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 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 Instructions Memo No.369 / CPR & RE / G1 / 2021 Dt.22.11.2021

 Sub : - 

School Education Fifteenth Finance Commission grants 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 DO No. 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 , Gol , 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 :