Section 13. Principal authorities for planning and implementation of Schemes

13. Principal authorities for planning and implementation of Schemes.— (1) The Panchayats at district, intermediate and village levels shall be the principal authorities for planning and implementation of the Schemes made under this Act. (2) The functions of the Panchayats at the district level shall be — (a) to finalise and approve block wise shelf of projects to be taken up under a programme under the Scheme; (b) to supervise and monitor the projects taken up at the Block level and district level; and (c) to carry out such other functions as may be assigned to it by the State Council, from time to time. (3) The functions of the Panchayat at intermediate level shall be — (a) to approve the Block level Plan for forwarding it to the district Panchayat at the district level for final approval; (b) to supervise and monitor the projects taken up at the Gram Panchayat and Block level; and (c) to carry out such other functions as may be assigned to it by the State Council, from time to time. (4) The District Programme Coordinator shall assist the Panchayat at the district level in discharging its functions under this Act and any Scheme made thereunder. 13. Every work under the Scheme shall have a technical estimate duly sanctioned by an authority authorised by the State Government. While sanctioning the estimates, the following are required to be considered: (a) For all works involving construction, cost effective, labour intensive technologies and usage of local materials shall be employed as far as possible; (b) The Bill of quantities (used in the estimate) is stated in common terminology for easy understanding of all stakeholders; (c) Each work shall have a summary of the estimate, design and a technical note that indicate the expected outcomes from implementing the work. 13. Provision shall be made in the Scheme for submission of multiple applications by the same person provided that the corresponding periods for which employment is sought do not overlap. Allocation of work: —