Date: 2025-04-23Category: Not ApplicableState: Tamil NaduCountry: India
Amendments to the Tamil Nadu Panchayats (Preparation of Plans and Estimates for Works, Supply of Goods and Services and Mode and Conditions of Contracts) Rules, 2024.
The Tamil Nadu Government Gazette Extraordinary, published on Wednesday, April 23, 2025 (Chithirai 10, Visuvaavasu, Thiruvalluvar Aandu-2056), announces amendments to the Tamil Nadu Panchayats (Preparation of Plans and Estimates for Works, Supply of Goods and Services and Mode and Conditions of Contracts) Rules, 2024. These amendments, authorized under the Tamil Nadu Panchayats Act, 1994, increase the limit from "three lakhs" to "five lakhs" in Rule 5 (in THE TABLE and the Explanations thereunder) and Rule 7. In Rule 7, this change affects sub-rule (1) (in THE TABLE) and sub-rule (3). The notification is issued by GAGANDEEP SINGH BEDI, Additional Chief Secretary to Government, Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department [G.O.Ms.No. 62, Rural Development and Panchayat Raj (PR-1), 23rd April 2025,]. The publication details are: Regd. No. TN/CCN/467/2012-14, R. Dis. No. 197/2009, and Price: Re. 0.80 Paise.
Key Entities Referenced
Tamil Nadu Panchayats Act, 1994: Provides the legal basis for the rules being amended; specifically, Section 242 is invoked.
Tamil Nadu Panchayats (Preparation of Plans and Estimates for Works, Supply of Goods and Services and Mode and Conditions of Contracts) Rules, 2024: The specific set of rules being amended by this notification regarding financial limits for panchayat activities.
Chennai: Location of publication of the Gazette
Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department: The department responsible for issuing the notification