Performance grants new guidelines

GOVERNMENT OF TELANGANA

ABSTRACT

   Panchayat Raj & Rural Development Department – The Fourteenth Finance Commission (FFC) Grants to Panchayat Raj Institutions – Utilization of grants based on the recommendations of the Fourteenth Finance Commission – new guidelines for disbursal of 14th Finance Commission Performance Grant to GPs for 2017-18 to 2019-20 – Orders – Issued.

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PANCHAYAT RAJ & RURAL DEVELOPMENT  (PTS.II) DEPARTMENT

G.O.Ms.No.8

Dated.27.01.2018

Read the following

1. G.O.Ms.No.27, PR & RD (Pts.II) Dept., dt.4.4.2016.
2. From the Addl.Secy, Ministry of Panchayati Raj, GOI, Lr.No.N11011/4/2017-FD, dated 29.09.2017
3. From the Commissioner, Panchayat Raj & Rural Employment, Lr.No.6766/CPR&RE/G1/2017, Dated 17.11.2017.

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O R D E R:

   In the reference 1st read above, Government have issued guidelines for utilization of Grants based on the recommendations of the Fourteenth Finance Commission to Panchayat Raj Institutions.

2.   In the reference 3rd read above, the Commissioner, Panchayat Raj & Rural Employment  has stated that Ministry of Panchayat Raj, Government of India vide reference 2nd read above, has informed that based on the deliberations of the workshop and other inputs received, during the workshop organized by Ministry of Panchayat on 24.5.2017 for drawing a scheme for disbursal 14th Finance Commission Grant for the period 2017-18 to 2019-20, the scheme has been finalized by the approval of Ministry of Finance.   It has also informed that as per the provisions in the Ministry of Finance guidelines dt.18.10.2015, expenditure has to be incurred from 14th Finance Commission grants, only after preparation of Gram Panchayat

Plan and to enhance accountability, the plan has to be uploaded on PlanPlus, besides displaying the FFC expenditure on the MoPR FFC dashboard and also communicated Annexure 1 & 2, which are mandatorily for availing performance grant. 

3.   The Commissioner, Panchayat Raj & Rural Employment has requested to issue revised notifications as per the recommendations at Annexure-I, duly superseding the earlier instructions issued in G.O.Ms.No.27, PR&RD (Pts.II) Department, dated 4.4.2016.

4.   Government after careful consideration of the proposal, hereby issue new Guidelines for Evaluation criteria of disbursal of FFC Performance Grant (PG) to Gram Panchayats (GPs) for 2017-18 to 2019-20 as follows:

1. All the GPs have to mandatorily fulfil the following conditions to be eligible for consideration of allocation of share of performance Grant.
   

   Sl.No.	Mondatory cretarea	Mandatory
   i.	Submission of Audited that relate to year not earlier than 2 years preceding the year in which the Gram Panchayat seeks to claim the performance grant	Mandatory
   ii.	Show increase in Own Source Revenues (OSR) over the preceding year as reflected in the audited accounts	Mondatory
   iii.	Completion of Gram Panchayat Development Plan (GPDP) of year PG disbursal and upload on Plan Plus portal	Mondatory
   iv.	Display of sector wise FFC Expenditure in Dashboard / website RUL of MoPR of previous years to PG claim	Mondatory

   
   
2. The evaluation of those GPs who have satisfied all the above four criteria will be carried out as per the scoring system given below: 
   

   Sl. No.	Criteria (Year to be taken as Financial Year	Weightage
   i.	Increase in OSR quantum	Score
   	> 0 upto 10%	05
   	> 10 upto 25%	10
   	> 25% upto 50%	15
   	> 50%	20
   ii.	% of OSR quantum generated w.r.t. FFC Basic Grant of previous financial year to the PG claim year as per audited accounts	Score
   	> 0 upto 10%	15
   	> 10 upto 20%	20
   	> 20 upto 30%	30
   	> 30% above	40
   iii.	Open Defecation Fee (ODF) status of GP in the previous financial year to PG claim year	Score
   	yes	30
   	No	0
   iv	Immunization in GP in the previous financial year to PG claim year full immunization (0-2 year age children)
   	Yes	10
   	No	0
   v	Total Max. (i+ii+iii+iv) above	100

   
   
3. Distribution of Performance Grants to GPs- PG distribution to GPs based on their score shall be made as per details given in the following table:

   Score	Eligible Quantum of PG
   Upto 49%	50% of Allocation
   50 Upto 60	70% of Allocation
   61 Upto 70	80% of Allocation
   71 and above	100% of Allocation

   
   
4. Any undistributed amount, after the above allocation as per Para-3 including those of ineligible GPs, will be redistributed only amongst GPs scoring 50 or above proportionately on the basis of weighted average of the score obtained by the GP with respect to the overall weightage.

5.    The Commissioner, Panchayat Raj & Rural Employment, Hyderabad is requested to issue necessary instructions to the Gram Panchayats immediately to follow the guidelines without any deviations.

(BY ORDER AND IN THE NAME OF THE GOVERNOR OF TELANGANA)

VIKAS RAJ

PRINCIPAL SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT(FAC)

To,
The Commissioner, Panchayat Raj & Rural Employment, Telangana, Hyderabad.
The Director of Treasuries & Acounts, Telangana, Hyderabad.
Copy to:
The Pay and Accounts Officer, Hyderabad. The Accountant General, Hyderbad.
The Addl.Secy, Ministry of Panchayat Raj, 11th Floor, Jeevan Prakash Building, 25, Kasturba Gandhi Marg, New Delhi-110001.
The Finance (FC) Department. P.S to Minister (PR & RD) P.S. to Prl. Secy. to Government (PR&RD) SF/SC.

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