(1) The Chief Executive Officer of the District Panchayat or the Collector of the district or any other district level officer of appropriate rank as the State Government may decide shall be designated as the District Programme Coordinator for the implementation of the Schem~ in the district.
(2) The District Programme Coordinator shall be responsible for the implementation of the Scheme in the district in accordance with the provisions of this Act and the rules made thereunder.
(3) The functions of the District Programme Coordinator shall be-
(a) to assist the district panchayat in discharging its functions under this Act and any scheme made thereunder;
(b) to consolidate the plans prepared by the Blocks and project proposals received from other implementing agencies for inclusion in the shelf of projects to be approved by the Panchayat at district level;
(c) to accord necessary sanction and administrative clearanc~ wherever necessary;
(d) to coordinate with the Programme Officers functioning within his jurisdiction and the implementing agencies to ensure that the applicants are provided employment as per their entitlements under this Act;
(e) to review, monitor and supervise the performance of the Programme Officers;
(f) to conduct periodic inspection of the works in progress; and
(g) to redress th~ grievances of the applicants.
(4) The State Government shall delegate such administrative and financial powers to the District Programme Coordinator as may be required to enable him to carry out his functions under this Act.
(5) The Programme Officer appointed under sub-section (1) of section 15 and all other officers of the State Government and local authorities and bodies functioning within the district shall be responsible to assist the District Programme Coordinator in carrying out his functions under this Act and the Schemes made thereunder.
(6) The District Programme Coordinator shall prepare in the month of December every year a labour budget for the next financial year containing the details of anticipated demand 8 mE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY [PART 11- for unskilled manual work in the district and the plan for engagement of labourers in the works covered under the Scheme and submit it to the district panchayat.
Programme 15. (1) At every Panchayat at intermediate level, the State Government shall appoint Officer. a person who is not below the rank of Block Development Officer with such qualifications and experience as may be determined by the State Government as Programme Officer at the Panchayat at intermediate level. .
(2) The Programme Officer shall assist the Panchayat at intermediate level in discharging its functions under this Act and any Scheme made thereunder.
(3) The Programme Officer shall be responsible for matching the demand for employment with the employment opportunities arising from projects in the area under his jurisdiction.
(4) The Programme Officer shall prepare a plan for the Block under his jurisdiction by consolidating the project proposals prepared by the Gram Panchayats and the proposals received from intermediate panchayats.
(5) The functions of the Programme Officer shall include-
(a) monitoring of projects taken up by the Gram Panchayats and other implementing agencies-within the Block;
(b) sanctioning and ensuring payment of-unemployment allowance to the .eligible households;
(c) ensuring prompt and fair payment of wages to all labourers employed under a programme of the Scheme within the Block;
(d) ensuring that regular social audits of all works within the jurisdiction of the Gram Panchayat are carried out by the Gram Sabha and that prompt action is taken on the objections raised in the social audit;
(e) dealing promptly with all complaints that may arise in connection with the implementation of the Scheme within the Block; and
(f) any pther work as may be assigned to him by the District Programme Coordinator or the State Government.
(6) The Programme Officers shalJ function under the direction, control and superintendence of the District Programme Coordinator.
(7) The State Government may, by order, direct that all or any of'he functions of a Programme Officer shall be discharged by the Gram Panchayat or a local authority.
Responsibilities 16. (1) The Gram Panchayat shall be responsible for identification of the of the Gram projects in the Gram Panchayat area to be taken up under a Scheme as per the Panchayats. recommendations of the Gram Sabha and the Ward Sabhas and for executing and supervising such works.
(2) A Gram Panchayat may take up any project under a Scheme within the area of the Gram Panchayat as may be sanctioned by the Programme Officer.
(3) Every Gram Panchayat shall, after considering the recornmendations of the Gram Sabha and the Ward Sabhas, prepare a development plan and maintain a shelf of possible works to be taken up under the Scheme as and when demand for work arises.
(4) The Gram Panchayat shall forward its proposals for the development projects including the order of priority betWeen different works to the Programme Officer for scrutiny and preliminary apprbval prior to the commencement of the year in which it is proposed to be executed.
(5) The Programme Officer shall allot at least fifty per cent. of the works in terms of its cost under a Scheme to be implemented through the. Gram Panchayats.
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(6) The Programme Officer shall supply each Gram Panchayat with-
(a) the muster rolls for the works sanctioned to be executed by it; and
(b) a list of employment opportunities available elsewhere to the residents of the Gram Panchayat.
(7) The Gram Panchayat shall allocate employment opportunities among the applicants and ask them to report for work.
(8) The works taken up by a Gram Panchayat under a Scheme shall meet the required technical standards and measurements. ' 17, (1) The 'Gram Sabha shall monitor the execution of works within the Gram Social audit of Panchayat. work by Gram () h S h ..Sabha. 2 T e Gram abha s all conduct regular social audits of all the projects under the Scheme taken up within the Gram Panchayat.
(3) The Gram Panchayat shall make available all relevant documents including the muster rolls, bills, vouchers, measurement books, copies of sanction orders and other connected books of account and papers to the Gram Sabha for the purpose of conducting the social audit.
18, The State Government shall make available to the District Programme Coordinator Responsibilities and the Programme Officers necessary staff and technical support as may be necessary of State .
for the effective implementation of the Scheme. ?ovemme~t In Implementing Scheme.
19, The State Government shall, by rules, determine appropriate grievance redressal Grievance mechanisms at the Block level and the district level for dealing with any complaint by any redressa~ person in respect of implementation of the Scheme and lay down the procedure for disposal mechanism.
of such complaints.
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