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Guidelines for speedy implementation of projects funded largely through NRI assistance under Plan Scheme CD 2.35 1. The High Level Committee constituted will control the funds allocated in the budget under plan Scheme CD 2.35. A part of the annual outlaycould be withdrawn and kept in a Nationalized Bank to release matching grants to NRIs who take up development activities in rural areas in right earnest. This is being done to encourage more funds to flow into rural areas from overseas. 2. The CNRI will keep a ready panel of certified engineers who could be Professors in the Punjab Technical University or Punjab University. The CNRI will ask the certified engineer from its panel to check the detailed estimates made by the NGO. The detaild estimates will be forwarded to a Committee headed by the concerned Deputy Commissioner. These projects would be put up to PUNRICD headed by the Chief Secretary, Punjab. 3. i) On clearance of the Projects by PUNRICD by the Chief Secretary, the Commissioner will transfer the funds (grants) to the concerned Deputy Commissioner. The NRI contribution should be availabe in the district. Thereafter the Deputy Commissioner of the concerned District will deposit the government share in a National Bank for making its further use for the completion of the project. PUNRICD will decide the quantum of the matching grant to be given to a particular project. ii) Certified engineer (from the CNRIs pannel) will provide technical assistance to the PUNRICD as well as to the DINRICD wherever required. The Engineer will be paid an honorarium. iii) All funds spent by the Government as well as by the NRI NGO would be audited by a Charted Accountants preferably from Doaba region from where maximum NRIs have migrated. 4. i) The PUNRICD headed by the CS will decide the quantum of Govt share. Atleast 50% contribution will be from the NRIs. After the PUNRICD approves the projects will be executed and completed under the strict supervision of the concerned NRI NGO. The NRI/NGO will spend its own money first.
The Deputy Commissioner and the DINRICD would make efforts to complete the projects as soon as possible or at least within a year from the date of release funds. It will be the responsibility of the concerned Deputy Commissioner to send the completion report of project to the PUNRICD. ii) The interest accrued from the amount deposited in the Bank shall be the part of the income of the project. iii) The concerned NRI/NGO will submit the details of accounts of expenditure to the DINRICD after getting it audited from the Chartered Accountant (of the pannel maintained by the CNRI). 5. The NGO NRI with the help of villagers would propose a maintenance committee for the village, which would decide the rate of user charges to be levied from each household as per the paying capacity of the individual for the service being rendered to them. This would precede the proposal's agreement on user charges submission to the PUNRICD and details of user charges etc would form an important part of the proposal. 6. Since the scheme has been formulated with a view to provide overall benefit of the general masses and overall community development of the area. government has decided that such projects will not be restricted to hospitals, libraries, drinking water, sewerage disposal, public latrine, street lights, sports stadium but other areas effecting the people of all walks of life can also be considered. 7. It will be the pretogative of the Department of NRI Affairs to inspect the standard and quality and progress of any ongoing project together with accounts as and when the Department feels so. The guidellines can be amended modified at any point of time with the prior approval of the PUNRICD. |