Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana — Programme Guidelines

18.4 The Programme, Administrative and Maintenance expenditure will be
regulated as follows:
(i) As indicated in Para 12.1 above, the Executive Engineers of PIUs / Heads
of PIUs (who are the drawing and disbursing officers of the PIU) will be
declared as the ex-officio members / officers of the SRRDA, so as to enable
them to draw on the funds of the SRRDA from the three Accounts. They shall
be the Authorised Signatories for issuing cheques. The PIUs shall not open
separate bank accounts.
(ii) The SRRDA shall nominate one of its senior officers, generally of the rank
of a Chief Engineer, as the Empowered Officer. It shall be open only to the
Empowered Officer to inform the Bank of the names of Authorised
Signatories, for issuing cheques on the Agency’s bank accounts.
(iii) The Empowered Officer will furnish this list of Authorised Signatories
(Executive Engineers of Districts / Heads of PIUs) to the Bank, periodically 41
verify it to ensure its accuracy and inform the Bank of any changes. The Bank will
issue separate Cheque Books to each of the Authorised Signatories, and will
keep their signatures on record.
(iv) The Empowered Officer will also inform the Bank of the names of Authorised
Payees (contractors and suppliers with whom Agreements have been duly
entered into, as well as Statutory Authorities, such as ITO etc.) and their
designated payee accounts, and also the amounts that are admissible
against each of the contractors and suppliers in respect of each account.
This will be in conformity with the Work Agreements. The Empowered
Officer may lay down suitable limits on monthly / quarterly payments in line
with the agreed Works Programme for the respective packages. Standing
instructions will be issued to the Bank Branches by the Empowered Officer
in this regard.
(v) The Authorised Signatories will make payments, as per the established
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