Information guide for Tamil Nadu Government Welfare Schemes 2017 - Revenue Department

1. RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND PANCHAYAT RAJ DEPARTMENT
I. Directorate of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj
Central / State Schemes
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Scheme name
and details
Eligibility under the Scheme
Documents to be
attached by
applicant
Districtwise Liaison
Officers post
Head of Department/Office
Address /Phone number/
Fax details
1. Chief Minister’s
Solar Powered
Green House
Scheme
(CMSPGHS)
Objective of the Scheme:
The poorest among the poor people living in rural
areas are eligible beneficiaries for Solar Powered
Green Houses.
The eligibility criteria for the beneficiaries are
provided below:
• Be a Resident of the Village
Panchayat
• Own a site of not less than 300 sq.ft. area.
• Have a clear patta for the site/house in the
name of the head of the family or any other
member of the household.
The beneficiary shall not own any other pucca
concrete house in the village or elsewhere. Further
the beneficiary should not have been benefitted
under any other housing scheme of the Government.
• Ration card.
• House patta or
documents.
• Aadhaar photo
copy
• District Collector
• Project Director,
District Rural
Development
Agency
Director, Rural Development
and Panchayat Raj,
Panagal Building Saidapet,
Chennai – 600 015.
Phone No – 044 -24338690
Fax – 044 -24343205
Website address drd.tn@nic.in
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Eligibility under the Scheme
Documents to be
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applicant
Districtwise Liaison
Officers post
Head of Department/Office
Address /Phone number/
Fax details
2. Pradhan Mantri
Awaas Yojana
(Gramin)
(PMAY-G)
Objective of the Scheme:
The main objective of the scheme is to provide a
pucca house with basic amenities to all houseless and
households living in kutcha and dilapidated house.
Eligible Beneficiaries:
Socio-Economic Caste Census-2011 (SECC-2011)
data will be utilised to identify the beneficiaries
through Grama Sabha.
• Ration card.
• House patta or
documents.
• Aadhaar photo
copy
• District Collector
• Project Director,
District Rural
Development
Agency
Director, Rural Development
and Panchayat Raj,
Panagal Building Saidapet,
Chennai – 600 015.
Phone No – 044 -24338690
Fax – 044 -24343205
Website address drd.tn@nic.in
3. Mahatma
Gandhi National
Rural
Employment
Guarantee
Scheme
Objective of the Scheme:
• Providing not less than one hundred days of
unskilled manual work as a guaranteed
Employment in a financial year to every
household in rural areas and enhancing the
Livelihood of the rural people.
• By taking activities against Drought,
Deforestation, Soil Erosion which are causative
factors in creating poverty by ensuring Natural
Resource Development and sustainable
development.
• Ration card.
• House patta or
documents.
• Aadhaar photo
copy
• District Collector
• Project Director,
District Rural
Development
Agency
Director, Rural Development
and Panchayat Raj,
Panagal Building Saidapet,
Chennai – 600 015.
Phone No – 044 -24338690
Fax – 044 -24343205
Website address drd.tn@nic.in
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Documents to be
attached by
applicant
Districtwise Liaison
Officers post
Head of Department/Office
Address /Phone number/
Fax details
Eligibility to get work under MGNREGS:
The registered household in the Village
Panchayat, whose adult member volunteers to do
unskilled labour.
Beneficiary should be a resident of the Village
Panchayat.
Beneficiary should volunteer to do unskilled
labour works.
Men and Women who have completed the age of
18 are eligible to get the work.
Not only households that are below poverty line,
are eligible but every rural household is eligible
to get the employment under scheme.
Individuals should have a Job Card and should
be willing to work under Individual Asset
creation works.
Permissible works under this Scheme:
Public Works:
• Creation of new Ponds
• Renovation of traditional water bodies
• Desiltation of Supply Channels.
• Desiltation of irrigation ponds and Strengthening
of bunds.
• Formation of Earthen Roads
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applicant
Districtwise Liaison
Officers post
Head of Department/Office
Address /Phone number/
Fax details
Eligibility under the Scheme
• Water conservation / Soil conservation works &
Flood Control Management.
• Afforestation & Tree Plantation in order to avoid
drought.
The following common infrastructure works are
taken up as per Mahatma Gandhi National Rural
Employment Guarantee Act Revised Notification – 1
Para (A).
Village Panchayat Service Centre (VPSC)
Block Panchayat Service Centre (BPSC)
Anganwadi Centres.
Constructions of Food Grain Storage
structures.
Construction of Play fields.
Plantation (Block & Avenue)
Vermi compost Sheds.
Individual Assets creation of works:
Farm Ponds
Plantation in Private Lands
Individual House Hold Latrine (IHHL)
Dug wells
Providing unskilled wage component by
converging schemes like, Indira Awass
Yojana, Chief Ministers Solar Powered
Green House.
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applicant
Districtwise Liaison
Officers post
Head of Department/Office
Address /Phone number/
Fax details
Eligibility under the Scheme
Formation of Farm Ponds, Irrigation
facilities, Plantation works, Land
Development works, Horticulture works on
the lands of farmers belonging to SC/ST,
Small and Marginal farmers and IAY
beneficiaries.
Poultry Shelter, Goat Shelter, Cattle Shelter.
Fodder troughs & water troughs
4. Swachh Bharath
Mission
(Gramin)
* is a
continuation of
the Nirmal
Bharth Abhiyan
Scheme and this
SBM (G) has
been launched
by GOI from
October 2014.
Objective of the Scheme:
A) Individual House Hold Latrine
The main aspects of the IHHL under SBM (G)
Scheme is fully covered by basement, roof laid with
water facilities. The Goal of this mission is that all
rural families must have toilets . Under SWM (G)
Scheme, Rs.12,000/- per IHHL has been provided as
a Grant towards the construction of Individual House
Hold Toilets for the benificiaries covered under
BPL and identified APL .
B) Solid Waste Management
The amount of allotment to the each SWM
Panchayat will be calculated based on the IHHL
House Hold.
C) Community Sanitary Complex
Rural Sanitary Mart has been constructed at a cost of
Rs.2 laks in the Village Panchayats with enough
provision of Latrines, Bathroom, Washing place,
• Ration card.
• House patta or
documents.
• Aadhaar photo
copy
• District Collector
• Project Director,
District Rural
Development
Agency
Director, Rural Development
and Panchayat Raj,
Panagal Building Saidapet,
Chennai – 600 015.
Phone No – 044 -24338690
Fax – 044 -24343205
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Head of Department/Office
Address /Phone number/
Fax details
and common usage area within the complex. These
complexes are built with the concurrence of the
Village people for their easy access and usage.
Website address drd.tn@nic.in
5. Dharmapuri and
Krishnagiri
Districts Socio
Economic
Development
Programme
Under taking works
• Construction of New Houses
• Renovation of Group Houses
• Providing instruments and apparatus to
youths
• Individual help to Differently abled persons,
widows, ladies deserted by her husband
• Construction of Aavin booth
• Providing Solar power sprayers to
Agriculture labourers
• Procurement of equipment to primary health
centres.
• Extension of pipeline for Hogenakkal
compound water supply Scheme
• Modernization of Anganwadi Centres.
• Self employment Training Programme for
unemployed youth
• Solar Power pumpsets distributed to
agriculturis land who are below poverty line.
• Renovation of group houses for farmers
below poverty line.
Ration Card,
Land Patta &
Document
• District Collector
• Project Director,
District Rural
Development
Agency
Director, Rural Development
and Panchayat Raj,
Panagal Building Saidapet,
Chennai – 600 015.
Phone No – 044 -24338690
Fax – 044 -24343205
Website address drd.tn@nic.in
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applicant
Districtwise Liaison
Officers post
Head of Department/Office
Address /Phone number/
Fax details
Eligibility under the Scheme
• Construction of new group houses based on
PMAY
• Construction of New IHHL for existing
damaged IHHL
• Cell phone service training programme for
youths in the Naxal affected villages.
• R.O Water plant for schools.
• LMV and HMV training are provided to
youths and also LMV Batch are given to
them.
• For construction of IHHL the raw materials
prepared by Self Help Groups are supplied.
• Paper cup making training programme to
youths
• Supply of sports material to children in
Anganwadi centres.
• Procurement of essential emergency
equipments to Primary Health Centre
6. Tamil Nadu
Village
Habitations
Improvement
(THAI)
Scheme II
Objective of the Scheme:
As the basic infrastructure amenities have almost
been covered in the habitations of rural areas in
Tamil Nadu, with the aim of providing / upgrading
certain essential infrastructure facilities on need
basis, Government have extended THAI Scheme.
• District Collector
• Project Director,
District Rural
Development
Agency
Director, Rural Development
and Panchayat Raj,
Panagal Building Saidapet,
Chennai – 600 015.
Phone No – 044 -24338690
Fax – 044 -24343205
Website address drd.tn@nic.in
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Scheme name
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Eligibility under the Scheme
Documents to be
attached by
applicant
Districtwise Liaison
Officers post
Head of Department/Office
Address /Phone number/
Fax details
Improvement/modernization of MI tanks belonging
to Panchayat Unions, Basic Infrastructure and
Amenities like Water Supply, Street Light, Streets
/Lane improvement and Burial Ground / Pathway to
Burial Ground & Improvement of Panchayat /
Panchayat roads.
7. Installation of
Street Light with
Solar Power.
Objective of the Scheme:
Reduction in Expenditure on Current Consumption
charges and maintenance at Rural Area is the aim of
this Scheme and this Scheme has been introduced
during 2011-2012.
Target
It is proposed to convert one lakh Street Lights with
Solar Power in Five years at 20,000 lights per year.
• District Collector
• Project Director,
District Rural
Development
Agency
Director, Rural Development
and Panchayat Raj,
Panagal Building,Saidapet,
Chennai – 600 015.
Phone No – 044 -24338690
Fax – 044 -24343205
Website address drd.tn@nic.in
8. Member of
Legislative
Assembly
Constituency
Development
Scheme
(MLACDS)
Objective of the Scheme:
The MLAs identify infrastructure gaps in the
constituencies and propose the works to be executed
under the scheme.
The Scheme is implemented in both Rural &
Urban Areas
Rs.2.00 Crore allotted to Each MLA
• District Collector
• Project Director,
District Rural
Development
Agency
Director, Rural Development
and Panchayat Raj,
Panagal BuildingSaidapet,
Chennai – 600 015.
Phone No – 044 -24338690
Fax – 044 -24343205
Website address drd.tn@nic.in
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Documents to be
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applicant
Districtwise Liaison
Officers post
Head of Department/Office
Address /Phone number/
Fax details
MLAs can recommend the works according to the
Guidelines within their constituency
Works to be taken up under Tied component
• Infrastructure facilities to schools
• Anganwadi/Kitchen shed/Modernisation
of Kitchen shed
• Water supply
Other tied works
Works taken up in Rural & Urban Areas
• Installation of Solar street lights / LED
Street lights in Urban Areas
• Up-gradation of gravel / WBM Roads to
BT standard
• Renewal of badly worn-out BT roads
(laying of BT layer only by filling up of
potholes, if necessary).
• Laying of Cement Concrete Roads
• Provision of rooms, buildings and / or
compound wall for Government and
Local body Hospitals, Primary Health
Centres, Government Veterinary
Hospitals, Government Schools,
Panchayat Unions Schools, Adi Dravidar
Schools, Kallar reclamation Schools,
Government Colleges and Government
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Officers post
Head of Department/Office
Address /Phone number/
Fax details
Eligibility under the Scheme
Hostels, Government ITI and
Government Polytechnics
• Provision of Infrastructural facilities to
Government Special Schools for the
differently abled and Government
Orphanages
• Construction of bridges
• Provision of additional Burial Grounds /
Cremation Grounds to the Village
Panchayats if necessary
• Provision of compound wall / fencing in
the burial grounds belonging to Public
Wakfs registered with Wakf Board.
Since the Wakf Board does not have any
Engineering wing, this work may be
entrusted to the Local Bodies concerned
• Construction of integrated Sanitary
complex for women and men
• Construction of Public Distribution shop
buildings
• Construction of building for physical
fitness centre/Gymnasium along with
required equipments which will be the
asset of concerned Local Body
• In Urban areas, Provision of Concrete
Pavements with storm water drains, if so
required. Purchase of Jetrodding
Machines and hydraulically operated
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Head of Department/Office
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Eligibility under the Sch
sewerage machines
WORKS TO BE TAKEN UP UNDER UNTIED
COMPONENT
• Formation of Bus passengers Shelters
WORKS RESTRITED
• Construction of office and residential
buildings belonging to Central and State
Government including Public Sector
undertakings, Co-operatives and
societies.(Exception: Construction of
Direct Procurement Centres, Milk
Producers’ Co-operative Societies,
Bulk Chilling Centres)
• Assets for individual/ family benefits
(Exception: Construction of new houses
in Town Panchayats as per IAY norms)
• All renovation, maintenance and repair
works. (Exception: Repair of houses
constructed under Government Schemes
upto 31.12.2006 including houses
constructed under Indira Awaas Yojana
(IAY), TAHDCO and Tamil Nadu Slum
Clearance Board can be taken up for
amount not exceeding Rs.50,000/- per
house. However, permission letter
should be obtained from the
TNSCB/TAHDCO before taking up the
repair works.)
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Districtwise Liaison
Officers post
Head of Department/Office
Address /Phone number/
Fax details
Eligibility under the Scheme
• Purchase of all movable items,
equipments and furniture(Exception:
(i) Purchase of furniture and equipments for
Government Schools, Panchayat Union
Schools, Adi Dravida Schools, Kallar
Reclamation Schools, Government
Colleges, Government Hostels,
Government Hospitals, Primary Health
Centres and Government Veterinary
Hospitals, Government ITI, Government
Polytechnic.
(ii) Purchase of aids and appliances for
differently abled persons as per the
guidelines issued in G.O (1D) No. 405,
Rural Development and Panchayat Raj
(SGS-1) Department, dated 17.08.2010
and Government letter No.(1D) No. 653,
dated.31.12.2012 of Rural Development
and Panchayat Raj Department for the
value of Rs.5.00 lakhs or above.
(iii) Purchase of CP chair for Polio and
stroke attacked persons and purchase of
mentally challenged Learning Kits for
mentally challenged children learning in
special schools.
(iv) Purchase of physical exercise
equipments to be installed in the
physical fitness centre /Gymnasium
(v) Purchase of equipments for installation
of solar photovoltaic items in the
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Districtwise Liaison
Officers post
Head of Department/Office
Address /Phone number/
Fax details
existing Government buildings
• Any work in Government aided and Self
Financing Schools and Colleges
• All Works involving Commercial
establishment / units
• Grants and loans, contribution to any
Central and State / UT Relief Funds
• Acquisition of land or any compensation
for land acquired
• Reimbursement of any type of
completed or partly completed works or
items
• All revenue and recurring expenditure
• Works within the places of religious
worship and on land belonging to or
owned by religious faiths / groups
• Desilting of ponds, ooranies, rivers,
tanks, canals, channels and the like
• Gravel / WBM roads (roads up to BT
standard alone should be taken up)
• Installation of High Mast Lights
An overall allocation of 21% of the total
allocation under MLACDS should be made for
areas predominantly inhabited by SC/ST persons
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Head of Department/Office
Address /Phone number/
Fax details
in rural areas and for persons living in slums in
urban areas.
The execution of works / procurement of
materials shall be undertaken strictly as per the
Tamil Nadu Transparency in Tenders Act, 1998
and the Rules made under it.
• Construction of Maintenance sheds,
Compound wall and concrete flooring
for Bus depots of State Transport
undertakings
Under the tied component
One time Purchase of Laptop/Desktop,
Laser/Inkjet Printer, Broadband/Internet Data Card
Connection for 15th
Legislative Assembly elected
Members & 14th
Legislative Assembly now again
elected Members for which concerned District
Collector/Commissioner of Corporation have been
authorized to Purchase the equipment.
9. Self Sufficiency
Scheme (SSS)
Objective of the Scheme:
In order to encourage the self-reliant attitude of the
rural community and their public participation, the
SSS Scheme has been re-introduced in 2011-2012.
The Scheme is being implemented both in rural and
urban areas.
The public shall contribute not less than one-third
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Districtwise Liaison
Officers post
of the estimated cost of the identified work.
SUGGESTED LIST OF WORKS:
The following works may be taken up under
"Self Sufficiency Scheme" 2016-2017.
i. Construction of buildings, laboratories,
toilets, cycle stands and compound
walls/fencing to Government Schools, Adi
Dravidar and Tribal Welfare Schools,
Panchayat Union Schools and Kallar
Reclamation Schools, Government Colleges
and Government Hostels.
ii. Construction of buildings, compound walls
and fencing to Government Hospitals,
Primary Health Centres, Sub-centres,
Veterinary Dispensaries, Livestock Centres
and libraries. Construction of compound
walls and other common facilities in Burial
grounds including the Burial grounds
belonging to Public Wakfs registered with
the Tamil Nadu Wakf Board will also be
taken up.
iii. Construction of Libraries in Rural and Urban
areas, Noon Meal Centres, Anganwadis,
School Kitchen Sheds and Public
Distribution Shops in rural and urban areas.
Wherever construction of libraries are
undertaken care should be taken that
• District Collector
• Project Director,
District Rural
Development
Agency
Director, Rural Development
and Panchayat Raj,
Panagal BuildingSaidapet,
Chennai – 600 015.
Phone No – 044 -24338690
Fax – 044 -24343205
Website address drd.tn@nic.in
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Address /Phone number/
Fax details
Eligibility under the Scheme
adequate contribution has been made for the
procurement of books.
iv. Creating community assets like community
buildings, Drinking water Supply, cement
concrete roads and threshing floors in rural
and urban areas.
v. Maintenance of all community assets.
Priority should be given for the maintenance
of Integrated Sanitary Complex for Women
and Men.
vi. Construction of Integrated Sanitary Complex
for Women and Men.
vii. Construction of bridges, culverts,
upgradation of gravel/WBM roads to BT
standard, renewal of worn out BT roads,
improvement of streets and lanes with brick
or metal stones or cement slabs or cement
concrete.
viii. Formation, improvement and maintenance of
Parks, Play Grounds, Traffic Islands,
Fountains, Street lights (including solar
lights).
ix. Purchase of Furniture, Computers and
accessories for Government Schools and
Panchayat Union Schools, Libraries and
buildings under usage of the public. Old
Computers and Accessories should not be
purchased.
x. All types of works related to solid and liquid
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Address /Phone number/
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Eligibility under the Scheme
waste management and works related to
improving the sanitation conditions of the
environment
xi. Provision for Solar lights in Anganwadis and
other Public buildings owned by
Government and Rural and Urban Local
Bodies.
10. Tamil Nadu
Rural Roads
Improvement
Scheme
(TNRRIS)
Objective of the Scheme:
The objective of the scheme is to enable the Districts
to select roads as per their needs and to allocate
funds for the improvement of various types of rural
roads. This Scheme is being implemented with 100%
State Funding.
Selection of Works
• Providing connectivity to unconnected
habitations.
• Upgradation and strengthening of bus-plying
and mini-bus plying roads are being taken up.
• Important link roads connecting market places,
Educational/Health Services and roads having
more utility value are being taken up.
• Roads with a length of minimum 1 Km are
being taken up.
Roads that have not been improved under any of the
• District Collector
• Project Director,
District Rural
Development
Agency.
Director, Rural Development
and Panchayat Raj,
Panagal BuildingSaidapet,
Chennai – 600 015.
Phone No – 044 -24338690
Fax – 044 -24343205
Website address drd.tn@nic.in
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Officers post
Head of Department/Office
Address /Phone number/
Fax details
Rural Development Schemes within the last 5 years
are only being taken up.
11. Comprehensive
School Infra
Structure
Development
Scheme (CSIDS)
Objective of the Scheme:
Comprehensive School InfraStructure Development
Scheme (CSIDS) was launched during 2011-12 with
an objective of providing basic infrastructure
facilities like new buildings, kitchen sheds, water
supply, toilets, etc., in the Panchayat Union Primary
and Middle Schools in rural areas.
Works:
• School Buildings
• Kitchen Sheds
• Water Supply facilities
• Toilets
• Compound walls
• District Collector
• Project Director,
District Rural
Development
Agency.
Director, Rural Development
and Panchayat Raj,
Panagal BuildingSaidapet,
Chennai – 600 015.
Phone No – 044 -24338690
Fax – 044 -24343205
Website address drd.tn@nic.in
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Documents to be
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applicant
Districtwise Liaison
Officers post
Head of Department/Office
Address /Phone number/
Fax details
12. Members of
Parliament
Local Area
Development
Scheme
Objective of the Scheme:
The Member of Parliament Local Area Development
Scheme (MPLADS) provides infrastructure facilities
and bridges the gap existing in the infrastructure
facilities provided in Rural and Urban areas.
Rs.5 Crore allotted to Each Member of
Parliament
Permitted Components of Works
The Members of Parliament can recommend the
following works within their Constituencies to create
fixed assets
• Water supply
• Education
• Public Health
• Sanitation
• Road works
Works to Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe:
• Member of Parliament Local Area
Development Fund utilized for 15% for
Scheduled caste area and 7.5% for
Scheduled Tribe area
• District Collector
• Project Director,
District Rural
Development
Agency
Director, Rural Development
and Panchayat Raj,
Panagal BuildingSaidapet,
Chennai – 600 015.
Phone No – 044 -24338690
Fax – 044 -24343205
Website address drd.tn@nic.in
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Address /Phone number/
Fax details
Eligibility under the Scheme
• In case there is insufficient tribal
population in the area the tied fund can
be utilized for Scheduled caste area
• In the case of there is insufficient
Scheduled caste population in the area
the tied fund can be utilized for
Scheduled Tribe area
Allotment for other Works
• Member of Parliament can recommend
for Flood, Cyclone, Tsunami,
Earthquake, and Drought like Disaster
affected all areas
• In Disaster not affected areas, Member
of Parliament can recommend Rs.10.00
Lakh to Disaster affected areas
If Disaster severely affected, Member of Parliament
can recommend Maximum of Rs.50.00 lakh to
affected District area works
13. NABARD-
RIDF
Objective of the Scheme:
This scheme is implemented by the State
Government with NABARD Assistance to improve
damaged Panchayat and Panchayat Union roads and
for upgradation of Non-BT roads to BT roads.
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Districtwise Liaison
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Head of Department/Office
Address /Phone number/
Fax details
Out of the total allocation under this scheme, 20%
is directly allotted by the State Government and the
remaining 80% is borrowed by State Government as
loan from NABARD.
Selection of Works
Works are selected by the Districts based on the
allocation made by the Government for every
financial year. The following guidelines are being
followed for the selection of works.
• Providing connectivity to unconnected
Habitations
• Bus plying/ Mini Bus plying roads are taken
up on priority.
• Roads used for Agricultural purpose.
• Minimum length of roads should be 1 Km.
• Roads leading to industrial clusters and
marketing centres.
• Roads leading to tourism and pilgrimage
centres.
• Roads which have not been takenup in any
of the schemes of Rural Development and
Panchayat Raj Department in the last five
years are only being takenup.
• District Collector
• Project Director,
District Rural
Development
Agency
Director, Rural Development
and Panchayat Raj,
Panagal Building Saidapet,
Chennai – 600 015.
Phone No – 044 -24338690
Fax – 044 -24343205
Website address drd.tn@nic.in
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Scheme name
and details
Eligibility under the Scheme
Documents to be
attached by
applicant
Districtwise Liaison
Officers post
Head of Department/Office
Address /Phone number/
Fax details
14. Pradhan Mantri
Gram Sadak
Yojana
(PMGSY)
Objective of the Scheme:
Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) is to
provide all-weather road with culverts and cross
drainage structures to eligible unconnected habitations
with population more than 500. PMGSY is being
implemented with 60% Central share and 40% State
share.
Selection of Works
Under this scheme as per guidelines of National
Rural Roads Development Agency (NRRDA), road
connectivity will be provided to habitations with
more than 500 population. Further, roads which are
in damaged condition and are part of Core Network
approved by NRRDA will be taken up for
upgradation.
• District Collector
• Project Director,
District Rural
Development
Agency
15. Pooled Assigned
Revenue Scheme
Objective of the Scheme:
Creation of basic Amenities facilities in Rural Areas
is the Prime Aim of the Scheme.
Works Selected
Works supporting to Basic amenities such as Roads,
Bridges, Water Supply, Construction of Panchayat
Union office / Village Panchayat Office etc. may be
executed.
• District Collector
• Project Director,
District Rural
Development
Agency
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and details
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Documents to be
attached by
applicant
Districtwise Liaison
Officers post
Head of Department/Office
Address /Phone number/
Fax details
Beneficiaries
Works executed under this scheme may be useful for
Transportation of Agricultural Products, medical
facilities, and education facilities for students.
16. Implementation
of Solid Waste
Management
System in
Village
Panchayats
Objective of the Scheme:
The Government have consistently been according
high priority to the cleanliness and santiation of the
Village Panchayats. In Village Panchayats the Solid
Waste Management system with recycling wand
waste disposal facilities are established.
• District Collector
• Project Director,
District Rural
Development
Agency
Director, Rural Development
and Panchayat Raj,
Panagal Building Saidapet,
Chennai – 600 015.
Phone No – 044 -24338690
Fax – 044 -24343205
Website address drd.tn@nic.in
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Scheme name
and details
Eligibility under the Scheme
Documents to be
attached by
applicant
Districtwise Liaison
Officers post
Head of Department/Office
Address /Phone number/
Fax details
17. Maintenance of
School Toilets
Objective of the Scheme:
The aim of the scheme is to ensure improvement of
Health and Sanitation facility for the Boys and Girls
studying in schools by taking adequate measures.
• District Collector
• Project Director,
District Rural
Development
Agency
Director, Rural Development
and Panchayat Raj,
Panagal Building Saidapet,
Chennai – 600 015.
Phone No – 044 -24338690
Fax – 044 -24343205
Website address drd.tn@nic.in
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Enlosed by
petitioner
Conduct person
and Designation for
officer
Department
Head Office Phone
No./Fax
1. The project implements for
identified the ultra poor and
formed them into Self Help
Group to create sustainable
organisation and providing
various skill training progress
their self and managed
activities and enable them to
increase household incomes
through livelihood
enhancements and improved
access to eradicate the poverty.
Assistance can be accessed through
VPRC formed by the Identify the
target people who are all Vulnerable,
ST, SC, Differently-abled, Elderly and
Destitute under BPL.
- State Level
Additional Director,Annai
Teresa Mahalir Valagam,
Valluvarkottam
High Road,
Chennai - 34.
District Level
Project Officer
(Mahalir Thittam)
Chief Executive Officer,
Annai Teresa Mahalir
Valagam,
Valluvarkottam
High Road,
Chennai - 34.
Phone: 044-2817 3412 /
13 / 14
Fax: 28172817
2. Deen dayal Upadhyaya
Grameen Kaushalya Yojana
(DDU - GKY) Placement
linked Skill Training
Programme
Aiming on raising the level of
income of poor households, the
youth pertaining to the target
households are being trained
based on their needs and
willingness. Under this
programme, the youth are
trained through approved
institutions (having PRN) and
• Should be minimum 8th
std.
passed. Provision has been made
for those candidates below the
level of 8th
/10th
to appear under
open school system under the
programme and subsequently
enrolled for skill training on
completion.
• Age limit: 18 to 35 for Male and
Female candidates.
• Relaxation is provided for
women candidates up to the age
of 45.
• For Differently abled, vulnerable
1. School
Transfer
Certificate.
2. Details of the
Candidate
from youth
data base
register
State level: State
Programme Manager
(S&P), Tamil State Rural
Livelihood Mission, Annai
Theresa Women’s
Complex, Nungambakkam
High Road,
Valluvarkottam,
Chennai – 34
District Level: Project
Officer (Mahalir Thittam),
Districts concerned
Chief Executive Officer,
Annai Theresa Women’s
Complex, Nungambakkam
High Road,
Valluvarkottam,
Chennai – 34
Tel: 044-28143412
044-28143413
Fax: 044-28142817
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Conduct person
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Head Office Phone
No./Fax
Eligibility criteria for tr
are given placement in private
sectors subsequently. The
candidates are being counseled
and tracked for a minimum
period to ensure continuity in
the job.
and Scheduled tribes the
maximum age limit is 45.
• The candidates are taken from
Youth Date Base Register,
maintained by the Village Poverty
Reduction Committee (VPRC) of
each village Panchayat.
3. New Special Livelihood
Scheme for Women Headed
Households
i) The beneficiaries for the Special
Livelihood Scheme should be the
Women who head the household
or any other eligible member
(male/female) in the age group of
18-45 years from out of the list of
women headed households as per
the Census of 2011.
ii) The identification of the
beneficiaries will be done through
the Community professionsals
(Jobs) in each village, who are
already engaged by Pudhu
Vaazhvu Project/ Mahalir Thittam
in rural areas and by the
Community Organisers/
Community coordinators who are
proposed to be outsources through
Tamilnadu Urban Livelihood
Mission in Urban Areas.
iii) The poor beneficiaries from
amongst the women headed
1.Age Proof
2.Certificate for
Below Poverty
3.Recommenda
tion of PLF
The Project
Director,DMMU,
Chief Executive
Officer,Annai Theresa
Women SHG Complex,
Nungambakkam High
Road, Valluvarkottam ,
Chennai 34.
Phone : 044- 28173412,
28173413,
Fax:044-28172817
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Conduct person
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Department
Head Office Phone
No./Fax
households will be prioritized for
Skill training or Livelihood
Training/Assistance by the
Village Poverty Reduction
Committee (VPRC) or Panchayat
Level Federation (PLF) of SHGs
in Rural areas and the Urban
Local bodies in the urban areas.
4. MGNREGS – Project – LIFE
The Objective of the
Mahatma Gandhi National
Rural Employment Guarantee
Act 2005 aims at building
Sustainable livelihoods in Full
Employment under MGNREGS
(Project LIFE – MGNREGA)
has formulated.
The Project – LIFE MGNREGS
has been introduced in the State
from 2015-2016. Under this
scheme, training is being
imparted to rural youth of the
household registered under
MGNREGS, to enable them to
move from the current partial
employment to full employment
status.
For Wage Employment trainings
Component the beneficiaries identified
from the list of MGNREGS families
those have under went minimum of 15
days of work.
For Self Employment & Livelihood
Upgradation training the list of
beneficiaries are identified among the
MGNREGS families those have
completed 100 days of Employment.
Job Card Issued
by MGNREGS
Scheme school
certificate.
State Level:
Additional Director
Annai Teresa Women
Complex
Nungambakkam, High
Road Valluvar Kottam,
Chennai – 34
District Level:
Project Director
(Mahalir Thittam)
All Districts
(Except Chennai)
Chief Executive Officer
Annai Teresa Women
Complex
Nungambakkam High
Road
Valluvar Kottam
Chennai – 34
Phone No: 044 -
28173412/28173413
Fax: 044 - 28172817
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Conduct person
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Department
Head Office Phone
No./Fax
Components of Project LIFE:
• Training is
implemented as per the
guiding principle of
DDUGKY.
• Training are provided
through Rural Self
Employment Training
Institutions.
• Training is
implemented along
with the livelihood
interventions of
TNSRLM.
5. NULM / TNULM –
TamilNadu Urban Livelihood
Mission
TamilNadu Urban Livelihood
Mission Project for the year
2014 – 2015 has been
implemented for poor ,
women,Orphan and physically
handicapped persons.
As per the list of Below Poverty Line. - Project office of TNULM /
TNSRLM attached to the
District collectors.
Managing Director,
Annai Terasa Mahalir
Valagam,
Nungambakkam High
Road,
Valluvar Kottam,
Chennai – 34.
Phone:044 –
28173412,2443413
Fax:044-28172817