Functions of Department

SR.NO.1: Particulars of it’s Organisation :

PROVIDING LOANS TO STATE GOVERNMENTS FROM RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT FUND (RIDF).

SR.NO.2 : Organisation, Duties and Functions :

A. DUTIES / FUNCTIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT IN BRIEF

• Formulation of Policy guidelines for (I) appraisal of RIDF projects of State Governments and other related issues (ii) projects monitoring, evaluation and (iii) Tranche Completion report.
• Preparation of Memorandums to the Board of Directors and to the Sanctioning Committee (SC), a Sub-Committee of the NABARD Board of Directors for sanctioning RIDF projects.
• Management of data of sanctioned projects .
• Proposing sanction of loans to National Rural Roads Development Agency (NRRDA) by the SC.
• General Administration of the Department.

• The infrastructure projects pertaining to eligible activities under each Tranche of RIDF are submitted by the State Governments through their Nodal Department to NABARD’s Regional Offices (ROs).
  
  
• The project proposals are scrutinised and appraised by the RO with the help of Consultants by conducting desk and field appraisal.
  
  
• Appraisal reports submitted by the ROs are then scrutinised by the State Projects Department at Head Office (HO) and draft Memorandum of Sanction (MoS) are approved by the concerned ED. The MoS are placed before the Sanctioning Committee (SC) for consideration and sanction.
  
  
• Normally, seven to eight meetings of SC are held in a year to sanction loans to State Governments and NRRDA from the RIDF corpus.
  
  
• Sanction of projects is communicated to the State Governments through the respective Regional Offices (ROs) of NABARD.
  
  
SR.NO.4 : Norms set by it for the discharge of its functions :


• The quantum of loan to be sanctioned under each tranche and eligible activities under a tranche are decided by the GoI on an annual basis. Rate of interest and period of loan are as decided by the RBI.
  
  
• Distribution of the allocation among all States is on the basis of norms approved by the SC. Currently, the distribution norms provide weightage to rural population (20%), Geographical Area of the State (20%), Inverse of Infrastructural Development Index (20%), Inverse of Rural CD ratio of banks in the State (15%), availment of sanctions (5%) andloan utilisation under earlier RIDF Tranches (20%).
  
  
• The projects are sanctioned with General Terms and Conditions as well as project specific special terms and conditions/suggestions.
  
  
• State Governments are provided loans on reimbursement basis against the actual expenditure incurred in execution of specific sanctioned projects.
  
  
• Notwithstanding the above, mobilisation/start up advance is also released, if required by the State Govt on acceptance of the terms and conditions by the State Govt. to speed up the implementation of the projects.

SR.NO.5 : Rules, Regulations, instructions, manuals and records held by it or under its control or used by its employees for discharging of its functions

• Checklists have been made available to all the state Govts. for preparation of Detailed Project Report.
• Operational Guidelines are issued every year under RIDF.


SR.NO.7 : Particulars of any arrangement that exists for consultation with, or representation by the members of public in relation to the formulation of its policy or implementation thereof



• Public opinion is taken into consideration based on feedback received from public during monitoring and evaluation studies. The same is taken into consideration for policy formulation. Further the considered views and suggestions received from the representatives of public such as Members of Parliament, MLAs, various committees etc. are duly considered for bringing about refinements in the policies and procedures to the extent feasible and considered necessary in consultation with GoI and RBI.
  
  
SR.NO.11 : Budget allocated to each of its agency, indicating the particulars of all plans, proposed expenditures and reports on disbursements made


• The corpus of RIDF is announced in the Union Budget by the Hon’ble Finance Minister every year. Under the current tranche (RIDF XIV for 2008-09 ), the corpus is Rs.14000 crore. The RIDF loan is generally phased upto 3 years and the loans are released by Regional Offices. The reports of disbursements are maintained at RO as well as HO. The rate of interest and period of loan under RIDF are decided by RBI. The eligible sectors / activities under RIDF tranche are decided by GoI. The eligible purposes at present are :
1. Rural Roads
2. Rural Bridges
3. Minor Irrigation Projects/Micro Irrigation
4. Soil Conservation
5. Flood Protection
6. Watershed Development/Reclamation of waterlogged areas
7. Drainage
8. Forest Development
9. Market Yard / Godown, Apna Mandi, Rural Haats and other marketing infrastructure
10. Cold storage, Public or Joint sector cold storage at various exit points
11. Seed / Agriculture / Horticulture Farms
12. Plantation and Horticulture
13. Grading and certifying mechanisms such as testing and certifying laboratories etc.
14. Community irrigation wells for the village as a whole
15. Fishing harbour/jetties
16. Riverine Fisheries
17. Animal Husbandry
18. Modern Abattoir
19. Medium irrigation Projects
20. Mini Hydel Projects / Small Hydel Projects (upto 10 MW)
21. Drinking Water
22. Infrastructure for Rural Education Institutions
23. Public Health Institutions
24. Construction of toilet blocks in existing schools, where necessary, specially for girl students, so as to improve the amenities available in schools
25. “Pay & Use” toilets in rural areas
26. Major Irrigation Project (only those projects already sanctioned and under execution)
27. Village Knowledge Centres
28. Desalination plants in coastal areas
29. Infrastructure for information Technology in rural areas
30. Construction of Anganwadi Centres
31. Setting up of Rural Industrial Estates (KVIC) / Centres

The details of sanctions and disbursements under RIDF are furnished under the head “sanctions and disbursements” and “RIDF at a glance” in the roles and functions - rural infrastructure chapter, at www.nabard.org.

SR.NO.12 : Manner of execution of subsidy programmes, including the amounts allocated and the details of beneficiaries of such programmes

There is no element of subsidy under loans issued out of RIDF. The State Governments are provided RIDF loans on reimbursement basis against the actual expenditure incurred in execution of sanctioned projects.

SR.NO.14 : Details in respect of the information, available or held to by it, reduced in an electronic form ( As on 31 March 2008)

1. State-wise, Tranche-wise, sector wise/activity wise data of sanctioned projects.
2. Details of projects sanctioned, projects completed and non starter projects.
3. Expected benefits on completion of the projects sanctioned.
4. State wise, Tranche wise, year-wise, sector-wise disbursements under RIDF.
5. State wise normative allocation made in the current tranche of RIDF XIV (2008-09).