Lok Sabha Question No. 1311 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-22
Subject: Public Finance Management System
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: SANTOSH AHLAWAT

(a) & (b): Yes, Sir.

For  details,  copy  of  Ministry  of  Finance,  Government  of  India Office  Memoradum  No.  F.No.  48(06)/PF-II/2016  dated  27-022017  is  enclosed (Annexure-I)

- (c):      Yes,  Ministry  of  Finance  vide  O.M.  No.  F.No.  48(06)/PF-II/2016 dated 12-09-2017 directed   all ministries to ensure that further releases of funds in respect of Central Sector Scheme from 1 st October 2017 onwards are processed with the expenditure/balance details available in PFMS
- (d):  613 Central Sector Schemes for Civil Ministries/Departments of Government of India.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF EXPENDITURE

## O/o CONTROLLER GENERAL OF ACCOUNTS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION No.1311

TO BE ANSWERED ON FRIDAY, The 22 nd  December, 2017 Pausha 01, 1939(Saka)

'Public Finance Management System'

1311. SHRIMATI SANTOSH AHLAWAT

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  recently  the  Public  Finance  Management  System (PFMS) has been rolled out by Controller General of Accounts at behest of his Ministry;
- (b)
- if so, the details thereof;
- whether his Ministry has made use of PFMS mandatory for all of  Government
- (c) central  schemes  to ensure that benefits schemes reach the last mile; and
- if  so,  the number of Central Beneficiary Schemes that comes
- (d) under the above said schemes?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE(FINANCE)

## (SHRI  P. RADHAKRISHNAN)

## F.No.48(06)/PF.II/2016 Ministry of Finance Department of Expenditure (PF-II) Division

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North Block, New Delhi Dated, the 27 th of February, 2017

## OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject:Extension of Public Financial Management System (PFMS) beyond 31.03.2017

Reference is invited to the subject mentioned above. The Government has approved the extension of the Public Financial Management System (PFMS) beyond 31.03.2017. The salient features of the Government's decision are as under:

- I. Extension  of  the  Public  Financial  Management  System  (PFMS)  from  1 st April, 2017 to 31 st March, 2020 at an estimated project cost of Rs 839 crore;
- II. Continuation of 23 Senior Administrative Grade (SAG) and above level posts as indicated in Annexure 'A'.
- III. Setting up of 400 District Project Management Units (DPMUs).
- IV. During  the  extended  period  of  2017-20  PFMS  would  provide  a  platform  for complete  tracking  of  funds  up  to  the  end  beneficiary;  and  enable  'just-in-time' transfer  of  funds  in  respect  of  Central  Sector  (CS)  and  Centrally  Sponsored Schemes (CSSs).
- V. In the extended period, PFMS would also strives to achieve treasury integration with all the States, complete registration of all implementing Agencies (IAs) and usage  of  Expenditure  Advance  &  Transfer  (EAT)  module,  facilitating  Direct Benefit  Transfer  (DBT)  payments  and  convergence  with  other  IT  platforms, integration with remaining banks, complete digitization of government receipt and payments,  technology  up-gradation  for  improved  performance  and  security, enhancement of PFMS to GIFMIS (Government Integrated Financial Management Information System), training and capacity building and data mining /analytics for improved Decision Support System (DSS).
- VI. The  continuation  of  the  above  post  mentioned  at  (II)  above  will  be  up  to 31.03.2020. These posts (apart from the technical post earmarked for NIC) shall be under the Department of Expenditure and may be filled up as far as possible from  the  available  officials  of  'CGA'  system  and  the  rest  may  be  filled  up  by officials of Central and State Government on deputation basis.

Encl: As above.

-Sd-

(Chittaranjan Dash) Director (PF.II) Tel: 23093109

{chittaranjan.dash@nic.in}

To be circulated as per list

## ANNEXURE-I

## List for circulation of PFMS order

1. Shri Amitabh Kant, CEO, NITI Aayog
2. Smt. Aruna Sundrarajan, Secretary, Department of Electronics and Information Technology.
3. Shri Rajiv Gauba, Secretary, Ministry of Urban Development
4. Smt. Archana Nigam , Controller General of Accounts
5. Ms. Neeta Verma, Director General, National Informatics Centre (NIC)
6. Ms. Meera Swarup , JS & FA , Department of Expenditure
7. Ms. Annie George Mathew, JS(Pers.) , Department of Expenditure
8. Shri Rajeev Ranjan, JS(PF.I), Department of Expenditure
9. Shri Prashant Goyal, JS (Budget), DEA
10. Ms.  Anuradha  Mitra,  JS  &  FA,  Department  of  Electronics  and  Information Technology
11. Shri Raju Sharan , Jt. CGA , PFMS
12. Shri Peeyush Kumar , Joint Secretary (DBT Mission) Cabinet Secretariat
13. Shri T.V. Somanathan , Joint Secretary, PMO
14. Shri Giridhar Armane , Joint Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat
15. Ms. Archana Verma , Joint Secretary , Coordination Division, DoPT
16. Principal Secretary (Finance) / Secretary, Planning of States / UTs
17. Shri Nagesh Shastri , DDG , NIC
18. Shri Pankaj Sharma , Dy. CGA , PFMS
19. Ms. Sukhgeet Kaur, Director (PAMD) , NITI Aayog
20. PSO to Finance Secretary /PS to JS (PF.II) / PS to Dir (CD)
21. Copy to NIC cell , North Block for uploading on website of the Department of Expenditure.
22. Guard File

## Annexure-'A'

| Posts above Senior Administrative Grade and above   | Posts above Senior Administrative Grade and above   | Posts above Senior Administrative Grade and above   | Posts above Senior Administrative Grade and above   | Posts above Senior Administrative Grade and above   |
|-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
| Posts of CGA                                        |                                                     |                                                     |                                                     |                                                     |
|                                                     | Designation                                         | No of Posts                                         | No of Posts                                         | No of Posts                                         |
| Posts of Controller General of Accounts             |                                                     | CPMU                                                | SPMU                                                | Total                                               |
| Higher Administrative Grade                         | Additional Controller General of Accounts           | 1                                                   |                                                     | 1                                                   |
| Senior Administrative Grade                         | Joint Controller General of Accounts                | 2                                                   | 19                                                  | 21                                                  |
| Posts of National Informatics Centre (NIC)          |                                                     |                                                     |                                                     |                                                     |
| Senior Administrative Grade                         | Deputy Director General                             | 1                                                   |                                                     | 1                                                   |
| PFMS Total                                          |                                                     | 4                                                   | 19                                                  | 23                                                  |