 lakh as cash prize isbeing awarded to each PS. The selection of such PS is

being done duly selected by a committee constitutedunder the chairmanship of RDC concerned.

Besides, at the State level three Gram Panchayats, one

Panchayat Samiti and two Zilla Parishads (one from

scheduled area and one from non-scheduled area) arebeing awarded basing on their best performances in the

aforesaid filed. For selection of such prie winning PRIs astate level committee has been constituted under the

chairmanship of Agriculture Production Commissioner.Under the said scheme a sum of Rs. 55.00 lakhs &

Rs. 58.00 lakhs have been provided in the State Budget

during the year 2006-07 & 2007-08 respectively. The

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Vigilance & Monitoring

The Vigilance & Monitoring Committee at the State

Level as well as the District Level have beenreconstituted in the State as per the revised guidelines

of Govt. of India, Ministry of Rural Development with a

view to monitoring implementation & execution of anti-poverty & rural development programmes. The State

level Vigilance & Monitoring Committee has beenconstituted under the Chairpersonship of Hon'ble

Minister, R.D., Industries & Law in which Hon'ble

Minister P.R., Hon'ble Minister Agriculture & Hon'bleMinister Revenue are the co-Chairpersons. During the

year 2007-08 the meeting of State Level Vigilance &

Monitoring Committee was held on 27.09.07. The

District Level Vigilance & Monitoring Committeemeetings under the chairpersonship of local Member

of Parliament (Lok Sabha) are conducted at regular

intervals and the proceeding of the said meetingsintimated to Ministry of Rural Development accordingly.

All Collectors/P.Ds as well as field level

functionaries have been impressed upon to take follow

up action as per the decision taken in the State andDistrict Level Vigilance & Monitoring Committee

meetings.


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Panchayati Raj Department is one of the leading

Departments of Government of Orissa in e-Governanceand use of Information Technology. With the help of

National Informatics Centre (NIC) and Orissa Computer

Application Centre (OCAC). PR Department isimplementing a number of e-Governance applications

for improving the day-to-day administration.

Information Technology

Infrastructure

Out of Eleventh Finance Commission Award, two

computer systems have been provided to each of the

Blocks of the State. Under Gramsat pilot project, onecomputer system to each block and three computer

systems to each DRDA have also been provided. Orissais among the very few States in the entire country where

Internet connectivity has been provided upto block level

since 2003. All the 30 DRDAs and 314 blockheadquarters of the State have been connected to

Internet through V-SAT network established underGRAMSAT pilot project of Indian Space Research

Organisation (ISRO).

30 DRDAs, 314 Blocks and 1179 Gram Panchayats

of the State have been linked with Direct ReceptionSystem with one way Video and two way Audio

connectivity to State headquarter.

Dedicated manpower

In order to carry out all e-Governance and IT

applications, Panchayati Raj Department has placed

dedicated technical knowledge workers at the grassroot level because of whom so much success has been

achieved on this front. One computer programmeofficer and one computer programmer have been posted

in each DRDA, whereas a computer programmer (underthe normal budgetary head) and an additional computer

programmer (under NREGS) have been engaged in every

block to look after the e-Governance and IT relatedworks. At the State level an e-Governance cell has

been created in the department with technical support

from OCAC and NIC.

Information Technology Applications:

PAMIS (Panchayat Account MonitoringInformation System)

To maintain daily financial transaction at the block andDRDA levels, a software known as Panchayat

Account Monitoring Information System (PAMIS)

which is a double entry accounting system (CAGcompliant) developed by XIMB, Bhubaneswar, has

been implemented in all the DRDAs and Blocksof the State. The traditional system of writingmanual cash book has been substituted by

computerized cash book generated through thePAMIS software. With effect from 01.07.2007, the

PAMIS software generated computerized cashbook has been declared as the official cashbook

of DRDAs/Blocks. This new system has resulted

in accurate maintenance of accounts at DRDA andBlock levels.

BETAN

The Pay Roll Software known as BETAN developed by

OCAC has been implemented in all the Blocks /DRDAs of the State. Salary of DRDA and Block

officials as well as primary school teachers isdrawn by using the BETAN software. The BETAN

software has also been web-hosted so that it can

be accessed through internet. Use of this softwarehas resulted in saving of huge manpower which

earlier used to be wasted for preparingvoluminous pay bills manually. Other departments

of the Government are also using the samesoftware for generating the pay bills of their staff.

NREGA Online

Orissa is the first and so far the only State where

National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme(NREGS) is being monitored by adopting NREGA

online software developed by NIC, New Delhi.

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With effect from 01.01.08, the traditional

reporting system for NREGS has been discardedand in its place the web based NREGA-On-line

Management Information System has been

adopted in toto. This has not only resulted inbetter monitoring of the scheme by the District

and State level officials, but has also contributed alot towards transparency and accountability in

implementation of this scheme. Any citizenseeking any information relating to NREGS can

access the citizen friendly website (http://

nrega.nic.in) and see the details by just click of acomputer button. In order to make citizens aware

of using this wonderful opportunity, adequatepublicity has been done through advertisement

in leading daily newspapers of english and oriya

languages, which shows the commitment of theState Govt. to maintain utmost transparency and

accountability in implementation of NREGS.

Department Web-site (Bilingual)

Panchayati Raj Department is also the first

department of the State to have launched a bi-lingual

website in English and Oriya on 15th August, 2007. Thisbi-lingual website of Panchayati Raj Department has

recently won the World Summit Award as one of the

World's Best in e-Content Application.

Other Important e-Applications

Some other useful web based ICT applicationsincluding PRIASOFT, RURAL SOFT, National Panchayat

Portal, etc. are also being implemented by the PanchayatiRaj Department successfully since the 2003.

Way ahead

Panchayati Raj Department is going to computerize

all the 6234 GPs of the State in order to bring in a totalrevolution in e-Governance and Information Technology

As a first step towards this, the State Government haverecently made provisions of data entry operators (on

contractual basis) for each G.P. so that qualified personnelwill be available at Gram Panchayat level to undertake

e-Governance and IT related activities. Funds have also

been earmarked under Twelfth Finance Commission

Award for procurement of computer hardware andsoftware for all the GPs. Under the state wide areanetwork (OSWAN) project of IT Department of Orissa,

all the GPs are going to be connected to Internet soon,

which will herald in a true IT revolution in rural Orissa.


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State Institute for Rural Development (SIRD)

Training details for 2006-07 -

No. of Nos. of participants attended Total

Training Officials Elected PRI NGOs

Programme Repres-

conducted entatives

118 7109 3278 358 10,745

In-House Programmes 69 2,418 Participants

Off-Campus Programmes 49 8,327 Participants

Total 118 10,745 Participants

For Financial Year - 2007-08

SIRD has conducted 167 training programmes

during 2007-08. The main thrust was to sensitize the

newly elected PRI members who assumed office in March2007. They were oriented about the important Acts and

Rules of Panchayati Raj, Financial Management and theschemes directly implemented through Panchayati Raj

Institutions, especially NREGS. SIRD concentrated

mainly on off campus mode of training to ensure morecoverage of participants.

Training details for 2007-08 -

No. of Nos. of participants attended TotalTraining Officials Elected PRI NGOs

Programme Repres-

conducted entatives

167 3932 6246 378 10556

In-House Programmes 71 3809 ParticipantsOff-Campus Programmes 96 6747 Participants

Total 167 10556 Participants

Interactive Training Programmes

(ITPs) :

Under GRAMSAT Pilot project of Indian SpaceResearch Organisation (ISRO) taken up in 2001-02,

Direct Reception Systems (DRSs) have been installed in

The State Institute for Rural Development (SIRD),

Bhubaneswar was established in 1964 as one of thecore distinguished institutions of the country with the

objective of becoming a regional training centre in the

matter of conducting training programmes in tribal andcommunity development. In the year 1967, Govt. of

Orissa took over the charge of the Institute. PresentlySIRD is a nodal Institute for training, research, evaluation

and consultancy in the field of rural development under

the aegis of Panchayati Raj Department, Government ofOrissa.

SIRD organizes various training programmes for

elected members of 3-tier PRIs, NGOs and differentlevels of officials of PR & other line departments both

through in-house and off-campus mode. It also develops

necessary training curriculum for the participants anddevelops training modules for various training

programmes undertaken in SIRD and 3 ETCs

(Bhubaneswar, Bhawanipatna and Keonjhar) of the State.It has also undertaken various Case Studies, Research

Programmes & Action Research Projects.

Activities of SIRD

Broadly SIRD activities can be categorized as follows: -

Training & Capacity Building

Research & Evaluation

Publication & Consultancy

Training (2006-07 & 2007-08)

For Financial Year - 2006-07

SIRD organized 118 trainings in 2006-07 and10,745 participants were trained on topics covering

different Panchayati Raj and Rural Developmentprogrammes especially focusing on newly introduced

programmes of Ministry of Rural Development, Ministry

of Panchayati Raj of Govt. of India and also PanchayatiRaj Department.

To make SIRDfinancially self reliant,

Panchayati RajDepartment,

Government of

Orissa made aprovision of annual

grant-in-aid worth

Rs.20.00 lakh from2007-08 for

maintenance andupgradation of

traininginfrastructure of

SIRD.


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Chp-12State Institute for Rural Development (SIRD)

1179 GPs of KBK districts and in all 314 Blocks and 30

DRDAs of the State. It is a two way audio and one wayvideo interactive programme wherein all the DRS sites

see and hear (through television sets) training

programmes broadcast from the studio of OrissaRemote Sensing Application Centre (ORSAC). Through

telephonic calls, participants present at DRS siteseffectively interact with the trainers / resource persons

List of ITPs (2006-07 & 2007-08) -

Date Subject Organised by

2006-07

1. April 05, 2006 Implementation of NREGA and Panchayati Raj Dept.

12 Finance Commission Grant

2. May 10,2006 Review of programmes of P.R Dept. Panchayati Raj Dept.

3. May 24,2006 IAY, NREGA Panchayati Raj Dept.

4. June 07,2006 IAY, NREGA, SGSY Panchayati Raj Dept.

5. June 21,2006 Implementation of NREGA and Panchayati Raj Dept.

12th Finance Commission award

6. July 05,2006 Review of NREGA, IAY Panchayati Raj Dept.

7. July 19,2006 Review of NREGA Panchayati Raj Dept.

8. Aug 16,2006 Review of NREGA etc. Panchayati Raj Dept.

9. Nov 01,2006 12th Finance Commission Award operation &

maintenance, Water supply & sanitation Panchayati Raj Dept.

10. Nov 15,2006 Implementation of NREGS & Gopabandhu Gramin yojana Panchayati Raj Dept.

11. March 21,2007 12th Finance Commission Award Panchayati Raj Dept.

2007-08

1. April 4,2007 Review of NREGA Panchayati Raj Dept

2. May 30,2007 GP Act rules and role & responsibility of Sarapanch SIRD

3. June 06,2007 NREGS Panchayati Raj Dept

4. June 13,2007 Indira Awas yojana. Panchayati Raj Dept

5. July 25,2007 Important decisions taken on NREGA,SGRY & BRGF etc. Panchayati Raj Dept

6. Sept 19, 2007 Construction of concrete roads &rural drinking water supply & sanitation Panchayati Raj & RD Dept.

7. Oct 17, 2007 Implementation of NREGS Panchayati Raj Dept.

MoRD, Government

of India hassanctioned Rs. 4.42

crores for

renovation of SIRD.During 2007-08, the

Institute hasreceived Rs. 2.21

crores towards 1stInstallment and the

work has been

entrusted to CentralPublic Works

Department, Govt.of India. The work is

under progress.

present in ORSAC studio.

A series of ITPs have been conducted in last couple

of years by SIRD as well as by Panchayati Raj Department,

a list of which is given below. The necessary facilities are

available with ORSAC Bhubaneswar.


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Activities of Extension Training

Centres (ETCs):

There are 3 Extension Training Centers in 3

revenue divisions of the state, located at Bhubaneswar,Kalahandi (Bhawanipatna) & Keonjhar.. Various types of

training programmes are organized in ETCs for officials,non-officials & NGOs working at Block & GP level for

enhancement of their knowledge, skill & attitude.

Currently SIRD & ETCs are closely acting together inimparting training to the representative of PRIs in the

State.

Abstract of Training Programmes -

ETC 2006-07 2007-08

No. of Parti- No. of Parti-

Trainings cipants Trainings cipants

Bhubaneswar 10 197 03 146

Bhawanipatna 13 162 35 980

Keonjhar 5 54 22 572

Total 28 313 60 1698

Research & Evaluation

SIRD is empanelled as the Institutional Monitor

for CAPART (East Zone). In this context it is worth

mentioning that SIRD has evaluated 14 NGOs andsubmitted the reports to CAPART during 2006-07 and

2007-08. SIRD has also taken up an evaluation study ofwatershed management in Kandhamal district under the

sponsorship of NIRD which is under progress.

Publication and Consultancy

- SIRD has been publishing a newsletter "Panchayat

Samachar" in Oriya. The newsletters are

distributed among all the PRIs.

- SIRD has published a book titled "PanchayatSahayika Pustika" in Oriya for the circulation among

the newly elected PRI representatives.

A memorandum ofunderstanding between

CAPART and SIRD was

signed for establishing aRural Technology Centre in

SIRD campus,Bhubaneswar.

Demonstration of people-

friendly technologies willbe made for creating

awareness amongst ruralcommunities for

betterment of their socio-economic status by using

these thechnologies in

their day-to-day life. Thiswill give appropriate

exposure to the visitingtrainees of SIRD on

adopting these

technologies at their workplace.

8. Nov 21,2007 Regulatory administration in Blocks/ GPs with thrust on

financial administration as well as utilization offunds/ submission of UC under EFC & TFC Panchayati Raj Dept.

9. Dec 19, 2007 Util ization & UCs of EFC and TFC. Regulatory &

fianancial administration in GPs/ Blocks/ DRDAs Panchayati Raj Dept.

10. Jan 3, 2008 Role of GP in NREGS SIRD

11. Jan 17, 2008 Implementation of PAMIS & NREGA on - line Panchayati Raj Dept.

12. Feb 7,2008 Selection, role & responsibility of Gaon Sathi's Panchayati Raj Dept.

13. Feb 21,2008 PRI Training SIRD

14. March 11,2008 Holding palli sabha for constitution of Forest Rights

Committee under Central Act-2 of 2006 Panchayati Raj Dept.

15. March 20,2008 Role of GP in conducting palli sabha & gram sabha SIRD

16. March 25,2008 Gaon Sathis- Selection Review Panchayati Raj Dept.

17. March 31,2008 Induction training for Gaon Sathis Panchayati Raj Dept.

In the last two years SIRD

has emerged as a hub ofPanchayati Raj and Rural

Development activities.

ORMAS, an autonomousagency under Panchayati

Raj Department has shiftedto the campus of SIRD.

Office of CAPART RegionalCentre (EZ), Bhubaneswar

has also moved into SIRD

campus. The office ofTRIPTI, a World Bank

assisted project ofPanchayati Raj Department

has also been housed in

the premises of SIRD.Location of all these

offices in one campus hasensured utmost

convergence of activities

of these organisations/institutions.

Date Subject Organised by

Over the years such ITPs have become extremely

popular and efficient in training and capacity building ofPRI representatives and field functionaries. Not only its

reach is tremendous (at a time more than 10,000

participants can be trained); but it also establishes a

direct link between State Level Policy makers andgrassroots field functionaries and PRI representatives.


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A new Initiative of SIRD .

Project DAKSHYATA

(supported by UNDP and DFID)

Project Dakshyata aims to enable Panchayat

elected representatives to upgrade their knowledge

and skills to better perform their responsibilities ascommunity representatives. Project Dakshyata is an

initiative by the Panchayati Raj Department of theGovernment of Orissa, supported by UNDP and DFID,

for large-scale capacity building of PRIs of the three-tier PRI system. This project intends to develop a

capacity building vision for the State of Orissa.

To carry forward this challenging task SIRD willpartner with competent and qualified academic /training institutions, civil society organisations, and

private agencies at the State and District level. The

project will also develop a scientific training calendar,a comprehensive training module, a user-friendly kit,

and a need based training methodology. A pool of 100State level and 400 district level trainers are to be

identified to conduct large scale training programmes

with given quality parameters. Each of the traineeswould undergo 15 days of training in 5 different

modules on:

1. Rule and Role clarity and Responsibilities of the

PRIs,

2. Financial Accounts and Management,

3. Transparency and Accountability,

4. Soc ia l We lf are Schemes and other Li ne

Department Schemes,

5. Rural Development Schemes in PR Department.

Gender balancing and inclusion of vulnerable and

weaker sections will be the cross cutting theme in allof the above modules. After accomplishing and

achieving this target within the given time, the scopecan be enhanced and broadened to the other thematic

areas.

Project 'Dakshyata' is a technical collaboration

between PR Department of Govt. of Orissa (SIRD)and UNDP-DFID. It does not involve any fund flow

from UNDP-DFID to the PR Department or SIRD. Theproject will end in December, 2008. The vision for PRI

training developed during the project period will be

converted to action by SIRD after the project is over.


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Orissa Rural Development and Marketing Society

(ORMAS), an autonomous body under Panchayati RajDepartment, Govt. of Orissa, was constituted in 1991

under Societies Registration Act, 1860 to facilitate

marketing of rural products and thereby improving theeconomic condition of rural artisans and producers.

The unit of ORMAS at district level known as DistrictSupply and Marketing Society (DSMS) plays an active

role as a catalyst for providing all kinds of training,

capacity building and marketing support to rural artisansand producers. DSMS also works as a facilitating agency

for implementation & monitoring of Swarnajayanti GramSwarozgar Yojana (SGSY). Til l 2006-07, there were only

23 DSMSs in the State out of which 16 were functional.However, in order to give a major boost to marketing

of rural products, the State Govt. in 2007-08 created

DSMSs in all the remaining districts and made themfunctional.

ORMAS/DSMS activities to facilitate

marketing

ORMAS and DSMSs have been successfully

operat

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