Permission to Gram Panchayats to utilise 14th & 15th Finance Commission grants for maintenance and creation of basic infrastructure facilities in Primary/Upper Primary/Secondary/ Higher Secondary Schools Memo No.369/CPR&RE/G1/2021 Dt.22.11.2021

GOVERNMENT OF TELANGANA 0/0 THE COMMISSIONER, PANCHAYAT RAJ & RURAL EMPLOYMENT PANCHAYAT RAJ BHAVAN: HIMAYATNAGAR: HYDERABAD

Permission to Gram Panchayats to utilise 14th & 15th Finance Commission grants for maintenance and creation of basic infrastructure facilities in Primary/Upper Primary/Secondary/ Higher Secondary Schools Memo No.369/CPR&RE/G1/2021 Dt.22.11.2021

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Fifteenth Finance Commission grants School Education Department Permission to Gram Panchayats to utilise 14th & 15th Finance Commission grants for maintenance and creation of basic infrastructure facilities in Primary/Upper Primary/Secondary/ Higher Secondary Schools Instructions Issued - Reg.

Ref:- 

1. Govt. Memo No. 6365/SE. Prog. II/A2/2021 SE (PROG.II) Dept. Dt.27.10.2021.

2. From the Secretary, Ministry of Education, Department of School Education & Literacy, Gol, Shastri Bhavan, New Delhi and From the Secretary, Ministry of Panchayat Raj, GoI, New Delhi DONo. F.27-7/2021-IS-9 Dt.16.09.2021. 

3. From the Secretary, Ministry of Panchayat Raj, GoI, New Delhi and From the Secretary, Ministry of Rural Development, GoI, New Delhi DO. No.G-39011/2/2017-FD Dt.10.06.2020.

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Attention of all the Chief Executive Officers, ZPPs and the District Panchayat Officers is invited to the reference cited, wherein vide reference 2nd cited, the Secretary, Ministry of Education, Department of School Education & Literacy, GoI, New Delhi and the Secretary, Ministry of Panchayat Raj, GoI, New Delhi have informed that it has been decided that the Gram Panchayats be permitted to utilise 14th and 15th Finance Commission grants available with them for maintenance and creation/strengthening of basic infrastructure facilities in Primary/ Upper Primary/ Secondary/Higher Secondary Schools on priority such as:

(a) Maintenance of School buildings.

(b) Safe drinking water, piped water supply, hand washing units.

(c) Boys & Girls toilets along with urinals.

(d) Sanitary pad vending machines & incinerators

(e) Divyang friendly toilets, ramps and other accessibility features.

(f) Kitchen facilities and sheds for MDM, Kitchen gardens

(g) Functional electricity connection

(h) BharatNet Wi-Fi facilities

(i) Appropriate flooring in classrooms and toilets.

(j) Repair of school doors/windows/fixtures, boundary walls along with gate etc.

(k) Preparation and maintenance of playgrounds.

Also, installation of rain water harvesting system in school building as per "Catch the Rain Campaign" may be taken up on priority under 15th FC grants. It has also been informed that convergence of School Management Committee (SMC) with Gram Panchayats may also be done as suggested

below:

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