RPSC EO/RO
106 key terms for this subject — each defined in plain language, with where it helps in the exam and a link to the study note it comes from.
- Affordable Housing in Partnership
A project-based vertical that supplies affordable houses through public agencies, parastatals, private developers or approved market routes.
Where it helps It links PMAY-U with development authorities, housing boards, project approvals and urban infrastructure.
Read the study note →- Affordable Rental Housing
A PMAY-U 2.0 vertical for affordable rental stock, including conversion of vacant houses or new rental projects.
Where it helps It distinguishes rental support from ownership subsidy and is new in the current vertical list.
Read the study note →- Agenda
The listed business to be transacted at a municipal meeting according to prescribed procedure.
Where it helps Links notice, admissible business, member preparation and orderly conduct of meetings.
Read the study note →- ALF
Area Level Federation, a ward or slum-level federation of SHGs under the DAY-NULM community institution structure.
Where it helps It connects SHGs to city-level federation and ULB implementation channels.
Read the study note →- Authorised officer
An officer empowered by the Municipality or State Government to exercise specified statutory powers such as inspection, removal, seizure or supervisory suspension.
Where it helps Many provisions do not name a single post; the correct answer depends on who is authorised under the Act or order.
Read the study note →- Beneficiary contribution
The amount paid by the meal user for one thali, distinct from the subsidy borne by government.
Where it helps It is a common objective-question fact and a key audit point for preventing overcharging at centres.
Read the study note →- Beneficiary Led Construction
A vertical where an eligible beneficiary, mainly from EWS, constructs a new pucca house on own or eligible land rights.
Where it helps It is one of the four PMAY-U 2.0 verticals and a frequent acronym trap as BLC.
Read the study note →- Blacklisting
State action excluding firms or persons found involved in corrupt practices or malpractice, including supply of sub-standard goods, from municipal tenders and purchases.
Where it helps A supplier-side safeguard against repeated irregular or defective supplies.
Read the study note →- Buildings Permission and Works Committee
The subject committee associated with building permissions, building control and works-related municipal functions.
Where it helps It is the correct committee for construction permission and works-domain questions.
Read the study note →- Chairperson
The presiding elected office of a Municipality, called Mayor in a Municipal Corporation, President in a Municipal Council and Chairman in a Municipal Board.
Where it helps Questions on who calls or presides over meetings often use these title variations.
Read the study note →- Chief Municipal Officer
The statutory municipal executive officer, identified as Commissioner for a Corporation or Council and Executive Officer for a Municipal Board.
Where it helps The office is central to calling a special meeting on Chairperson default and to record inspection notice.
Read the study note →- CLC
City Livelihood Centre, a platform where urban poor workers can market services, access livelihood information and receive counselling or technical support.
Where it helps It is a common acronym trap because it is linked to services and information, not shelter construction.
Read the study note →- CLF
City Level Federation, the city-level body into which ALFs organise under the mission's SHG federation ladder.
Where it helps It helps identify the institutional sequence: SHG to ALF to CLF.
Read the study note →- Cognizable and bailable
A criminal classification under which police process may begin more directly, while the offence remains bailable by statutory classification.
Where it helps Section 301 classifies selected municipal offences, including encroachment and defacement offences, as cognizable and bailable.
Read the study note →- Community Toilet
A shared toilet block intended for a defined group of residents, often where individual household toilets are constrained by space or land conditions.
Where it helps It is commonly confused with public toilets in objective questions.
Read the study note →- Comparative statement
A tabulated evaluation of tender offers comparing rates, specifications, terms, responsiveness and other relevant conditions.
Where it helps Shows that acceptance is based on fair comparison rather than arbitrary selection.
Read the study note →- Compounding
Statutory settlement of an offence by the competent municipal authority where the Act and rules permit, preventing or ending prosecution as allowed.
Where it helps Section 299 and Section 297E are often tested for who may compound and whether all offences are compoundable.
Read the study note →- Compounding and Compromising of Offences Committee
The committee linked with lawful compounding, compromise or settlement of municipal offences where the Act permits it.
Where it helps It is often tested through older wording such as crime suppression or settlement.
Read the study note →- DAY-NULM
The current mission identity of the National Urban Livelihoods Mission under the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.
Where it helps Use this name when a question asks the present scheme identity, while recognising NULM as the syllabus term.
Read the study note →- Defacement
Spoiling property in public view by acts such as spitting, urinating, poster pasting, writing or marking, except permitted owner or occupier identification.
Where it helps Chapter XII-A creates distinct penalties, attempt and abetment liability, erasure powers and compounding route for defacement.
Read the study note →- Delegation
The lawful assignment of municipal powers, duties or executive functions to committees under prescribed restrictions, limitations and conditions.
Where it helps Section 61 makes delegation possible but prevents committees from becoming independent municipal bodies.
Read the study note →- Dignified service
A service design in which beneficiaries are seated and served respectfully rather than treated as passive recipients of charity.
Where it helps This is central to the scheme objective and helps frame inspection beyond mere counting of meals.
Read the study note →- Director of Local Bodies
An officer appointed by the State Government to perform functions and exercise powers delegated or conferred under the Act and rules.
Where it helps Chapter XIV supervision and the State administrative chain often refer to the Director and officers under his control.
Read the study note →- District-level committee
The decentralised management body that can adapt centre location, menu and timings to local needs under the portal framework.
Where it helps EO/RO preparation should link district flexibility with accountability for actual beneficiary access.
Read the study note →- Economically Weaker Section
A household income group with annual income up to Rs 3 lakh under the central PMAY-U 2.0 guideline frame.
Where it helps Income-group classification is a likely objective-question area.
Read the study note →- Encroachment
Unauthorised occupation or intrusion on public land or space, attracting removal, expense recovery and criminal punishment under the Act.
Where it helps Encroachment is one of the highest-yield municipal offence areas because Section 245 carries minimum punishment and removal powers.
Read the study note →- ESTP
Employment through Skills Training and Placement, the component for market-linked skill training, certification, placement and self-employment readiness.
Where it helps Map it to skilled wage employment and training, not to SHG federation.
Read the study note →- Ex-officio Secretary
A secretaryship held because of another office, not through a separate appointment.
Where it helps The Chief Municipal Officer is the ex-officio Secretary of the Executive Committee.
Read the study note →- Executive Committee
The central committee constituted in every municipality with municipal office-bearers, selected elected members and chairpersons of subject committees.
Where it helps It is the coordinating committee and should not be confused with ordinary ten-member subject committees.
Read the study note →- Faecal Sludge and Septage Management
The safe emptying, transport, treatment and disposal or reuse of waste from pits, septic tanks and similar on-site sanitation systems.
Where it helps It is central to ODF Plus Plus and SBM-U 2.0 used-water responsibilities.
Read the study note →- Finance Committee
The subject committee concerned with budget, municipal fund, taxation, revenue proposals and related financial control.
Where it helps It is the main committee for budget and tax-function matching questions.
Read the study note →- Garbage Free City Star Rating
A performance-rating framework that assesses cities on outcomes across the municipal solid waste management chain.
Where it helps It is a key SBM-U performance signal often paired with Swachh Survekshan.
Read the study note →- Health and Sanitation Committee
The subject committee associated with public health, cleanliness, sanitation supervision, nuisance control and health-linked municipal enforcement.
Where it helps It must be distinguished from ward-level assistance in sanitation work.
Read the study note →- Indenting Officer
The officer who initiates or places the procurement requirement before the municipal system; under these rules the expression is aligned with the Executive Officer.
Where it helps Useful for questions on who certifies urgency and who anchors the purchase requirement.
Read the study note →- Indira Gandhi Urban Employment Guarantee Scheme
The syllabus-listed name for Rajasthan's urban wage-employment guarantee scheme in the EO/RO Part B urban-schemes list.
Where it helps Use this name when the question follows the official RPSC syllabus wording.
Read the study note →- Individual Household Latrine
A toilet facility provided for use by a household, generally with sewer connection or on-site treatment depending on local infrastructure.
Where it helps It is the first and most visible sanitation-access component of SBM-U.
Read the study note →- Interest Subsidy Scheme
A credit-linked vertical that provides interest subsidy to eligible EWS, LIG and MIG households for housing loans.
Where it helps It is implemented as a Central Sector Scheme and is often confused with older credit-linked terminology.
Read the study note →- Jan Aadhaar
Rajasthan's identity and service-delivery base used by the current portal as a requirement for scheme application.
Where it helps It is a high-probability factual point in eligibility and registration questions.
Read the study note →- Job card
A scheme-linked worker or household identity record used to connect registration with demand, work and wage records.
Where it helps Job-card reports are a key administrative and objective-question area.
Read the study note →- Legacy Waste
Old accumulated waste lying at dumpsites, requiring scientific remediation rather than continued crude dumping.
Where it helps Legacy waste remediation is a prominent SBM-U 2.0 focus.
Read the study note →- Limited tender
A tender process in which invitations are sent directly to a limited number of reliable firms selected from a maintained list.
Where it helps Ordinarily linked with orders below Rs.10,000, with recorded exceptions for higher-value cases.
Read the study note →- Low Income Group
A household income group with annual income above Rs 3 lakh and up to Rs 6 lakh.
Where it helps It helps separate eligibility for BLC, ARH and ISS questions.
Read the study note →- Meal timing
The notified daily window during which lunch and dinner are normally available at rasoi centres.
Where it helps Timing is both a factual exam point and a service-delivery issue for workers, migrants and other needy users.
Read the study note →- Member inspection right
The right of a municipal member to inspect municipal records at the municipal office without fee after due notice to the CMO.
Where it helps A high-yield Section 52 fact tied to record custody and transparency.
Read the study note →- MGNREGA
The national rural employment guarantee law, commonly used as the comparison point for wage-employment schemes.
Where it helps EO/RO answers should compare it without treating the Rajasthan urban scheme as a rural scheme.
Read the study note →- Middle Income Group
A household income group with annual income above Rs 6 lakh and up to Rs 9 lakh under PMAY-U 2.0.
Where it helps It is important because PMAY-U 2.0 assistance also covers middle-class families through suitable routes.
Read the study note →- Minutes
The written and signed record of meeting proceedings, resolutions and business transacted.
Where it helps Section 62 gives evidentiary strength to proceedings where minutes are properly made and signed.
Read the study note →- MIS-style tracking
Digital or online record-based monitoring of service delivery, beneficiary transactions, feedback and centre performance.
Where it helps It links welfare delivery with payment control, transparency and evidence-based local supervision.
Read the study note →- Mukhyamantri Shahri Rojgar Guarantee Yojana
The current official portal name for Rajasthan's urban employment guarantee scheme implemented through the urban governance system.
Where it helps Use this name for current portal, reports, budget references and implementation discussion.
Read the study note →- Municipal Fund
The statutory fund from which municipal expenditure is met according to the Act, budget and financial rules.
Where it helps Committees cannot approve expenditure from it unless the expenditure is already budget-approved.
Read the study note →- Municipal records
Official records kept in municipal custody, including proceedings, registers, resolutions and connected administrative papers.
Where it helps Section 52 gives members fee-free inspection rights after due notice to the Chief Municipal Officer.
Read the study note →- Municipality
A Municipal Corporation, Municipal Council or Municipal Board constituted under the Rajasthan Municipalities Act, 2009.
Where it helps Most meeting and committee rules apply across all three municipal forms unless the Act uses a specific label.
Read the study note →- Muster roll
The attendance and worksite record used to verify labour days and support wage payment.
Where it helps Muster control is central to payment accuracy, audit and grievance handling.
Read the study note →- Notice before suit
A mandatory written notice before instituting specified suits against the Municipality or its officers for acts done or purportedly done in official capacity.
Where it helps Section 304 creates the two-month notice rule, six-month limitation and injunction exception.
Read the study note →- Notice inviting tender
The public or directed notice stating specifications, quality, delivery place and time, payment terms and other conditions for a proposed municipal purchase or work.
Where it helps Starts the tender time-limit calculation when published in the newspaper.
Read the study note →- Nuisance
An act, omission, place or thing causing or likely to cause injury, danger, annoyance, offence to senses, or risk to life, health or property.
Where it helps Nuisance control links sanitation, animals, trades, water bodies and public health provisions in Chapter XII.
Read the study note →- Open Defecation Free
A status indicating that open defecation has been eliminated as per the applicable declaration and verification protocol.
Where it helps ODF is the base of the SBM-U sanitation certification ladder.
Read the study note →- Open tender
A tender process conducted through public advertisement so that eligible suppliers or contractors can compete for the municipal purchase or work.
Where it helps The general rule for larger purchases and a common objective-question trap.
Read the study note →- Operator
The local institution or selected service provider that runs the rasoi centre and supplies meals as per scheme norms.
Where it helps Operator performance affects hygiene, quantity, quality, attendance records, billing and public trust.
Read the study note →- Ordinary general meeting
The regular meeting of a Municipality required by Section 51 at least once within sixty days and at least six times in a calendar year.
Where it helps This is a frequent section-number and frequency recall point.
Read the study note →- Ordinary meeting
The regular general meeting of a municipality, required once within sixty days and at least six times in a calendar year.
Where it helps Frequently tested through meeting frequency and notice procedure.
Read the study note →- Permissible works
The categories of public works allowed under the scheme, such as environmental, water-conservation, sanitation and civic-asset works.
Where it helps Objective questions often test whether a listed work is allowed under the current portal categories.
Read the study note →- PMAY-U
The urban Housing for All mission for eligible urban households, administered through MoHUA and urban implementation agencies.
Where it helps It is the named EO/RO syllabus scheme and the main topic identity.
Read the study note →- PMAY-U 2.0
The current operational phase of PMAY-U, guided by the September 2024 scheme guidelines and four verticals.
Where it helps Current questions should use its updated verticals and eligibility frame.
Read the study note →- Prescribed procedure
Procedure laid down by rules or lawful orders made under the Act for conducting municipal business.
Where it helps The Act states core rights and meeting triggers, while procedural details are prescribed under rule-making powers.
Read the study note →- Presiding officer
The person who presides over the municipal meeting and regulates discussion, voting and order.
Where it helps Tested in questions on voting, casting vote, adjournment and limits on discussion.
Read the study note →- Prior sanction
Approval of the competent authority obtained before entering a municipal contract where the rules require tender and sanction.
Where it helps A contract file must show sanction before binding expenditure is created.
Read the study note →- Proposal
A formal item moved for decision in a meeting; for this topic it includes an amendment proposed by a member.
Where it helps Useful for understanding member business, amendments and voting procedure.
Read the study note →- Public land
Land or space that is not private property, whether it belongs to or vests in the Municipality or not.
Where it helps Section 245 uses this wide formula for encroachment and temporary obstruction offences.
Read the study note →- Public Toilet
A toilet or urinal facility meant for floating population and general public use at markets, transport nodes, tourist places and other high-footfall locations.
Where it helps It links SBM-U with public-space cleanliness and municipal service quality.
Read the study note →- Purchasing Officer
The officer responsible under the 1974 rules for municipal purchase action; the rules identify this officer as the Executive Officer, including the Commissioner in a Municipal Council context.
Where it helps Central actor for tender method, firm lists, inspection responsibility and procurement file accountability.
Read the study note →- Quality inspection
Administrative checking of food quality, freshness, quantity, cleanliness and compliance with approved operating norms.
Where it helps It is one of the most practical EO/RO responsibilities in scheme implementation.
Read the study note →- Quorum
The minimum presence required before a meeting or committee can transact valid business.
Where it helps Ward Committees have a specific quorum of three members including the Chairperson.
Read the study note →- Rasoi centre
A fixed urban service point where cooked meals are prepared or served to beneficiaries under the scheme.
Where it helps EO/RO field supervision starts with whether the centre is accessible, hygienic, visible and functioning during notified meal hours.
Read the study note →- Real-time monitoring
Online tracking and feedback-enabled monitoring of meals and beneficiaries as described in the current portal.
Where it helps It is the administrative control mechanism behind attendance, billing, inspection and grievance follow-up.
Read the study note →- Revisionary control
The power to call for municipal records to examine correctness, legality or propriety and then rescind, reverse or modify an order or resolution.
Where it helps Section 327 is the central Government-control provision for municipal orders and resolutions.
Read the study note →- Ring formation
A collusive situation where tenderers appear to coordinate rates or behaviour, reducing genuine competition in a procurement process.
Where it helps Allows negotiation with all tenderers after due notice or fresh tendering if rates remain unsatisfactory.
Read the study note →- Rules and Bye-laws Committee
The committee concerned with municipal rules, bye-laws and related legal drafting or procedural matters.
Where it helps It anchors questions on who handles municipal bye-law preparation.
Read the study note →- Sanitation-linked work
Urban work connected with solid-waste management, waste segregation, public toilets, drain cleaning and clearing public spaces.
Where it helps It connects the scheme directly with routine municipal-service responsibilities.
Read the study note →- SEP
Self-Employment Programme, the component that supports individual and group micro-enterprises through bank loans, interest subsidy and enterprise support.
Where it helps It is tested against ESTP because one focuses on enterprise credit while the other focuses on skill training and placement.
Read the study note →- SHG
A small thrift-and-credit group of urban poor members, usually women, formed for savings, mutual support, bank linkage and collective voice.
Where it helps EO/RO questions often link DAY-NULM women's self-reliance with SHG formation and credit access.
Read the study note →- Single tender
A procurement method in which invitation is made to one firm only, allowed for small-value material or goods and other specified situations.
Where it helps Tests the Rs.1,000 small-value rule and the distinction from no-tender exceptions.
Read the study note →- SMID
Social Mobilisation and Institution Development, the component that organises urban poor households into SHGs and federations.
Where it helps Frequently confused with skill training; it is the institution-building component.
Read the study note →- Source Segregation
Separation of waste at the point where it is generated, before it enters the municipal collection and processing chain.
Where it helps It is a core requirement for scientific solid waste management and garbage-free cities.
Read the study note →- Special meeting
A meeting called for specified urgent business, including on written request by at least one-third of elected members specifying the proposed resolution.
Where it helps Tests the difference between routine meetings and member-triggered meeting power.
Read the study note →- State Level Nodal Agency
The agency designated by a State or Union Territory government to implement and coordinate PMAY-U 2.0.
Where it helps It sits between MoHUA-level direction and city-level implementation.
Read the study note →- State Level Sanctioning and Monitoring Committee
The Chief Secretary-headed state committee that approves and monitors projects under the mission.
Where it helps It is central to the implementation hierarchy asked in municipal-administration questions.
Read the study note →- State subsidy
Government support paid per meal so that the beneficiary price remains low while the operator recovers an approved cost.
Where it helps It connects scheme welfare design with municipal payment verification and operator bill scrutiny.
Read the study note →- Stock register
The municipal record in which satisfactory supplies are entered after inspection and certification of conformity with samples and specifications.
Where it helps Links procurement, inspection, stores control and audit verification.
Read the study note →- Subject Committee
A functional committee constituted for a specific municipal domain such as finance, sanitation, lighting, works, slum improvement, welfare, bye-laws or offences.
Where it helps Most objective questions ask which subject committee handles which municipal function.
Read the study note →- SUH
Shelter for Urban Homeless, the component for all-weather shelters with essential services and linkages to welfare entitlements.
Where it helps It is the correct answer when a question asks which NULM part provides shelters to urban homeless people.
Read the study note →- SUSV
Support to Urban Street Vendors, the component dealing with vendor survey, identity cards, vending zones, credit, skills and social security convergence.
Where it helps It links DAY-NULM to street-vendor management and municipal vending plans.
Read the study note →- Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban)
A Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs mission for urban sanitation, open-defecation elimination, scientific municipal solid waste management and cleanliness behaviour change.
Where it helps It is explicitly listed as an important urban scheme in the EO/RO syllabus.
Read the study note →- Swachh Survekshan
A national cleanliness survey framework that compares urban bodies using service progress, certifications, citizen feedback and field assessment.
Where it helps EO/RO questions can test it as a municipal performance and competition mechanism.
Read the study note →- Technical approval
Engineering-level approval or checking of estimates and bills for works according to monetary competence under the rules.
Where it helps Important for construction works, bills, estimates and public-works accountability.
Read the study note →- Thali
The standard meal unit supplied under the scheme, composed of cooked items rather than dry ration.
Where it helps Questions may test the scheme as a cooked-meal programme and may ask the menu components.
Read the study note →- Transparency report
A public or administrative report showing job-card, demand, work or master data for scheme implementation.
Where it helps These reports help officers, citizens and auditors track implementation and detect gaps.
Read the study note →- ULB
Urban Local Body, such as a municipal corporation, municipal council or municipality, responsible for local urban governance functions.
Where it helps DAY-NULM treats ULBs as lead local implementers because urban poverty alleviation is a municipal function.
Read the study note →- Unified Web Portal
The digital platform for demand registration, beneficiary application, verification, project listing, monitoring and MIS reporting.
Where it helps It explains how PMAY-U 2.0 controls duplication and tracks implementation.
Read the study note →- Urban local body
A municipal corporation, municipal council or municipal board responsible for local civic administration in an urban area.
Where it helps ULBs identify works, supervise worksites, maintain records and support transparency under the scheme.
Read the study note →- Urban poor households
Households in urban areas targeted for livelihood support, skill training, financial inclusion and community mobilisation under the mission.
Where it helps They are the primary target group for SMID, ESTP and SEP questions.
Read the study note →- Urgent meeting
A short-notice municipal meeting called when business cannot wait for the ordinary notice period.
Where it helps Often tested through the forty-eight-hour notice point.
Read the study note →- Ward
A territorial constituency formed under Section 9 of the Rajasthan Municipalities Act, 2009.
Where it helps Ward Committees are territorially tied to one or more wards.
Read the study note →- Ward Committee
A statutory committee under Section 54 constituted for one or more wards in municipalities having a population of three lakh or more.
Where it helps It is the central institution for ward-level participation and civic supervision in this topic.
Read the study note →- Water conservation work
Urban work such as cleaning, desilting, repairing or restoring ponds, stepwells, johads, tankas and rainwater-harvesting structures.
Where it helps It shows that the scheme can improve urban ecological assets while providing wage employment.
Read the study note →- Work demand
The registered worker's request for employment under the guarantee logic of the scheme.
Where it helps Demand is distinct from registration and must be linked with work allotment.
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