Letter or Instructions regarding WSSSO and SWSM 2010

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Letter regarding Water and Sanitation Support Organisation and State Water and Sanitation Mission 2010 is an official communication issued by the Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation Ministry of Rural Development Government of India to all States and Union Territories for strengthening institutional arrangements under the National Rural Drinking Water Programme. The letter provides revised instructions on the establishment staffing financing and functioning of Water and Sanitation Support Organisations under the State Water and Sanitation Mission along with District Water and Sanitation Missions and Block Resource Centres to improve implementation of rural drinking water and sanitation programmes. The document explains that the National Rural Drinking Water Programme introduced a shift from habitation based coverage to household drinking water security through decentralized planning community participation and sustainable management. It emphasizes the need to empower Gram Panchayats Village Water and Sanitation Committees and local communities to take greater responsibility for planning implementation operation maintenance and management of rural drinking water supply sanitation hygiene and water resource management. To achieve these objectives the Government established institutional support mechanisms at the State district and block levels. The letter provides detailed staffing patterns for Water and Sanitation Support Organisations depending upon whether drinking water and sanitation are managed through separate departments or a common department. It specifies positions such as Director State Coordinator consultants for information education communication human resource development monitoring and evaluation hydrogeology water quality sanitation and hygiene accountants and data entry operators. It also prescribes staffing arrangements for District Water and Sanitation Missions minimum experience requirements remuneration ranges recruitment procedures and constitution of selection committees. The communication further clarifies the role of Block Resource Centres as the institutional link between District Water and Sanitation Missions Gram Panchayats Village Water and Sanitation Committees and rural communities. It refers to separate Block Resource Centre guidelines for community mobilisation training awareness generation technical support and capacity building. The document encourages convergence with drinking water sanitation health hygiene and rural development programmes to improve service delivery and strengthen decentralized governance. The letter also specifies that expenditure on support staff administrative activities and institutional strengthening should be met from the five percent Support Component of the National Rural Drinking Water Programme allocation. States are instructed to recruit staff establish functional Water and Sanitation Support Organisations and District Water and Sanitation Missions within the prescribed timeline and regularly report progress through the online Integrated Management Information System. Overall the document serves as an important administrative framework for strengthening institutional capacity improving programme coordination enhancing technical support and ensuring effective implementation of rural drinking water and sanitation initiatives across India.