Rule 231 — GFR

Rule 231 (1) Grants-in-aid to “Voluntary Organisations” Subject to the following terms and conditions, Grants-in-aid towards administrative expenditure may be sanctioned to voluntary organizations to ensure a certain minimum staff structure and qualified personnel to improve their effectiveness and expand their activities under the following conditions: -

(i) The Grants-in-aid should not exceed twenty-five percent of approved administrative expenditure on pay and allowances of the personnel of the voluntary organisation concerned;

(ii) Grants-in-aid to meet administrative expenditure to any private institutions other than the voluntary organizations should not ordinarily be sanctioned. In exceptional cases such Grants can be considered for sanction in consultation with Internal Finance Wing.

Rule 231 (2) Before a Grant is released, the members of the Executive Committee of the Grantee should be asked to Execute Bonds in a prescribed format binding themselves jointly and severally to:-

(i) abide by the conditions of the Grants- in-aid by the target dates, if any, specified therein; and

(ii) not to divert the Grants or entrust execution of the scheme or work concerned to another Institution

(s) or Organization(s); and

(iii) abide by any other conditions specified in the agreement governing the Grants-in-aid.

(iv) In the event of the Grantee failing to comply with the conditions or committing breach of the conditions of the Bond, the signatories to the Bond shall be jointly and severally liable to refund to the President of India, the whole or a part amount of the Grant with interest at ten percent per annum thereon or the sum specified under the Bond. The stamp duty for this Bond shall be borne by the Government.

Rule 231 (3) Execution of Bond will not apply to Quasi - Government Institutions, Central Autonomous Organisations and Institutions whose budget is approved by the Government.