Lok Sabha Question No. 4712 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-24
Subject: Implementation of Centrally Sponsored Schemes
Ministry: PLANNING
Asked by: Vijay Baghel, Arun Sao

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PLANNING

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 4712

TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.03.2021

## IMPLEMENTATION OF CENTRALLY SPONSORED SCHEMES

## †4712. SHRI VIJAY BAGHEL: SHRI ARUN SAO:

Will the Minister of PLANNING be pleased to state:

- (a) whether implementation of centrally sponsored schemes by State Governments meant for poor has been reviewed/proposed to be reviewed by the Government;
- (b) if so, the details of the scheme to be reviewed;
- (c) whether  the  Government  has  taken  cognisance  of  diverting  the  funds  meant  for  a particular scheme to other heads/works by State Governments;
- (d) if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the steps taken/proposed to be taken by the Government to facilitate successful and effective implementation of centrally sponsored schemes?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF PLANNING AND MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF STATISTICS & PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION

## (RAO INDERJIT SINGH)

- (a) & (b)  To  consider  continuation  of  Centrally  Sponsored  Schemes(CSS)  and  Central Sector  (CS)  schemes/  programes  in  the  15th  Finance  Commission  cycle,  the Department  of  Expenditure  (DoE),  in  Jan'2019,  decided  undertaking  evaluation  of Central Sector (CS) and Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSS). Development Monitoring & Evaluation Office (DMEO), NITI Aayog has conducted evaluations of 28  Umbrella  Centrally  Sponsored  Schemes  (UCSS),  comprising  around  125  CSS schemes.  These  schemes  have  been  evaluated  under  10  packages  namely:    i) Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries, ii) Women and Child Development, iii) Human Resource Development iv) Urban Transformation v) Rural Development vi) Drinking Water and Sanitation vii) Health viii) Jobs and Skills ix) Water Resources, Environment and Forest; and x) Social Inclusion Law & Order and Justice Delivery.
- (c) & (d) The progress of scheme and fund utilization is kept in view while deciding fund allocations by the Ministry of Finance. The respective Ministry/Department facilitates the implementation of scheme, releases the fund to the States/implementing agency, time to time and are expected to monitor that the funds are utilized in efficient and effective way.
- (e) While the programme implementing Ministries/Departments are primarily responsible to monitor the implementation of their programmes and for taking corrective steps to ensure  that  the  programme  benefits  reach  the  targeted  population,  the  NITI  Aayog helps them in the following ways:
-  By  bringing  findings  of  the  evaluation  studies  to  the  knowledge  of  the programme implementing Ministries/Departments for taking corrective measures;
-  NITI Aayog facilitates monitoring of the progress in the implementation of programmes/schemes through Output-Outcome Management framework (OOMF) for CS/CSS Schemes of the Government of India. NITI Aayog has also developed a dashboard for this purpose which is accessed online by the Departments/Ministries for updating the progress of their progammes.

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