Indian Cabinet okays weeding, merging of Centrally sponsored schemes.... Centre has decided to reduce the number of Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSS) in the country by more than half by merging similar schemes for better implementation and monitoring.The Union Cabinet, which approved merging of over 140 CSS into 66 schemes agreed to give more operational flexibility to States. The Government has also decided to alter the scheme guidelines to suit the requirements of the States and give them greater flexibility to spend up to 10 per cent of the allocated funds.States would have flexibility to incur expenditure under any scheme (up to 10 per cent of the allocation) as long as the project is within the broad guideline of a scheme. The approved schemes include 17 flagship programmes with significant outlays for major interventions required in health, education, irrigation, urban development, and infrastructure sectors. To suit the requirements of the States, the Cabinet has also approved that a scheme may have State specific guidelines which may be recommended by an Inter-Ministerial Committee constituted for this purpose. The financial assistance to the States in these schemes would be provided through the Consolidated Funds of the States.
Posted on: Thu, 20 Jun 2013 18:40:51 +0000
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