Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana — Programme Guidelines

Technical Institutions, designated as State Technical Agencies (STAs) to provide
outsourced technical support to the PIUs. The STAs would vet the District Roads
Plan and Core Network, check the CNCPL and CUPL and scrutinise the DPRs
prepared under the Annual proposals. The coordination of activities of the STAs
would be performed by the NRRDA, who may add to or delete institutions from
the list, as well as to entrust specific tasks to them. NRRDA may from time to time
identify additional technically qualified agencies to provide these services to the
State Governments and to perform such other functions as may be necessary in
the interest of the Scheme.
NRRDA will also designate reputed Technical and Research Institutions such as
the Indian Institutes of Technology as Principal Technical Agency (PTA) for group
of States. The PTAs will provide technical support, take up research projects, study and
evaluate different technologies and advise on measures to improve the quality and
cost norms of Rural Roads. The Principal Technical Agencies shall also coordinate the
work of the STAs in their jurisdiction.
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9.2 After making entries in the On-Line Management, Monitoring and Accounting
System (OMMAS) Software (see para 16.1), the PIU will forward the proposals
along with the Detailed Project Reports to the STAs for scrutiny of the design and
estimates. The prescribed Proformae F-1 to F-8 will form part of the DPR.
9.3 After verifying that the DPRs have been entered in the OMMAS, the
DPRs are to be scrutinised by the STA in the light of the PMGSY Guidelines, IRC
specifications as contained in the Rural Roads Manual (IRC SP20:2002) and where
necessary the Hill Road Manual, and the applicable Schedule of Rates. In doing so, it
shall be ensured that no lead charges would be payable for transportation of soil
(except in case of Black Cotton Soil / Sodic soil or in village portions). The STA will in
particular check the following:
(i) certificate of land availability;
(ii) proceedings of the transect walk;
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