**Executive Summary**
This document from the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette, dated March 14, 2018, contains notifications regarding amendments to the Tamil Nadu Plantations Labour Rules and an erratum to the Tamil Nadu Village Panchayats (Payment of Arrears Claims of Officers and Employees of Panchayats) Rules, 1999. The amendments to the labour rules are effective as of February 22, 2018.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Amendments to the Tamil Nadu Plantations Labour Rules:**
* Rule 2A, Sub-rule (2), Table, Column (3) is amended with the following changes to the amounts:
* Serial number 1: "150" is substituted with "1000".
* Serial number 2: "300" is substituted with "1500".
* Serial number 3: "600" is substituted with "2000".
* Serial number 4: "900" is substituted with "2500".
* Serial number 5: "1200" is substituted with "3000".
* Serial number 6: "2000" is substituted with "6000".
* Serial number 7: "3000" is substituted with "10000".
* Rule 2D is amended as follows:
* Sub-rule (3): "Rs. 50/- (Rupees fifty only)" is substituted with "Rs. 1,000/- (Rupees one thousand only)" in two places.
* Sub-rule (5): "Rs. 50/- (Rupees fifty only)" is substituted with "Rs. 1,000/- (Rupees one thousand only)".
* **Erratum to Notification Regarding Tamil Nadu Village Panchayats (Payment of Arrears Claims of Officers and Employees of Panchayats) Rules, 1999:**
* In rule 5, sub-rule (2), "arrear exceeds under rule 2" is corrected to "arrear under rule 2".
**Impact Analysis**
**Stakeholder: Plantation Owners / Employers in Tamil Nadu**
* **Impact:** The amendment to the Tamil Nadu Plantations Labour Rules affects the amounts related to plantation labour, specifically in Rules 2A and 2D.
* **Action Required:** Plantation owners/employers must comply with the revised amounts specified in the amendments to the Plantations Labour Rules.
**Stakeholder: Tamil Nadu Village Panchayats, Officers and Employees**
* **Impact:** The erratum clarifies a typographical error in rule 5, sub-rule (2) of The Tamil Nadu Village Panchayats (Payment of Arrears Claims of Officers and Employees of Panchayats) Rules, 1999.
* **Action Required:** Panchayats should note the correction when applying the rule regarding the payment of arrears claims.
Key Entities Referenced
Tamil Nadu Plantations Labour Rules: The set of rules being amended by this notification.
Plantations Labour Act, 1951: Central Act authorizing the rules being amended.
Labour and Employment Department: The department responsible for the notification regarding amendments to the Tamil Nadu Plantations Labour Rules.
Tamil Nadu Village Panchayats (Payment of Arrears Claims of Officers and Employees of Panchayats) Rules, 1999: Rules subject to erratum issued by Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department
Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department: The department responsible for the erratum regarding the Tamil Nadu Village Panchayats (Payment of Arrears Claims of Officers and Employees of Panchayats) Rules, 1999