District Monitoring Committee and its functions

(1) There shall be a District Monitoring Committee in each district, which shall be responsible for the implementation of the Development Action Plan in the district. (2) The District Monitoring Committee shall consist of the following members, namely:— (a) the District Collector, who shall be the Chairman, ex-Officio; (b) not more than five Members of the State Legislative Assembly or of the Parliament, preferably those belonging to the Scheduled Castes or the Scheduled Tribes, whose constituency lies wholly or partly in that District, to be nominated by the Government, ex-Officio; (c) the Project Director – District Rural Development Agency, ex-Officio; (d) the District Revenue Officer, ex-Officio; (e) the District Forest Officer, ex-Officio; (f) the Joint Director, Agriculture, ex-Officio; (g) the District Adi Dravidar and Tribal Welfare Officer, ex-Officio, who shall be the Convener; and (h) the Project Director of the district, where the Integrated Tribal Development Programme is implemented, ex-Officio, who shall be the co-convener. (3) The District level officers of the respective departments, for which funds are earmarked or proposed to be earmarked in the Development Action Plan, for the development of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes, shall be the special invitees for the meetings of the District Monitoring Committee. (4) The members nominated under clause (b) of sub-section (2) shall hold office till they cease to be a member of the Legislative Assembly or the Parliament, as the case may be. (5) The Government may, at any time, cancel any of the nominations made under clause (b) of sub-section (2) and make fresh nominations under the said clause. (6) The nominated members shall be eligible for such allowances as may be prescribed. (7) The District Monitoring Committee shall review the implementation of the Development Action Plan in the District once in three months and submit a progress report to the nodal department.