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Incentives and penalties.- The Government shall formulate an appropriate scheme, to award incentives for commendable performance. Any functionary or official being a public servant willfully neglects his duties required to be performed by him under this Act shall be subjected to disciplinary action under the relevant service/disciplinary rules applicable to the Government officials and functionaries or as decided by the Nodal agency for the Scheduled Castes 1[sub- allocation]1/Tribal 1[sub-allocation]1 depending upon the intensity of such negligence shall be punishable with an imprisonment for a term which may extend up to six months.