Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
(1) Subject to the other provisions of this Act, the Government may, by notification, make rules for carrying out all or any of the purposes of this Act. (2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may provide for all or any of the following matters, namely:- (a) determination of gaps in development of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes under section 2; (b) earmarking Scheduled Castes Special Development Fund/ Scheduled Tribes Special Development Funds from the Pragathipaddu outlays under section 3; (c) identification of and preparation of schemes under Special Development Fund by the departments under section 8; (d) preparation of budget proposal of Scheduled Castes Special Development Fund/ Scheduled Tribes Annual Report to be placed before State Legislature. Power to make rules. 14 [Act No.18 of 2017] Special Development Fund for appraisal by the Nodal Departments under section 9; (e) strengthen the Finance Department for monitoring expenditures under the Scheduled Castes Special Development Fund/ Scheduled Tribes Special Development Fund under section 15; (f) constitution of, and transaction of business in the State Council for Development of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, the qualification, disqualification and other allowances to the non-official members of the State Council under section 17; (g) constitution of Nodal Agencies for Scheduled Castes Special Development Fund/ Scheduled Tribes Special Development Fund under section 19; (h) constitution of Administrative and Technical Support Unit in respective Nodal Department for Scheduled Castes Special Development Fund/ Scheduled Tribes Special Development Fund under section 22; (i) constitution of Special Development Fund Support Unit at department level under section 23; (j) constitution of District Monitoring Committee and the connected matters under section 24; (k) institutional strengthening at State, district and sub-district level for ensuring effective implementation, awareness, mass contact programme, social audit and monitoring of Scheduled Castes Special Development Fund/ Scheduled Tribes Special Development Fund under section 25; and [Act No.18 of 2017] 15 (l) procedures for ensuring transparency and accountability in the implementation of Scheduled Castes Special Development Fund/ Scheduled Tribes Special Development Fund under section 26. (3) Every rule made under this Act shall, immediately after it is made, be laid before each House of the State Legislature, if it is in session and if it is not in session, in the session immediately following for a total period of fourteen days which may be comprised in one session or in two successive sessions and if, before the expiration of the session in which it is so laid or the session immediately following the Legislature agrees in making any modification in the rule or in the annulment of the rule, the rule shall, from the date on which the modification or annulment is notified, have effect only in such modified form or shall stand annulled as the case may be so, however, that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that rule.