Centrally Sponsored Schemes

Efficient cash management can improve outcomes

While Goa and Delhi are among the few states that exceed the national average, with Goa meeting the 8 per cent target, others like Uttar Pradesh and Bihar allocate less than 6 per cent to healthcare

The Centre has urged southern states to expedite the execution of centrally-sponsored schemes (CSS), emphasising the need for timely fund allocation and proper management of single nodal accounts. Speaking at a two-day regional conference that concluded on November 19 at Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, Agriculture Secretary Devesh Chaturvedi emphasized the operationalization of SNA-SPARSH, return of unutilized balances and interest, and prompt submission of Utilization Certificates (UCs). "The Centre is very much a partner to the states and will help them ameliorate the conditions of farmers," the Secretary said while stressing the importance of state-level conferences to address region-specific agricultural challenges. Senior officials from Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Karnataka and Puducherry participated in the conference to evaluate the progress of various schemes. The states were advised to finalize the annual action plan for FY 2025-26 by December to enable .

The Development Monitoring and Evaluation Office of NITI Aayog has sought proposals from consultancy firms to support the evaluation of Centrally Sponsored Schemes

Government think tank Niti Aayog has invited proposals for evaluation of centrally sponsored schemes across nine crucial sectors, including health, agriculture and education. According to the Aayog, each sector will require a separate application through the GeM portal. The 9 CSS packages include agriculture and allied sector, women and child development, education and rural development, among others. Centrally sponsored schemes (CSS) are implemented by the state governments but sponsored by the central government with a defined shareholding. These schemes are aimed at supplementing efforts undertaken by the state government because the Centre has more resources at its disposal. These schemes can either be national or regional in character. In CSS, the funding by the central government works as an initiation, with further spending coming from states towards the cause. The deadline for receiving the request for proposal (RFP) is August 30, 2024.

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The government on Sunday announced it will computerise state cooperative registrars and 1,851 offices of Agriculture and Rural Development Banks (ARDBs) under a scheme with a budget of Rs 225.09 crore. Currently, the government is computerising all Primary Agriculture Credit Societies (PACS) in the country. "On the lines of the computerisation scheme of all PACS in the country, a centrally sponsored scheme has been approved for computerisation of 1,851 units of ARDBs of 13 states through a national unified software," the cooperation ministry said in a statement. The government has also decided to computerise the offices of Registrar of Cooperatives of all states and Union Territories, it said. A Central Project Monitoring Unit (PMU) will be established, which will work towards the successful implementation of the scheme. "The total estimated expenditure for this scheme will be Rs 225.09 crore," the statement said. The implementation of this scheme will not only enable people to ..

Says Rs 1,213 cr being spent in violation of rules and Rs 11 cr diverted to time deposits to earn interest income; calls for action against officers responsible

11 states, UTs spent more than allocated share in FY21; but in FY23, Centre expects to save Rs 80,000 cr

To avail of the benefits under PM KISAN Yojana, the farmer family must present the required documents before the state government

Under PM KISAN Yojana, the payment is done in the form of three equal installments of Rs 2,000 each. But to avail of the benefits, the farmers need to get themselves registered under the scheme

Speaking at an event, Somanathan said due to these, there was an unspent balance of Rs 1.2 trillion with state agencies from CSS as on March 31, 2022

As per the communication sent last month, errors which are bona fide or minor will not attract any action

States have been asking for more flexibility in implementing the schemes while reducing their proliferation

The Centre should focus on broad policy framework rather than micromanaging industrial and developmental activities

The move includes evaluating the budgetary allocation for each scheme and phasing out various elements of schemes that may have become redundant

The Department of Expenditure order vouches for more effective cash management and bring more efficiency in public expenditure management

While the actual expenditure on centrally sponsored schemes was more than the Budget estimate for FY17 and FY18, the target remained unmet in FY19 and FY20 (revised estimate)

Centrally sponsored schemes are funded by Centre and states combined, as opposed to central sector schemes which are funded wholly by the Centre

There are 28 centrally sponsored schemes and 45 central sector schemes for which grants are given by central ministries