Section 53(1) in Rajasthan Farmers' Participation in Management of Irrigation System rules, 2002
(1)Farmer's Organisation may constitute the following sub committee to carry out specific functions assigned by the President/Chairperson on recommendation of the managing committee :(A)Administration, Finance and Resources sub-committee. - The Administration, Finance and Resources Sub-committee shall consist of not more than three members having minimum education qualification of the secondary, nominated by chairperson/president from the members of Farmer's Organisation. This sub committee shall examine and put his recommendation about any administrative reforms required for better functioning of the Farmer's Organisation and methods for raising of resources to achieve financial soundness of the Farmer's Organisation. The recommendation of the sub-committee shall be discussed in the General body meeting, and a decision be arrived at by voting in favour by at least two third majority of members present.(B)Works Sub-committee (Nirman Up Samiti) for Water Users' Association. - (i) Works sub-committee shall have eight nominated members, out of which following six members shall be nomination by the managing committee of Water Users' Association :(a)Two members representing head reach;(b)Two members representing middle reach;(c)Two members representing tail reach;Out of these six members two must represent scheduled castes and schedule tribes (preferably one from each cast) and one shall preferably be a woman member. The rest two members shall be nominated by the competent authority on request of managing committee out of which one shall be from available technical/supervisory staff of the department and other shall be either a village level agricultural assistant or any other local government employee nominated by District collector on the request of the competent authority.(ii)The sub committee so constituted shall have following functions/responsibilities:(a)The sub committee shall meet fortnightly, during the work of maintenance/repair/improvement construction is in progress:(b)It shall decide about work to be taken up on minor. Conduct and assist "Walk through survey" and work out strategies to carry out the work in best economical manner adhering to required specifications and time;(c)It shall recommend about employment/ removal of labour/supplier/ agency/ contract required for carrying out the works;(d)It shall finalize the quantity-quality and make etc. of all material/ article etc. required to be purchased from market through inviting competitive bids by publication or by Enquiry under local shopping procedures;(e)It shall regularly supervise the work and satisfy about the quality and progress and recommend to stop the construction and use of material on work in case work is not found satisfactory and order to remove/replace inferior quality work and also recommend for removal of agency contractor found to perform work with inferior quality and workmanship;(f)It shall suggest for change/modification/alteration/addition or delete and deviate from the items of work originally provided in the estimate. However such changes even if within the total sanctioned cost shall be got approved before execution from concern competent authority empowered to do so;(g)Samiti shall have powers to access scrutinize and audit all vouchers/ bills etc. related to construction and 0 & M activities;and(iii)Any decision shall require consent of at least five members and in case of a disagreement over any issue, the committee shall approach to the Chairperson of Water Users' Association whose decision shall be final.(C)Water Management and Agriculture sub-committee (Sinchai Up samiti) :-(i)Water Management and Agriculture sub-committee shall be constituted by president on the recommendation of managing committee and consist of six members as under :(a)Two members representing head reach;(b)Two members representing middle reach;(c)Two members representing tail reach;Concerned depaitinental employee incharge of the reach or Agriculture Supervisior as nominee of the competent authority for technical guidance out of above six members, two members must represent schedule cast/ schedule tribe and one shall preerably be a woman member.(ii)The Sinchai Up Samiti shall have following functions and responsibilities and fulfilled under the technical guidance of the Project/ Competent Authority:(a)It shall meet frequently during and well before the start of irrigation season and as and when required.(b)It shall see that minor and watercourses and drains of each chak are properly cleaned and maintained to carry the required flows. In case they are not clean it may pursue the concerned outlet farmers/chak samiti to get the clearance done and impose a ban on utilisation of water till proper clearance is done. If required may also approach the Nirman Samiti/ Chairperson for carrying out the required maintenance in time;(c)It shall in consultation with Project/Competent Authority frame a water distribution schedule, stating date, time and quantum of water for a chak. It shall approach to the Project/Competent Authority in case supplies falls short of the requirement and act accordingly to the instructions to get the supplies restored;(d)It shall distribute the available water among the chak and authorise chak samities to draw water on equitable basis adopting certain pre-decided norms of allocating water in turn to individual farmer;(e)It may recommend alteration, in size and position of existing outlet and may recommend removal or fixing of new outlet and change of boundaries of the chak keeping in view the best use of water but no change shall be made unless approved by the Project Authority. However total capacity of all outlets shall not exceed the design capacity of respective carrier channel;(f)It may recommend to declare an area out of command or inclusion of new area in the command of the minor and may recommend use of water through lift in the nearby area;(g)It may recommend to engage educated unemployed youth of village with repute to act as "water master" who shall perform the following activities:(i)Maintenance of record of Water Users' Association and subcommittees and Farmer's Organisation under the guidance of Chairperson;(ii)Supervise day to day irrigation and assist chak samiti/Fainer in getting water on their turn, and to maintain watch and ward and to ensure safety of structures;(iii)Collect Irrigation dues/fees and maintain accounts and records as required and as directed by Chair person/ President;(iv)Prepare report of wastage of water;(v)Other related works ordered by Chair person of Water Users' Association; and(vi)Water masters may be reimbursed of his duties on commission basis/ contract basis in kind as a share of crop produce or fee collected through farmers or Water Users' Association shall reimburse out of the own resources as may be decided by the General Body.(D)Monitoring, Evaluation and Training Sub-committee. - Monitoring, Evaluation and Training Sub-committee shall be constituted by Chairperson in consultation with the Competent Authority and shall consist of three members two of which are nominated by chairperson and one by the Competent Authority. The sub-committee shall look after overall monitoring and evaluation and shall suggest any improvement require in functioning of the Farmers' organisation. It shall also act for introducing various training programs to members of Farmers' organisation by approaching the related departments in consultation with the Competent Authority/Project Authority. The training shall constitute a regular feature to improve over all working and efficiency of Farmer's organisation.(E)Chak Samiti. - (1) Managing committee may constitute chak wise chak samiti for efficient distribution of water and to implement discussion taken by general body meeting within the chak concern. Chak samiti shall consists of three farmer members of the concern chak nominated by the President/ Chair person.
