Chief Ministers Sub-Group of NITI Aayog Proposes to Reduce Centrally Sponsored Schemes

According to draft, the centre's share would not be less than 50 per cent.

Today's meeting was attended by the Chief Ministers of Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Kerala, Uttar Pradesh, Nagaland among others.

In each of the identified Core Schemes, ordinarily, Centre will implement umbrella programme having a large number of components with a uniform funding pattern to suit states' requirement.

For general category states, under Core Schemes, Centre and state would share funding in the ration 60:40 per cent. However in schemes where Centre's share is below 60 per cent, it will remain the same.

Under the Optional Schemes for general category states, the funding would be shared equally. But in schemes where Centre's share is below 50 per cent, it will remain the same.

For 11 special category states under Core Sector scheme, Centre and state sharing will be in the ratio of 90:10 per cent while for optional schemes it would 80:20 per cent. The draft report also said that for all projects under CSS in which 30 per cent of the work has been completed, funding should be continued.

The sharing pattern under which the project was approved should also continue till March 2017. If the projects remain incomplete even thereafter, state would have to complete the project using their own funds.

The draft report also says that the schemes in sector including poverty elimination, drinking water, Swachh Bharat, rural electrification, women and child health nutrition, Housing for All and urban transformation should be given priority for realising 'Vision 2022'.

As per the draft, the rationalisation of schemes and restructure funding patter of CSS should be implemented from 2016-17.

The sub-group was constituted by the Prime Minister in March this year in pursuance of decision taken in the first meeting of governing council of NITI Ayog a month earlier.

Members of the Chief Ministers' Sub-Group include Madhya Pradesh (Convener), Arunachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand, Kerala, Manipur, Nagaland, Rajasthan, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh and Lt Governor of Andaman & Nicobar islands.

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