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RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE TASK FORCE CONSTITUTED UNDER THE CHAIRPERSONSHIP OF SMT NILAM SAWHNEY, JOINT SECRETARY, MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOR EXAMINING VARIOUS ISSUE RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION OF IAY HOUSES PARTICULARLY RELATING TO IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF IAY HOUSES AND TO UNDERSTAND THE BEST PRACTICES FOLLOWED ACROSS THE STATES IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF IAY

  1. Design & quality of the House


    2. 1.1   Efforts should be made to ensure that the IAY house is a pucca one with permanent walls and permanent roofing. The permanent nature of the walls and roofing shall be determined in a manner such that the house:

           (i) Is able to withstand the weather conditions of the place throughout the year
           (ii) Has minimum level of disaster resistant technology to be able to withstand minor earthquakes, cyclone, floods etc.
          (iii) Have walls that are plastered at least externally to ensure durability.

    1.2  It is also desirable that the IAY house have:

          (i) Adequate space for pursuing livelihood activities;
          (ii) A verandah;
          (iii) Stair case to go to the top of the house;
          (iv) Rain water harvesting system

    1.3  Each State Government is required to finalise type designs for the IAY house along with technical and material specifications based on the above principles. It is not necessary to have only one type design and one state can adopt more than one type designs depending upon local conditions. The type designs once finalized by the State Government will be required to be communicated to the Central Government for information and record.

    1.4  It is essential that for all the type designs approved by the State Government, the State Government takes responsibility and trains sufficient number of masons and other mechanics for execution of the house as per the type designs. Similarly, the State Government shall also have a programme to ensure that sufficient tools and materials required for construction of the houses as per type design like centering material etc. are available in each district for execution of the IAY houses. The systematic education programme shall not only train the masons but also the beneficiaries.

  2. Spatial spread of the programme


    3. 2.1  As far as possible, the States shall follow the cluster approach to facilitate better supervision, convergence of schemes and economies in purchase. For this purpose, all the villages in a district/block may be divided into three groups and each group of villages may be provided funds every year. In this way, all the villages will be covered in three years. Thereafter first group of villages may again be taken up in the fourth year if there is still housing shortage, and so on.
  3. Unit cost


    4. 3.1  As soon as the beneficiary is finalized under IAY for sanction by the District Collector/DM/DC, on the consent of the beneficiary, a application form will be filled up simultaneously by the DRDA/concerned implementing agency for loan under DRI Scheme. All IAY applications for loan facility under DRI Scheme shall be forwarded to the concerned service area bank. The concerned bank should be given a time limit of (30 days) to accept the application or reject the application, giving reasons. The access to DRI scheme should be appropriately reviewed in DLCC/BLCC and separately by the DRDA and District Collector for necessary action.
  4. Basic amenities


    5. 4.1  In addition to providing sanitary latrine in every house by dovetailing funds from Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC), IAY scheme should also have convergence with DWS for providing drinking water, with Rajiv Gandhi Gramin Vidyutikaran Yojana for providing free electricity connection, with Insurance companies for Jan Shree/Aam Admi Bima and beneficiaries should be encouraged to use clean fuel as well as have kitchen gardens.
  5. Release of Funds


    6. 5.1  The funds should be released either in two or three instalments. Ideally, the funds should be distributed to the beneficiaries in two instalments, first instalment with the sanction order and the second instalment when the construction reaches the lintel level. It is critical that each State Government clearly define the stage-wise payment system along with the system to be in place for verification of the stage of construction. Each State Government may operationalize a computerized information system for recording of the stage of construction and the release of funds.
  6. Technical Supervision, Monitoring and Transparency


    7. 6.1  Technical supervision shall be provided at least at the foundation and the roof laying stages.

    6.2  The Government of India has already entrusted the responsibility of developing computerized information system which will enable not only monitoring of the timely execution of the work but also the stage-wise progress and disbursement of funds. The State Governments shall operationalize the software as soon as it is developed.

    6.3  In addition, it is suggested that to deal with complaints, an effective complaint Monitoring System with adequate staff should be set up at the state level which can visit, independent of the regular execution wing and give a report to the implementing agencies about the short-comings/shortfalls, for effective redressal.

    6.4  System of social auditing of the Scheme shall be introduced by the State Governments.

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