Schedule II

(See Section 145) GENERAL It shall be the duty of the Taluk Panchayat to meet the requirements of the Taluk Panchayat area in respect of the matters enumerated in this Schedule II and also as elaborated in activity mapping in respect of Taluk Panchayats subject to availability of funds. Subject to the other provisions of this Act and the direction of the Government, the Taluk Panchayat shall have power to administer the matters enumerated in this Schedule II and to prepare and implement the schemes on the subject specified therein for the economic development and social justice purposes. 1. General Functions: (i) Preparation of the annual plans in respect of the schemes entrusted to it by virtue of the Act and those assigned to it by the Government or the Zilla Panchayat and submission thereof to the Zilla Panchayat within the prescribed time for integration with the district plan. (ii) Consideration and consolidation of the annual plans of all the Grama Panchayats in the taluk and submission of the consolidated plan to the Zilla Panchayat. (iii) Preparation of annual budget of the Taluk Panchayat and its submission within the prescribed time to the Zilla Panchayat. (iv) Performing such functions and executing such works as may be entrusted to it by the Government or the Zilla Panchayat. (v) Providing relief in natural calamities. 2. Agriculture, Horticulture and Sericulture,- (i) Conducting general and technical training at the Gram Panchayat level for the preparation and execution of a comprehensive village agricultural and horticultural plan. Promotion and development of agriculture and Horticulture. (ii) Maintenance of agricultural seed farms (including Horticultural nursery). (iii) Conducting agricultural exhibitions, of vegetables, fruits and flowers. (iv) Providing tehnical support through technical personnel and by conducting training, propagation of inclusion of improved methods of cultivation, training of farmers. (v) Recommend need based establishment of Godowns and cold storages, facilitate taluk level agriculture cooperative societies and agriculture market and maintenance of infrastructure at taluk level (vi) Consolidation of data collected by grama panchayats, preparation for taluk level plans of agriculture production and marketing (vii) Storing and distribution of insecticides and pesticides. 3. Minor Irrigation (i) Assisting the Government and Zilla Panchayat in the construction and maintenance of minor irrigation works. (ii) Implementation of community and individual irrigation works. 4. Animal Husbandary, diary, poultry farm and Fisheries (i) Maintenance of primary veterinary centres in the taluk. first aid centers and mobile veterinary dispensaries. (ii) Providing vaccines, medicines, medical aid to Gram Panchayats to take preventive measures to control epidemics and contagious diseases. (iii) Providing technical experts support and conducting trainings to the farmers. (iv) Improvement of breed of cattle, poultry and other live stock. (v) Encourage promotion of cooperative societies for the activities of animal husbandry, Dairy, Poultry farm and fisheries 5. Social Forestry: (i) Produce and distribute saplings and seedlings to Gram Panchayat when required, Promotion of farm forestry. (ii) Conducting trainings, workshops for providing technical knowledge to Gram Panchayat, fodder development and fuel plantation. (iii) Planting and maintenance of trees on the sides of roads and other public lands under its control. 6.Tourism (i) Identification and proposing development of inter Grama Panchayats tourist spots in taluks. (ii) Promotion of tourism activities. (iii) Providing basic amenities at tourist centers entrusted to Taluk Panchayat. (iv) Development and maintenance of tourist attractions entrusted to Taluk Panchayat. 7. Small scale and rural industries –khadi, handicrafts,village industries and food processing industries (i) Establishment and promotion of support mechanism for cottage and khadi industries, handicrafts, village industries, food processing industries and other non agricultural activities. (ii) Organization of conferences, seminars and training programmes and agricultural and industrial exhibition. (iii) Establishment of mini industrial estates. (iv) Formulation and implementation of self employment schemes. (v) Creation of input service and common facility centres for Gram Panchayat clusters or for group of Gram Panchayats. (vi) Providing financial support to cluster level common facility centres (vii) Management of common facility centres in block or hobli level 8. Rural Housing (i) Implementation of housing scheme and distribution of sites in villages outside gramathana limits. (ii) Adopting appropriate low cost housing technologies and dissemination among the Gram Panchayats. (iii) Rendering technical assistance and inputs to Gram Panchayats. (iv) Promotion of taluk level housing cooperative societies 9. Drinking Water Supply (i) Prevention and control of water pollution. (ii) Construction and maintenance of drinking water supply systems beyond Gram Panchayats. (iii) Providing inputs and technical support to Gram Panchayats for implementing drinking water supply. 10. Town and country planning and Public Works (Roads, bridges, ford, water ways and other connecting ways) (i) Planning, construction and maintenance multi Gram Panchayat level and taluk level (a) -Roads (b) –Footpaths, lanes (c) -Taluk roads (d) -Bridges, Culverts (e) -Buildings (f) -Drainages (g) Which are not under control of any other local authority or State or Central Government. (ii) Maintenance of any building or other property vested in Taluk Panchayats, boats, ferries and water ways within multi Gram Panchayats. (iii) Planning, construction, and maintenance of high school buildings, taluk hospitals and other taluk level public institutions which are under the control of Taluk Panchayats. 11. Rural electrification, power and energy (i) Coordinating with power supply to ensure quality and uninterrupted power supply during prime crop seasons and on special occasions (ii) Planning, establishment and maintenance of appropriate scale conventional and non- conventional energy units. (iii) Sale of conventional and non-conventional energy to others 12. Poverty alleviation : (i) Providing technical inputs to Gram Panchayats to implement poverty alleviation programmes (ii) Providing infrastructure facilities for self-employment programmes at taluk level, facilitate credit linkage for self Help groups, JLGs and individuals under all Government programmes. 13. Public Distribution System (PDS) Distribution of essential commodities 14. Disaster management Conducting training to Gram Panchayat and Taluk Panchayat level functionaries in disaster management programmes 15. Education (primary and high school education, technical and professional education, adult and informal education) (i) Promotion of adult literacy. (ii) Planning and monitoring both conventional and non conventional education at Taluk level. (iii) Forwarding of proposals and getting sanctions from competent authority for the establishment Of high schools (iv) Coordination of centrally and state sponsored programmes relating to education (v) Construction and maintenance of government primary and High school buildings at taluka level. (vi) Providing necessary support like supply of books, study materials, training inputs to schools at Gram Panchayat Level. (vii) Promotion of social education through youth clubs ad mahila mandals. (viii) Planning, establishment, management of ashram schools, hostel schools at primary school level for backward class and groups, girls, specially disabled and for minority groups and orphanages. 16. Libraries (i) Planning, and monitoring of TP level libraries and reading rooms (ii) Upgradation of libraries 17. Sports and Cultural Activities (i) Promotion of rural artisans and vocational training (ii) Setting up platform for art and cultural teams including youth to exhibit their talent (iii) Conducting youth mela at taluk level (iv) Establishment of taluk level youth centre for youth (v) Establishment and maintenance of play fields at taluk level 18. Market and fair including cattle fairs; (i) Establishment and management of taluk level public markets (ii) Regulation and conducting fair and festivals at taluk level including cattle fair (iii) Creation of infrastructure and promotion of marketing of products of self help groups and JLGs 19. Public health (health including hospitals, PHCs) and family welfare (i) Forwarding of proposals and getting sanctions from competent authority for the establishment of primary health centre and taluk hospitals (ii) Promotion of immunization and vaccination programmes. (iii) Monitoring of primary health centre and taluk hospitals (iv) Establishment of a system / mechanism for continuous support to Gram Panchayat to manage health services and sanitation programmes (v) Setting up facilities and centres for the care of special categories, specially disabled and mentally disabled people (vi) Monitoring of Taluk Panchayat level laboratories and investigation service and providing them to Gram Panchayats. (vii) Planning and implementation of family welfare programmes at Taluk Panchayat level 20. Sanitation (i) Promotion of health and sanitation at fairs and festivals. (ii) Establishment and maintenance of multi village solid and liquid waste management plants (iii) Provide technical support to Gram Panchayats. 21. Women and Child Welfare, specially disabled and mentally challenged (i) Planning, implementation and monitoring of Integrated Child Development Schemes programmes at taluk level. (ii) Promotion, implementation and monitoring of programmes in relation to development and empowerment of women and children at taluk level. (iii) Promotion and monitoring of school health and nutrition programmes. 22. Scheduled castes, Scheduled tribes and Other Backward caste development (i) Planning and management of hostels for Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes and backward communities, Ashrama schools at Taluk and lower level (ii) Planning and management of pre-metric hostels. (iii) To prevent social, cultural practices against Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes and backward communities which undermine freedom and dignity of individual and also community. (iv) Monitoring of old age, widow pensions and pension for handicapped (v) Social Welfare Programmes including welfare of handicapped mentally retarded and destitutes. 23. Construction and maintenance of cattle farms, car, autorickshaw and bus stands, cart stands Construction and maintenance of taluk bus stands car, auto and bus stands, cart stands outside municipal limits of other local bodies 24. Management of statistics Consolidation of taluk statistics 25. Planning (i) Formation of Taluk level planning committee to consolidate planning received from Gram Panchayats, preparation of taluk level plan, approval and submission to Zilla Panchayat. (ii) Providing technical experts support to GPs to collect data, information and for planning (iii) Monitoring progress and ensure quality implementation of all Government programmes including Special component plan and Tribal sub-plan. 26. Co-operation Facilitate in promoting all block or taluk level cooperative societies 27. Rural environment and ecology Providing technical support to Gram Panchayats for the protection of rural environment and ecology 28. Income generation activities Creation of assets and renting them out at the taluk ward quarters. 29. Knowledge management (i) Collection and compilation of taluk data and maintaining database. (ii) Recording of the history, culture, heritage of the taluk (iii) Conducting surveys and studies to determine the human development of the taluk (iv) Periodical calculation of human development index (v) Making available all data to the people (vi) Awareness generation and Information, Education and Communication activities for all Government schemes. 30. Maintenance of Community assets. (i) Maintaining all Community assets vested in Taluk Panchayat or transferred by the Government or any local authority or organization. (ii) Preservation and maintenance of other community assets.