A. Governing Body

1. Overall policy guidance & coordination of programmes implemented by the District WATSAN missions.
2. To ensure coordination with various departments, agencies and convergence of different activities related to water supply & sanitation in rural areas.
3. To approve & sanction the Annual Plan & Budget.
4. Make, alter and revise the rules and regulations of the mission.
5. Delegate powers & function to the employees of the mission.

B. Executive Body

1. Implement the policies/decision of the Governing Body.
2. Interact with GOI/RGNDW.M and support the implementation of or directly implement, various Rural Water Supply and Sanitation schemes and other related activities as well as programmes funded by external donors like DFID, UNICEF, DANIDA etc.
3. Liaise & Co-ordinate with various line departments, State Govt. & other sector partners and ensuring participation of the SHGs and the communities in different projects.
4. Identify, mobilise NGO’s to undertake work as per schemes notified by the Department of Rural Development. This would include providing technical assistance, guidance and training.
5. Ensure establishment of Missions in the District Level and Panchayat Level.
6. Ensure opening of separate Bank account at District Level and Panchayat Level.
7. Organise meeting/Workshop/Study tours/Seminars with involvement of all concerned prepare IEC/ Publicity materials for Sanitation and Sector reforms projects and other related activities. 
8. To promote adoption of demand driven & participatory approach, service delivery maximizing empowerment of villagers in decision making on the choice of service levels.
9. Monitor and evaluate the implementation of the schemes by the various agencies including NGO’s.
10. Consider and approve the annual accounts ensuring proper auditing of the expenditure by competent authority.
11. Undertake any other activities that are consistent with the aims & objectives of the Mission. 

Meeting of the Mission

1. The Governing Body/ Executive Body of the Mission shall meet as often as may be considered necessary for the transaction of the business of the mission, provided that the Governing Body shall meet at least once in 6 (six) months and Executive Body shall meet at least once in 3(three) months. 
2. The meeting of the Mission shall be held at such date and time as may be fixed by the Member Secretary in consultation with the Chairman/ Vice Chairman.
3. At least one week notice shall be given for convening a meeting. An extra ordinary meeting may, however, be called at a shorter notice.
4. The Chairman and in his absence the Vice-Chairman for the Governing Body or the Member Secretary for the Executive Body will preside over every meeting of the Mission.
5. All decisions will be taken by majority vote of members present and voting.

Emergency Power of the Chairman, Vice-Chairman & Member Secretary
Nothing in these rules & regulations shall prevent the Chairman/ Vice-Chairman and Member Secretary from exercising all powers of the Mission in case of emergencies for furtherance of the objectives of the mission and action taken shall be reported to the mission in the next Governing Body & Executive Body.

Proceedings of the meeting:

1. All business of the mission as far as possible will be recorded as proceeding of the mission.
2. All disputed questions shall be determined by majority votes. Each member shall have one vote and in case of equality of votes the Chairman shall have a second casting vote.
3. The proceedings of the meeting of the mission shall be circulated to all members.

Remuneration of Chairman and Members

The Chairman or any official member of the Mission shall not be entitled to any allowance or other remuneration. The non-official members will be reimbursed the TA and DA cost as may be approved by the mission.

Funds of the Mission and Accounts 
The fund of the mission shall consist of following

1. Grants made by or through Govt. of India or State Govt.
2. All money received by way of grants, transfer or in any other manner form any source other than the source of Govt.

Budget
The Annual Budget will show the estimated receipts and expenditure and shall be prepared in such form as may be prescribed by the Govt. and submitted in such manner as may be required.
 
Management of Fund

1. All money credited to the funds of the mission shall be deposited in a Nationalised Bank. All withdrawals from funds shall be made by cheques. All cheques shall be signed by two signatories Chair/Vice-Chairman and the member secretary or any other designated authority as would be decided by the mission.
2. The mission by Resolution may decide the percentage of contribution to be realised towards establishment and miscellaneous expenditure of the mission. 
   

Accounts and Audit

1. The Accounts of the Mission shall be maintained in double entry book keeping system and in the format prescribed according to the directions issued by the Government of India with the following minimum books of accounts & records. 

1. Cash Book 
2. Journal
3. Vouchers
4. Bank ledger
5. Bank Draft/ Cheque receipt register
6. Cheque issue register
7. Any other register as would be prescribed by mission.

2. The Accounts of the mission shall be audited by a Chartered Accountant or any other qualified person or agency who shall be appointed by Govt. of India/ State Govt. in Rural Development Department . 
3. A monthly account showing the allotment and expenditure under each item shall be prepared and submitted to Govt. of India. At the close of each quarter, a consolidated account showing the total receipts, payments during the period under several heads of account with opening & closing balances shall be prepared and submitted to Govt. of India. The Member Secretary shall present the Annual Accounts of the Mission by a date not later than 20th June of every year comprising receipt & payment accounts and balance sheets. 
4. A copy of such audit report duly signed by the Auditor and Chairman or Vice-Chairman and Member Secretary of the Mission shall be furnished to the Govt. of India not later than 30th June of every year. 
5. The Comptroller and Auditor General of India shall have the same rights, privileges and authority to conduct audit of the accounts of the Mission as he has in connection with the audit of the Govt. accounts and for this purpose shall have the right to demand the production of books of accounts and other relevant records of the mission. 

Assets

1. A Statement showing the inventory of fixed assets held by the Mission at the end of each financial year shall be sent to Govt. of India and Government of Orissa along with the annual statement of accounts. No depreciation shall be charged and the value of the assets will be shown at the original cost with accounts.
2. Separate utilisation certificate in respect of grant received from the Govt. of India and other sources for different programme shall be sent to the Ministry, R.D.Deptt, RGNDWM and programme officers of respective donor agencies, along with audited statement of accounts.

Authentication
All orders and decision of the mission shall be authenticated by the signature of the Chairman/Vice-Chairman and all other papers/ documents shall be authenticated by the signature of the Member Secretary.

Directions of Central / State Government
The Mission shall carry out such directions as may be issued to it from time to time by the Government of India or State Government. It shall furnish to the Govt. of India or the State Govt. such reports, returns and other information as may be required by them from time to time. 

General/ Legal Action

1. The mission may sue or may be sued in the name of the Member Secretary.
2. The income & property of the mission derived, shall be applied towards the promotion of the objectives there-of, subject nevertheless to financial discipline in respects of the expenditure of grants imposed by the Central Government from time to time.
3. No portion of the income and property of the mission shall be paid or transferred directly and indirectly by way of dividend, bonus or otherwise to any person or organisation who at any time was or has been Member of the mission. 
4. In the event of winding up or dissolution of the mission and after satisfactory setting of its liabilities, all remaining assets shall not be paid to or distributed among with the Members or any of them but shall be disposed in such manner as the Central/ State Govt. may determine. 

Staffing Pattern
The Mission can appoint staffs on deputation from Govt./ State Govt. undertakings or appoint professionals on contractual terms depending on the requirement & availability of funds under different schemes with concurrence of Finance Department and prior approval of Government. Selection will be made through open advertisement. 

Amendment to the Rules & Regulation 
The rules and regulation of the Mission shall be amended by the Governing Body with prior approval of the Govt. 

External Evaluation 
The State Govt. may conduct external evaluation of the Mission performance as & when felt necessary through such agencies as deemed appropriate. 

According to the 1991 census, out of 5,171,715 households in rural areas, 185,345 had latrines (4%). According to the 2001 census, out of a total of 6,782,879 rural households, 523,272 (7.7%) had individual household latrines. The three types of latrines, pit latrines (209, 472), water closets (223,290) and other latrines (90,510) were included in the census. As a further point of reference, in Balasore, Ganjam and Sundargarh, the three Sector Reform Districts, it was 9 percent, 11 percent and 6 percent respectively. 

During the period of the TSC programme, there has been a dramatic increase in annual toilet construction figures, reflecting the impact of the awareness campaign and the IEC strategy. This achievement is also linked to the TSC coverage, where up to 2002 only five districts were in the project, in 2003 this increased to 15 and from 2004 all 30 districts of the state have been involved.