1. All
matters relating to-
(a)
acquisition
of land by the Urban Local Bodies
(b)
alienation
or lease of Municipal Properties: and
(c) lease of Nazool land for a period not
exceeding ten years wherever such land has been placed under the control of
local bodies for purposes of management under a general or special order of the
Government.
2. Administration
of the following Acts :-
(a) the
East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction Act, 1949 ;
(b) the
Indian Christian Marriage Act, 1872 ;
(c) the
Punjab Town Improvement Act, 1922 ;
(d) the
State Carriage Act, 1861 ;
(e) the
Punjab Sium Areas (Improvement and Clearance) Act, 1961 ;
(f) the
Punjab Water Supply and Sewerage Board Act, 1976 ;
(g) the
Punjab Municipal Act, 1911 ;
(h) the
Punjab Municipal Corporation Act, 1976 ;
(i) the
Punjab Municipal (Executive Officer) Act, 1931 ;
(j) the
Punjab Development of Damaged Area Act,
1951 ;
(k) the
Punjab Local Authorities Laws (Exercise
of Powers) Act, 1953 ;
(l) the
Local Authorities Loans Act, 1914; and
(m)
the
East Punjab Local Authorities (Restriction of Functions) Act, 1947
3. Local
Fund Audit.
4. Municipal Corporations, Municipal
Committees, Notified Areas Committees and Improvement Trusts.
5. Establishment
of Directorate of Local Government.
6. Slum
Clearance and Slum Development Schemes.
7. Fire
fighting.
8. Census.
9. Interim General Plans, Master Plans and
Regional Plans for the ring towns and other important towns in the State and
also the development of such towns.
10. Rendering technical advice to the
Municipal Committees and Improvement Trust in their town Planning Scheme.
11. Establishment
of the office of the Chief Town Planner, Punjab.
12. Miscellaneous
work connected with Town and Country Planning including legislative measures,
implementation of suggestions of All India Conference of State Ministers and
Annual Administration Reports etc,
1. Establishment
of the Directorate of Research and Medical Education, and all Professors,
Associate Professors, Assistant Professors, Senior Lecturers, Lecturers,
Registrars and Demonstrators at the Government Medical Colleges, Amritsar and
Patiala Guru Gobind Singh Medical College, Faridkot and the Government Dental
Colleges.
2. T.B.
Sanatorium, Amritsar.
3. Government
Medical College, Patiala.
4. Rajindra
Hospital, Patiala.
5. Guru
Gobind Singh Medical College, Faridkot.
6. Guru
Gobind Singh Hospital, Faridkot.
7. Government
Medical College, Amritsar.
8. Guru
Teg Bahadur Hospital, Amritsar.
9. Dental
College, Amritsar.
10. Dental
College and Hospital, Patiala.
11. Ayudvedic
College and Hospital. Patiala.
12. Medical
Education and Training of Nurses and Para-medical Staff.
13. The
Indian Council of Medical Research.
14. State
Medical Faculty, Medical registration including Medical Council of India
Central Dental Council.
15. The
Punjab Medical Council, the Punjab Nursing Council, the Punjab Dental Council,
the Punjab Pharmacy Council, the Punjab Ayudvedic Council and the Punjab
Homoeopathic Council-Registration of Doctors, Dentist, Nurses, Pharmacists,
Homeopaths and Vaids.
16. All
matters relating to the administration of the following Acts and Rules made
thereunder :-
(a)
the
Indian Medical degree Act, 1916 ;
(b)
the
Punjab Anatomy Act, 1963; and
(c)
the
Punjab Corneal Grafting Act, 1963 .
17. Private
medical Colleges and hospitals :
-Christian Medical College and Brown
Hospital, Ludhiana.
-Dayanand Medical College and
Hospital, Ludhiana.
18. Grant-in-aid
to private medical colleges and teaching hospitals and aushadhalgyas.
19. Admissions
to all the Medical and Dental Colleges, including private and the Ayudvedic
College, Patiala.
DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL AND
ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS
(A) PERSONNEL POLICIES
1. Formulation
of policy regarding personnels and service matters.
2. All
matters relating to :-
(i)
the
Punjab Civil Services (Promotion of Stenographers and Steno-typists) Rules,
1961
(ii)
the
Punjab Civil Services (Appointment by Promotion) Rules, 1962 ;
(iii) the Punjab State (Class IV) Service Rules, 1963 ;
(iv) the Government Employees Conduct Rules, 1966 ;
(v) The
Punjab Civil Services (Punishment and Appeal) Rules, 1970 ;
(vi)
the
Punjab Civil Services (Premature Retirement) Rules, 1975 ; and
(vii)
the
Assistant Grade Examination Rules, 1984.
3. All
matters and procedure relating to the retirement and promotion of officers
whose conduct is the subject of enquiry and matters connected therewith.
4. Policy
regarding :
(i) promotion
of Class IV employees to Class III posts ;
(ii) appointment, promotion, posting and
tenure etc. of Heads of Department including their confirmation ;
(iii) creation and declaration of posts of Heads
of Department s including change in nomenclature ;
(iv) departmental tests and examinations ;
(v) private employment or employment in other
Departments of Punjab Government or under other Governments, sought by the
Government employees ;
(vi) representation and memorials by Government servants ;
(vii) convcrsiol1 of temporary posts into permanent ones ;
(viii) recognition of Association of Government employees ;
(ix) exgratia grant and other facilities for
families of Government employees who die while on duty;
(x) naming
of places and institutions after Government employees ;
(xi) grant of permission to Government
employees for the acquisition of higher qualifications ;
(xii) employment of Class IV employees as domestic servants ;
(xiii)
concession
to Government employees who learn foreign languages;
(xiv)
grant
of advance increments, incentives and awards to Government employees;
(xv) punctuality in office attendance ;
(xvi) holidays, working hours, casual leave,
earned leave and special casual leave etc. ;
(xvii) deputation of Government employees ;
(xviii) travel concession to Government employees ;
(xix) maintenance of service books and personal files ;
(xx) alteration in the date of birth of Government employees ;
(xxi) change of name of Government employees ;
(xxii)
fixation of joining time in case of
candidates recommended by the Punjab Public Service Commission and Punjab
Subordinate Services Selection Board etc. ;
(xxiii) regularisation of services of adhoc employees :
(xxiv) classification of offices ;
(xxv)
classification
of services, and declaration of posts as gazetted and non-gazetted; and
(xxvi)
employment
of near relatives of Government employees in private undertakings enjoying
Government patronage.
5. References
from other Department to be submitted to the Chief Minister as required under
Rules of Business of the Government of Punjab relating to appointments,
transfers, Postings, and disciplinary matters, including appointments etc. to
the posts of Chairmen, Managing Director of Public Sector Undertakings,
Corporations and Boards etc.
6. All
matters relating to the Punjab Public Service Commission, the Subordinate
Services Selection Board and any other Recruitment Committee or Agency or
otherwise.
7.
Exclusion of posts from the purview of the Punjab Public Service Commission and
Punjab Subordinate Services Selection Board as an exception to the general
policy of recruitment.
8. Postings
and transfers including inter-departmental transfers under Rule 3.17 (of the
Punjab Civil Services Rules, Volume I, Part I.
9. Framing
of Model Service Rules and scrutiny of Service Rules framed by various
Departments.
10. Formulation
and amendment of Confidential Rolls Rules and policy regarding annual confidential reports of Government employees.
11.
Priority lists for various categories
of persons for employment in State Services.
12. Compilation
of instructions issued from time to time on service matters.
13. Matters relating to release of benefits to
the families of deceased Government employees.
14. Demands
of Government employees.
15. All
matters relating to the absorption of surplus staff of Government Departments
and quasi-Government organisations and Public Sector Undertakings.
16. Pay
Commission-Appointment, terms and conditions thereof.
17. Matters
concerning representation of Punjab in Chandigarh Administration.
18. Conferment
of Secretariat status on Heads of Executive Departments.
19. State
Administrative Tribunal.
(B) ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS
1. All
matters relating to-
(i) administrative reorganisation
and streamlining of administration
(ii) reports of Administrative Reforms Commission ;
(iii) improvements in office procedures and systems ;
(iv) Indian Institute of Public Administration;
(v) maintenance
and retention of records ;
(vi) implementation of the decision of the
Cabinet Sub-Committee regarding delegation of powers to the Heads of
Departments and Heads of District level Officers in respect of Service matters
and to give suggestions in regard to the suitable amendments in the relevant
rules.
(C) TRAINING
1. All
matters relating to -
(i) the
Punjab State Institute of Public Administration;
(ii) the training of officers belonging to the
Indian Administrative Service, the Indian Police Service and other officers;
and
(iii) the training of probationers belonging to
the Indian Administrative Service, the Indian Police Service and the Punjab
Civil Service.
(D)
ESTABLISHMENT MATTERS
1. Indian
Administrative Service and Punjab Civil Services (Executive Branch) cadre
fixation and review of and creation of posts in various scales.
2. All
matters relating to the establishment of the Indian Administrative Services and
Punjab Civil Services.
3. Rules
and Regulations concerning Indian Administrative Services and other All India
Services.
4. Maintenance
of Character Rolls of the members of the India Administrative Services and
Punjab Civil Services (executive Branch). Officers-issue of appreciation
letters and communication of adverse remarks.
5. Preparation
of Select List of members of the Punjab Civil Services, and Officers of other
services serving in the State, for appointment to the Indian Administrative
Service.
6. Maintenance
of property returns of the members of the Indian Administrative Services and
the Punjab Civil Services Officers and grant of permission to them for the sale
or purchase of property.
7. Conferment
of powers on the members of the Indian Administrative Services and the Punjab
Civil Services Officers.
8. Grant
of casual leave to Divisional Commissioners and Administrative
Secretaries-Approval of tour programme of Divisional Commissioners.
9. Deputation
of the members of the Indian Administrative Services and the Punjab Civil
Services to Government of India, other state Governments, autonomous bodies and
to foreign countries.
10. All
matters relating to the Departmental examination conducted by the Central
Committee of Examinations.
11. Grant
of permission to the Commissioners and Deputy Commissioners to leave
headquarters for attending meeting(s) at Chandigarh.
12. Maintenance
and circulation of lists of Administrative Secretaries in Punjab.
13. All
work relating to salaries etc. of officers belonging to the Indian
Administrative Services and Punjab Civil Services (Executive Branch) which was
previously done by the office of the Accountant General.
14. Matters
relating to Liaison Officers at Delhi and Calcutta.
15. Matters
relating to the Resident Representative of Punjab in New Delhi.
16. Re-employment
of the members of the Indian Administrative Services after the age of
superannuation.
17. Appointment
of the members of the Indian Administrative Services as arbitrators concerning
cases of various Government Departments and Autonomous Bodies.
(E)
ADVISORY COUNCILS
11. All matters relating to
:-
(i)
Sub-montane
Areas Advisory Council;
(ii)
Boarder
Areas Advisory Council ;
(iii) Bet Areas Advisory Council;
including concerning of their regular meetings
and pursuit of action thereon with the concerned Departments.
(A) PLANNING
1. All
matters relating to the formulation follow up, appraisal and re-adjustment of:-
(i) Annual
Plans and Five Year Plans; and
(ii) Sub-Plans for sub-montanus, bet, border and any other special
areas.
2. All
matters relating to the formulation of long-term development perspectives for
the Punjab economy.
3. Declaration
of backward areas or any other special areas.
4. All
matters relating to the Punjab State Planning Board.
5. All
matters relating to the coordination of Plans of the Administrative
Departments.
6. All
matters concerning State Government business With the Planning Commission,
Government of India.
7. Computerisation
in Punjab Government Offices.
8. All
matters relating to the Border Area Development Programme including
coordination work relating to the integrated development of the areas adjoining
the Western Border of the Country.
(B) ECONOMIC AND STATISTICAL
ORGANISATION
1. All
matters relating to the collection, compilation and analysis of socio-economic
data.
2. All
matters concerning preparation of the Annual Economic Survey of the Punjab
Economy.
3. Tendering
of advice to the Government on economic and statistical matters
4. All
matters relating to the coordination of statistical activities of various
Departments.
1. Establishment
of the Printing and Stationery Department.
2. Copy
right.
3. Extension
of Post and Telegraph and Telephone facilities.
4. Printing
of Government work.
5. Procurement
and supply of stationery.
6. Hiring
and purchase of typewriters, word processing machines, duplicators,
photocopiers and FAX machines.
7. Policy
regarding supply of uniforms and liveries to Government employees and drivers
of Government vehicles (except the drivers of the Punjab Roadways).
8. Supply
of Government publications and the Official Gazette.
1. To
coordinate and monitor all economic programme including the 20-Point
Socio-economic Programme.
2. To
identify problem areas in the implementation of new projects and in the
functioning of existing projects, and suggest remedial measures to optimise
production and efficiency.
3. All
matters relating to liaison with the Economic Departments of Government of
India and other State Government.
1. Matters
relating to investment by the Government to Punjab in the Public Sector
Undertakings and Apex Co-operative Societies, including setting up of new
Public Sector Undertakings.
2. All
matters relating to the Audit Reports of the Public Sector Undertakings
including matters concerning the Committee on Public Sector Undertakings of the
Punjab Vidhan Sabha, Accountant General and the Comptroller and Auditor General
of India.
3. Review
and evaluation of the working of the Public Undertakings including scrutiny of
the balance sheet and the annual accounts.
(A) BUILDINGS AND ROADS WING
1. Construction and maintenance of State
Buildings and their transfer from one Department to another Department.
2. Construction and maintenance of
buildings on behalf of other Departments (except for the maintenance of
buildings of Police Department).
3. Acquisition
of land for construction of buildings and roads.
4. Settlement of claims of contractors.
5. Construction and maintenance of
National Highways on behalf of the Government of India.
6. Construction of Maintenanance of all
roads in the State (except those owned by the local bodies within municipal
limits) bridges, ferries, tunnels, ropeways, causeways, strategic roads,
tectrical roads, Border Area roads etc,
7. Road
Development Board.
8. Shipping and navigation including inland
water ways and traffic thereon except navigation and traffic on canals.
9. Tolls levied by the State Government in
connection with State subjects other than tolls levied by Local Bodies.
10. Follow up with the Ministry of Railways in
regard to development of railways and other facilities provided by the Ministry
of Railways.
11. All
suits relating to Railways against the Government of India.
(B) PUBLIC HEALTH WING
1. Construction and maintenance of Public
Health facilities in Government buildings.
2. Construction and maintenance of Public
Health facilities in buildings on behalf of other Departments and acquisition
of land for these facilities (water supply, sanitation and sewerage) in
buildings or Projects where such acquisition is not covered by Buildings and
Roads Branch.
3. Settlement
of claims of contractors relating to such works.
4. Accelerated Rural Water Supply Programme
and National Drinking Water Supply Technology Mission for rural areas.
5. Environmental Improvement Schemes and
Low Cost Sanitation Programme in Scheduled Castes beasties.
6. Rural
Water Supply Schemes.
7. Deposit works of local authorities and
other public sector organizations in the areas of water supply, sanitation,
storm water, sewerage disposal. drainage etc.
8. Investigation and surveying the water
supply and sewerage requirements for rural areas.
9. Execution
of Low Cost Sanitation works in rural areas.
(C) ARCHITECTURE WING
1. Tendering of advice on architectural
matters to all Departments of the State Government through the agency of
Central Architectural Organization.
2. All
work connected with the office of the Chief Architect Punjab.
1. Entertainment of all kinds of complaints
from public against the State Government Departments and State undertakings.
2. Constitution of District Public
Grievances Committee and nomination members to such Committees.
3. Framing of policies regarding redressal
of public grievances and machinery thereof including-.
(i) advice and suggestions to the Heads of
Departments and Deputy Commissioners to set up arrangement for quick disposal
of public grievances;
(ii) inquiries suo moto in cases of undue delay or those of urgent
nature.
(iii) study of cases of major grievances and
proposing remedies where possible.
(A) REVENUE
1. All matters pertaining to Land Revenue
and its administration including its assessment, collection and accounts,
remission, collection of rents etc. and audit.
2. Recovery of other Government dues
declared recoverable as arrears of Land Revenue.
3. All
matters relating to Agricultural Income Tax, Wealth Tax and Estate Duty.
4. Surveys
for preparation of Land Records and its maintenance.
5. All matters relating to settlements,
settlement staff and Alluvion and Dhilluvion Rules.
6. All
matters relating to the administration of the following Acts :
(i) the
Court Fees Act, 1870;
(ii) the Punjab Tenancy Act, 1887 ;
(iii) the Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887;
(iv) the Land Acquisition Act, 1894;
(v) the
Indian Stamp Act, 1899;
(vi) the Punjab Minor Canals Act, 1905 ;
(vii) the Registration Act, 1908 ;
(viii) the Punjab Redemption of Mortgage Act, 1913 ;
(ix) the Punjab Copying
Fees Act, 1936;
(x) the
Punjab Restitution of Mortgage Act, 1938 ;
(xi) the East Punjab Holdings (Consolidation
and Prevention of Fragmenta) Act, 1948 ;
(xii) the East Punjab War Awards Act, 1948;
ORDER
The 12th August 1994.
No.1/13/91-GC(2)/10009- In exercise of the powers conferred by clauses (2) and (3) of article 166 of the Constitution of India, and all other powers enabling me in this behalf, I, Sudhakar Panditrao Kurdukar, Governor of Punjab, hereby make the following amendment in the Government of Punjab, Allocation of Business Rues, 1994, namely :
1. These
rules may be called the Government of Punjab, Allocation of Business (First Amendment)
Rules, 1994.
2. In
the Government of Punjab, Allocation of Business Rules, 1994, in the Schedule :
(a)
Under
the heading “Department of Revenue and Rehabilitation” under sub heading “(A)
revenue” in Serial No.6, item (XII) and the entries relating thereto shall be
omitted; and
(b)
Under
the heading “Department of Defence Services Welfare”, after Serial No.16 and
the entries relating thereto, the following serial No. and entries shall be
added, namely :
“17. All matter relating to the administration of
East Punjab War Awards Act, 1948.”
Dated, Chandigarh
7th August, 1994.
Sudhakar Panditrao Kurdukar
Governor of Punjab
(xiii) the East Punjab Utilisation of Land Act, 1949;
(xiv) the Requisitioning and Acquisition of
Immovable Property Act, 1952 (No.XXX of 1952);
(xv) the Punjab Security of Land Tenures Act, 1953 ;
(xvi) the Punjab Requisitioning and Acquisition of
Immovable Property Act, 1953;
(xvii) the Bhoodan Yajna Act, 1955 ;
(xviii) the Pepsu Tenancy and Agricultural Act, 1955 ;
(xix) the Punjab Resumption of Jagirs Act,1957;
(xx) the Punjab Land Reforms Act, 1973 ;
(xxi) the Punjab Pubic Premise:; Land Eviction and Rent Recovery Act,
1973;
(xxii) the Punjab Commercial Crops Cess Act, 1974; and
(xxiii) the Punjab Package Deal Properties (Disposal) Act, 1976.
7. Land
Administration Reports.
8. All
matters relating to land holdings Census fragmentation.
9. Survey
and record of land affected by water-logging thur and sem.
10. All
matters under the following heads:-
(a)
Customary Law
(b) Court
of Wards;
(c) Jagirs and Muafis;
(d)
Dharamarth lands and properties of the erstwhile Pepsu State :
(e) Grant-in-aid to religious institutions
and incurring of expenditure construction or repairs of places of worship; and
(f) Establishment
of Dharamarth Staff.
11. Construction of accommodation for
Government offices, including offices-cum-residence complexes at the Divisional,
District, Tehsil and Sub-Tehsil level.
12. Construction
and repairs of Patwar Khanas.
13. Lease,
sale etc. of Governn1ent Lands and encroachments thereon.
14. Administration
of waste land and their lease etc.
15. Transfer
of land from one Department of Government to another .
16. All
matters concerning Escheats, Nazool land and properties.
17. Preparation and revision of District
Gazetteers including the establishment of the Gazetteers Organisation.
18. Finalisation of work under section 5 of
the Punjab land Revenue Act, 1887 and work connected with the re-organisation
of Divisions, Districts, Tehsils and Sub Tehsils including transfer of
villages from one such unit to another .
19. All
matters concerning inter-state Boundaries.
20. Preparation of District, Village
Directories and changes of names of Districts, Towns, Villages etc.
21. Calamities
Relief Fund.
22. All
matters relating to the--
(i) Establishment
of Financial Commissioner's Office :
(ii) establishment of District and Division
including Sub-Divisional and Tehsil Office staff:
(iii) establishment of Directorate of Consolidation of Holdings,
Punjab :
(iv) establishment of Directorate of Land Records, Punjab ;
(v) establishment
of Patwaris and Kanungoes Mahals;
(vi) Patwar Schools: and
(vii) establishment of the District Revenue
Officers, Tehsildars and Naib -Tehsildars.
23. Report
on Agricultural Wages Survey.
24. Maintenance
and Administration of Civil Redt Houses.
25. Provision
relating to registration only under the Transfer of Property Act.
(B) REHABILITATION
1. Administration,
management, leasing out and allotment of acquired evacuee property, viz., land,
houses, gardens and horticultural plots in garden colonies situated in rural
areas.
2. All
matters relating to the administration of Rajpura township.
3. All
matters concerning conferment of ownership right in respect of land, houses;
gardens and horticultural plots,
situated in rural areas.
4. All
matters relating to the acquisition of evacuee land for public purposes
required by the Departments of Government, local bodies or private bodies.
5. Exchange
and comparison of record with Pakistan.
6. Grant
of financial assistance to disrupted educational institutions and displaced
students for prosecuting their studies in various institutions both in India
and abroad.
7. Internal
audit of various kinds of loans, accounts and financial assistance maintained
in different offices.
8. Quasi-judicial
cases arising out of allotment of land, houses, gardens and horticultural plots
in garden colonies and conferment of ownership rights and composite properties.
9. Recovery,
postponement, remission and write-off of various kinds of rural and urban loans
and realisation of other rehabilitation dues.
10. Separation
of evacuee interest in composite properties.
11. All
other matters connected with the rehabilitation of displaced persons, composite
and acquired properties.
12. Disposal
of surplus rural and urban evacuee properties transferred by the Government of
India to State Government by two package deals for disposal.
(C) RELIEF AND RESETTLEMENT
1. Grant
of relief to and settlement of -
(i) persons
uprooted from war-affected areas ;
(ii) persons including Special Police Officers
and Home Guard, affected by terrorist violence, or during the course of
operations by the security forces in aid of civil authorities, or by mob action
;
(iii) persons affected during November, 1984 riot, ;
(iv) Jodhpur detenues and misguided youth;
(v) J
& K migrants;
(vi) persons affected by violence in Punjab in
the aftermath or Ayodhya incidents - and demolition of Babri Masjid on 6th
December, 1992; and
(vii) any other special category of persons as
may be notified by the Government from time to time.
1. All
matters relating to the administration of the following, Acts and Rules
framed thereunder, namely: -
(i) the
Punjab Gram Panchayat Act, 1952;
(ii) the Punjab Village Common Lands (Regulation) Act, 1961 ;
(iii) the Punjab Panchayat Samiti and Zila Prishads Act, 1961 ;
(iv) the Punjab Cattle Fairs (Regulation) Act, 1967;
(v) the Punjab Gram Panchayat (Common
Purposes Land) Eviction and Rent Recovery Act, 1976; and
(vi) the Punjab Panchayat Samitis and Zila
Parishads {Temporary Supersession) Act, 1978.
2. Establishment
and budget of the Directorate of Panchayats and Panchayati Raj including the
provision of budget of staff provided out of the cadre strength of the Financial Commissioner's office.
3. All
matters relating to-
(i) the allocation of assets. and
liabilities of the, District Boards among the Zila Prishads and Panchayat
Samitis ;
(ii) construction of buildings and houses for office and staff;
(iii) management and development of Shamlat
lands and eviction of unauthorized occupants from urban common lands;
(iv) complaints and enquiries against Panches and Sarpanches;
(v) disciplinary action against Panchayat
Samitis and Zila Prishads and their Members;
(vi) Panchayats, Panchayat Samitis and Zila Prishads Elections;
(vii) finances of the Panchayat Samitis and Zila Prishads;
(viii) implementation of various development schemes in the block;
(ix) institutional and non-institutional
training of non-official Panches and Sarpanches, Member Chairman and Vice-Chairman
of Panchayat Samitis and Zila Prishads, Members of Parliament and Members of
Legislative Assembly;
(x) Local
rate and allied matters ;
(ix) location of Block Headquarters and
demarcation and redemarcation of boundaries of the block;
(xii) construction and location of Primary Health Centres in Blocks ;
(xiii) minor flood protection works such as Bunds and Drains;
(xiv) focal points for rural infrastructure development;
(xv) statistical evaluation;
(xvi) Panchayat Samitis and Zila Prishads ;
(xvii) study tours of non-officials at all India State Block Levels;
(xviii) Seminars and Sammelans ;
(xix) taxes and fees levied by the Panchayat Samitis;
(xx) training of young farmers and village
leaders and organisations of farmers clubs (both sexes); and
(xxi) training institutions of the Department of
Rural Development and Panchayats.
4. Discretionary.
grants by Ministers.
5. Sramdan.
6. Community
Development Movement.
7. All
matters relating to:
(i) village Housing Project Schemes and State
Rural Housing Cell;
(ii) village Volunteer Force;
(iii) Integrated Rural Development Programme and
Schemes framed thereunder ;
(iv) evaluation of the work of Rural Development Society.
8. Rural
Landless Employment Guarantee Programme and scheme framed thereunder.
9. National
Rural Employment Programme and schemes framed thereunder.
10. National
Project of improved Chullas.
11. Integrated
Rural Energy Planning Programme.
All matters relating to -
(i) the
identification of new techno1ogy for agriculture and industry;
(ii) arrangements for processing the new technology;
(iii) liaison with Research Institutions,
National Laboratories, Universities and Department of Science and Technology of
the Government of India ;
(iv) the dissemination of information with
regard to new technology in different fields, in the State ;
(v) policy and implementation with regard to
planning and development of renewable and non conventional sources of energy
including collection of sewerage, agro-wastes and residues and sullage ;
(vi)
policy
of incentives for non-conventional power projects including solar and co
generated/recycled energy projects; and
(vii)
energy
management and energy conservation measures and programmes.
2. All
matters relating to -
(i)
the
Punjab Energy Development Agency;
(ii)
The
Punjab Pollution Control Board ; and
(iii) The Punjab State Council for Science and Technology
3. All
matters relating to the administration of the following Acts :-
(i) the
Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution)
Act, 1974 .
(ii) the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution ) Act, 1981 ;
(iii) the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986.
4. Planning , Coordination and monitoring
of environment schemes in the State.