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And whereas Gazette copies of the draft rules in which they were published were made available to the public on 22nd September, 2006;
And whereas no objection or suggestion has been received from ar> person in this regard.
Now, therefore, in exercise of the power? conferred by sub-section (I) read with clause (e) of sub-section (25 of section Vi of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act. 2005 '42 of 2005), the Central government hereby makes the following rules, namely .-
1. Short title and commencement.^ 1) These rales ma> be called the National Employment Guarantee Fund Rules, 2006.
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(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
2. Definitions. - In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires,-
(a)"Act" means the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 (42 of 2005);
(bY'Ccntral Government" means Central Government in the Ministry of Rural Development,
(c)"Natior.ai Fund" means the National Employment Guarantee Fund established . under sub-section (1) of section 20;
(d)all other words and expressions used herein and not defined but defined in the Act shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in the Act. I
3. Account of the National Fund. - The National Fund shall be maintained by the Central Government in a Public Account.
4. I .'sage of the National Fund. - The National Fund shall be used by the Central Government to meet the Central Government share of expenditure on implementation of the Act including the grants to the State Governments and Union territories and the expenses of the Central Employment Guarantee Council.
5. Release of grants from the Fund to the State Governments and Union Territory Administrations. - (1) Before the beginning of each financial year on or before 3lsl January, all Secretaries of the State Governments and Union territories concerned with the implementation of the Act and the State Employment Guarantee Schemes shall present their annual work Plan and labour budget to the Ministry of Rural Development.
(2) The Slate Governments and Union territories may also in their annual work plan and labour budget submit proposals for any work other than those specified in Schedule I of the Act.
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(3) i'hc Ministry or Rural Development may examine the proposals received by it on or before the 31 si January trf each financial yc.tr and review the performance of the stales and Union territories with respect to '-'tie implementation of ibe Act and estimate the amount to be released to the State Governments and Union territory Administrations Irons the National Fund.
\(4) Release of kinds to she State Governments and Union territory Administrations *>ha11 he- made in accordance with the directions issued by the Ministry of Rural Development from time to time.
(5) The Ministry of Rural Development may, in ordei tu meet essicrgent needs and to meet the temporary shortage of funds on account of non-completion of prescribed formalities. give advances as il may consider necessary {o the districts, States a:ui tnion territories pending regular release of funds and such advances shad he adjusted against reguiar releases ((•>) llic sanctioned amount may be released directly from tlie National Employment Guarantee Fund to the State Kmpioyment Guarantee Fund under sub-sectionO) of .section 21.
(7) 'the rules for State (•.mploymem Guarantee Fund and rtie fond-thaw from Slate Employment Guarantee Fund to rhe Districts. Block ana Gram Punehayu! may he notified by the concerned State Government.
(8) The Suite hmpioyment Guarantee lund shall re maintained in a separate bank account which shall he uon-lapsable.
(°) the State Government or any other authority shall not create any encumbrance on the grants released by the Ministry cither through the State I nipioymsnt Guarantee fund or directly to the districts or any other agency
(10) the sanctioned amount may also be released directly from the National Fund to a separate batik account at the district level for. the implementation of the Act, which, shall be !iuu-lup.sahie.
(11) flic decision in regard to release of funds shall be taken h\ the Ministry of Rural Development in consultation with the concerned Stale Government and I nion territory http://yc.tr [VFTji—Tang3(j)] «n^ — ^TCS : 3"qTFl 7
6. Release of grants from the National Fund to the Central Employment Guarantee Council. - (1) The Central Employment Guarantee Council shall be given a grant every year with an initial corpus of five crores of rupees in order to meet the expenses in connection with the functions assigned to ihe Council
(2) The Council shall maintain a bank account in a Scheduled Bank for the funds so given.
(3) The grams shall be given to the Council after audi! report for the previous year and the utilization certificate for at least sixty per cent of the amount already released are furnished.
?. Balance budgeted grant. - lhe balance budgeted grant of each financial year shall be transferred to the National Fund before the close of the financial year and shall constitute the reserve in the National fund.
8. Audit, - The grants released from the National Fund to the State Governments and Union territory Administrations shall be audited by the Comptroller and Auditor General through respective Accountant Generals. The internal audit shall be done on behalf of the I lead of the Department (Secretary) to the Government of India and shall be supervised and monitored by the office of Chief Controller of Accounts.
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(2) s^ to vftsz ifii fttM ^Nta trf?^ gro umai^ fa i t^?ft gFjffira *w * [ T l *• 2401 l/5/2005-T5ff*3tnS!$ O P 0 ] MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (Department of Rural Development) NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 25th May, 2006 CSJR.3UflE).—Whereas the draft of certain rules to be called the National Rural Employment Guarantee (Central Council) Rules, 2006 were published, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-sections (1) read with clauses (a) and (b) of sub-section (2) of section 31 of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 (42 of 2005),vide notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Rural Development (Department of Rural Development) number G.S.R. 175(E), dated the 21st March, 2006 in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, part Ii, Section 3, Sub-Section (i) dated the 23'" March, 2006 inviting objections and suggestions from persons likely to be affected thereby before the expiry of a period of thirty days from the date of publication of the said notification in the Official Gazette;
And whereas the copies of the Gazette containing the said notification were made available to the public on the 23rd March,2006;
And whereas no objections or suggestions on the said draft rules were received by the Centra! government;
[inmn-qpg.-Ki)3 ^ro m tmz •. wtrwn __9 Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section
(1), read with clauses (a) and (b) of sub-section (2), of Section 31 of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 (42 of 2005), the Central government hereby makes the following rules, namely:-
1. Short title and commencement.- (l)These rules may be called the National Rural Employment Guarantee(Central Council) Rules, 2006.
(2) They shall come into force from the date of their publication in the Official Gazettee.
2. Definitions. - In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires,
(a) "Act" means the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 (42 of 2005);
(b) "Central Council" means the Central Employment Guarantee Council constituted under sub-section (1) of section 10;
(c) "Chairperson" means the Chairperson of the Central Council;
(d) "District Panchayat" means an institution (by whatever name called) of self-government constituted under article 243B of the Constitution, for the rural areas at the district levels in accordance with the provisions of Part IX of the Constitution;
(e) "Executive Committee" means the Executive Committee of the Central Council constituted under sub-rule (1) of rule 9;
(0 "Member-Secretary" means the Member-Secretary of the Central Council;
(g) "section" means a section of the Act;
(h) "Scheme" means a scheme notified by a State Government under sub-section (1) of section 4;
(i) "Technical Secretariat" means the Technical Secretariat of the Central Council;
(j) words and expressions used but not defined in these rules shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in the Act:
3. The Central Council- (I) Subject to the provisions of sub-rule (2), the Central Council constituted under sub-section (1) of section 10 shall consist of the following, namely:- <5?5<$>l/o£—j 10 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA: EXTRAORDINARY JPAKTII—SEC 3(i>l
(a) Union Minister for Rural Development Chairperson, ex officio;
(b) (i) Secretary to the Government of India, Department of Rural Deve!opment-member-ex-<?#»cK>;
(ii) a nominee of the Ministry of Women and Child Development not below the rank of Joint Secretary lo the Government of India.... member;
(iii) a nominee of the Ministry of Agriculture not below the rank of Joint Secretary to the Government of India.... member;
(iv) a nominee of the Ministry of Environment an<* Forest not below the rank of Joint Secretary to the Government of India ....
member;
(v) a nominee of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation not below the rank of Joint Secretary to the Government of India.... member;
(vi) a nominee of the Ministry of Panchayat Raj not below the rank of Joint Secretary to the Government of India.... member;
(vii) a nominee of the Ministry of Tribal Affairs not below the rank of Joint Secretary to the Government of India... member;
(vtii) a nominee of the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment not below the rank of Joint Secretary to the Government of India.... member;
(ix) one representative of Planning Commission not below the rank of Advisor in the Planning Commission.,. member;
(c) six representatives of the department of rural development of the State Governments who shall not be below the rank of Secretary to the concerned State Government to be nominated by the Central Government.... members;
(d) twelve members to be nominated by the Central Government from Panchayati Raj Institutions, organisations of workers and disadvantaged groups, of whom four shall be women, and shall inciude-
(i) two representatives to be nominated by the Central Government from the Scheduled Caste, one representative each from Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes and minorities;
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(ii) Chairpersons of two District Panchayats nominated by the Central Government by rotation for a period of one year at a time;
(e) three members representing the States to be nominated by the Central Government of whom-
(i) one shall be an expert in any of the areas of works, such as water conservation, land development, afforestation and plantation and rural engineering, listed or notified under Schedule I of the Act;
(ii) one shall be an expert in social audit; and
(iii) one shall be an expert on wage employment;
(f) Joint Secretary to the Government of India in the Ministry of Rural Development in charge of the National Rural Employment Act, 2005 Member-Secretary.
(2) Not less than one-third of the total number of non-official members of die Central Council shall be women.
4. Terms and conditions of appointment of Members.- (!) The members representing the Ministries or Departments of the Government of India shall hold their offices as long as they are serving in their respective Ministries or Departments or till the-concerned Ministry or Department nominates any other officer.
(2) The term of office of the official members representing the State Governments shall be for a period of one year.
(3) The term of office of the non-official members nominated under clause (d) of sub-rule (1) of rule 3 shall be appointed for a period of one year.
(4) A non-official member nominated under clause (e) of sub-role (1) shall be appointed for a period of two years or till any other member is appointed in his place takes charge, whichever is earlier.
(5) The non-official members nominated under clauses (d) and (e) of sub-rule (1) shall be entitled to .receive travelling allowance and dearness allowance for attending the meetings of the Central Council or the Executive Committee, as the case may be, at the rates admissible to the Central Government servants of the highest grade.
(6) The non-official members shall also be entitled to receive honorarium at the rate of one thousand rupees per day for the days of the meeting of the Central Council or its Executive Committee or any othei U THE GAZETTE OF INDIA: EXTRAORDINARY [PAST H—SEC 3(0) official work for which they attend to at the headquarters,at New Delhi or at any other place on invitation by the Central Council.
5. Resignation, etc. of non-official members.- (1) Any non-official member may,- . (a) by writing under his hand addressed to the Chairperson resign his office at any time;
(b) be removed from his office in case he incurs any disqualification mentioned in sub-rule (2).
(2) The Central Government may, remove from office a non-official member if he,-
(i) has been adjudged as an insolvent; or
(ii) has been convicted of an offence which, in the opinion of the Central Government, involves moral turpitude; or
(iii) has become physically or mentally incapable of acting as a member; or
(iv) has acquired such financial or other interest as is likely to affectj)rejudicially his functions as a member; or
(v) has so abused his position as to render his continuance in office prejudicial to the public interest; or
(vi) remains absent for three consecutive meetings of the Central Council except for reasons beyond his control or without permission of the Chairperson
(3) Any vacancy caused in the Central Council due to resignation, death, removal or otherwise of a non-official member shall be filled from the same category to which such member was representing and the person newly nominated shall hold office so long as the member whose place he fills would have been entitled to hold office, if the vacancy had not occurred.
6. Meetings of the Central Council and its quorum. - (I) The Central Council shall meet at least two times in a year or more frequently as it may consider necessary, at such place and at such time, as may be decided upon by the Chairperson:
Provided that six months shall not intervene between two consecutive meetings of the Central Council.
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(2) The Chairperson shall preside at every meeting of the Central Council at which he is present, and in his absence, the Secretary to the Government of India, Department of Rural Development shall preside.
(3) Not less than one-third of the members shall constitute the quorum for the meetings of the Central Council.
7. Procedure of the meetings.- (1) The Member-Secretary shall give at least fourteen clear days notice for a meeting of the Central Council, giving therein the date, time and place of the meeting.
(2) If the quorum in the meeting is not present, the Chairperson may postpone the meeting to another date and the Chairperson and the members present at the postponed meeting shall constitute the quorum.
(3) Every question brought before any meeting of the Central Council shall be decided upon by a majority of the members present and voting at the meeting before which the matter is brought and no member shall be allowed to vote by proxy.
(4) In the case of an equality of votes on any resolution or question, the Chairperson shall have a casting or a second vote.
(5) The Member-Secretary shall, within thirty days of a meeting, circulate the minutes of that meeting duly approved by the Chairperson.
8. Functions of the Central Council.- (1) The Central Council shall perform the duties and discharge the functions assigned to it under section
(2) The Central Council may, subject to such control and directions, authorise the Member-Secretary to deal with such financial and administrative matters for the day-to-day functioning.
(3) The Central Council shall lay down the systems and procedures for maintenance of its accounts and other records.
(4) The Member-Secretary shall be responsible for the custody and maintenance of the minutes book and other records of the Central Council and those of the Executive Committee.
9. Executive Committee.— (1) The Central Council shall constitute a Committee to be called the Executive Committee to assist it to discharge the duties and perform the functions assigned to it
(2) The" Executive Committee constituted under sub-rule (1) shall consist.of the following, namely:- 14 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA: EXTRAORDINARY {PART II—SEC. 30)1
(i) Secretary to the Government of India, Department of President;
Rural Development.
(ii) The Financial Advisor, Ministry of Rural Members;
Development; representative of the Ministry of Panchayati Raj and two Members who are Secretaries of State Governments nominated by the Chairperson of the Executive Committee.
<»i) Four non-official members of the Central Council to Members.
be nominated by the Chairperson of the Central Council.
(3) The Member-Secretary shall be the Member-Secretary of the Executive Committee.
10. Functions of the Executive Committee.- (1) Subject to the general superintendence and directions of the Central Council, the Executive Committee shall perform the following duties and functions, namely:-
(a) take steps to give effect to the decisions of the Central Council;
(b) manage the administrative and financial affairs of the Central Council;
(c) sanction expenditure in connection with the affairs of the Central Council;
(d) appoint expert groups for technical support and advice to improve the quality of implementation of the Act;
(e) exercise such powers an<j performs such functions as may be entrusted to it by the Central Council.
(2) The Executive Committee shall meet at least once in three months or more frequently, if required by the Central Council.
11 Technical Secretariat.- (1) The Central Council and the Executive Committee shall be assisted by a Technical Secretariat, which may be set up by the Central Government in accordance with these rules to provide logistic and technical support for the implementation of the provisions of the Act.
(2) The Technical Secretariat shall be headed by the Member-Secretary and persons of professional services enlisted on the basis of procedures, norms and terms decided by the Executive Committee.
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(3) The persons of professional services engaged for the Technical Secretariat shall pertain to services in functional areas specified in section
11.
12. Funds of the Central Council- (1) The Central Council shall meet its expenses in connection with its affairs and the functions entrusted to it under the Act or these rules from the annual grants released to it by the Ministry of Rural Development out of the National Employment Guarantee Fund.
(2) The funds of the Central Council shall be operated through a scheduled bank as approved by the Central Council.
[F. No, 24011/5/2005-SGRY(M)J AMITA SHARMA, Jt. Secy.
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