Lok Sabha Question No. 119 (STARRED), answered on 2018-07-25
Subject: Review of Centrally Sponsored Schemes
Ministry: PLANNING
Asked by: S.P. MUDDAHANUMEGOWDA, DEVENDRA (ALIAS) BHOLE SINGH SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PLANNING

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *119 TO BE ANSWERED ON 25.07.2018

## REVIEW OF  CENTRALLY SPONSORED SCHEMES

- *119. SHRI S.P. MUDDAHANUME GOWDA: SHRI DEVENDRA SINGH BHOLE:

Will the Minister of PLANNING be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether the Government has reviewed the Centrally Sponsored Schemes implemented by the States to  evaluate the achievements vis-a-vis targets periodically,
- (b)   if so, the details and the outcome thereof, scheme, year and State-wise;
- (c)   whether there is any provision of penalties for non-performing States under the various schemes and if so, the details thereof;
- (d)  the details of the improvements/corrective steps proposed to be undertaken along with the time by which these improvements/steps are likely to be undertaken; and
- (e)   the manner in which the Government proposes to ensure that benefits under various schemes reach the targeted population in non-performing States?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF PLANNING AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS & FERTILIZERS (RAO INDERJIT SINGH)

- (a) to (e) A Statement is laid on the Table of the House

## STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  to  (e)  of  LOK  SABHA  STARRED QUESTION No. *119 RAISED BY SHRI S.P. MUDDAHANUME GOWDA AND SHRI DEVENDRA SINGH BHOLE REGARDING 'REVIEW OF  CENTRALLY SPONSORED SCHEMES.'

(a) The programme implementing Ministries/Departments of the Government of India conduct evaluation of the Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSS) being implemented by them. The NITI Aayog also conducts concurrent evaluation of the selected programmes/schemes. Besides this, in States, the State evaluation offices conduct evaluations of their prominent schemes/programmes.

(b) List  of  11  programmes  evaluated  by  the  NITI  Aayog  during  the  last  three  years  is  enclosed  as Annexure-A.  The Evaluation Reports have been put in the public domain by uploading the soft copies to the NITI Aayog website.

(c) The progress of scheme and fund utilization are kept in view while deciding fund allocations by the Ministry of Finance. Further continuation of schemes from one period to another is not permissible without a third party impact evaluation.

(d)&(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:

- o By bringing findings of the evaluation studies to the knowledge of the programme implementing Ministries/Departments for taking corrective measures;
- o NITI  Aayog  monitors  the  progress  in  the  implementation  of  Output-Outcome  Management Framework (OOMF) of the Government of India. NITI Aayog has developed a dashboard for this purpose which is accessed by the Departments/Ministries for updating the dashboard with the latest data about their programmes.
- o PMO conducts review of sectors on quarterly basis and the following up of the major action points agreed  in  the  review  meetings,  is  being  done  by  NITI  Aayog  through  a  dashboard  developed specially for this purpose. Concerned Departments/Ministries have been provided with the access to update the dashboard with the latest information on the action points pertaining to them. There are 15 sectors at present being monitored by NITI Aayog through the dashboard.

## Annexure-A

## List of schemes/programmes evaluated by DMEO, NITI Aayog during last 3 years (2015-16 to 2017-18)

|   Sl. | Studies by DMEO                                                                                                                                         | FY      | Ministries             |
|-------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------|------------------------|
|     1 | Evaluation Study on Direct Benefits Transfer in Food(Results from one year of Process Monitoring) : The Evaluation Report was issued on September, 2017 | 2017-18 | DFPD                   |
|     2 | Quick Evaluation Study on Indira Gandhi Matritva SahyogYojana (IGMSY): The Evaluation Report was issued in April, 2017.                                 | 2017-18 | WCD                    |
|     3 | Quick Evaluation Study on Nai Roshni (The scheme for leadership development of Minority Women). The Evaluation Report was issued in July, 2016.         | 2016-17 | SJE (Minority Affairs) |
|     4 | Efficacy of Minimum Support Price to Agriculture Farmers (MSP): The Evaluation Report was issued in February, 2016.                                     | 2015-16 | Agriculture/CACP       |
|     5 | Command Area Development and Water Management Programme (CADWMP): The Evaluation Report was issued in December, 2015.                                   | 2015-16 | Water Resource         |
|     6 | Border Area Development Programme (BADP): The Evaluation Report was issued in July, 2015.                                                               | 2015-16 | Home                   |
|     7 | Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya (KGBV): The Evaluation Report was issued in july, 2015                                                                 | 2015-16 | School Education       |
|     8 | Rajiv Gandhi Gramin VIdyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY): The Evaluation Report was issued in July, 2015.                                                        | 2015-16 | Power                  |
|     9 | Backward Region Grant Fund (BRGF): The Evaluation Report was issued in October, 2015.                                                                   | 2015-16 | Rural Development      |
|    10 | Quick Evaluation study on Anaganwadis under ICDS: The Evaluation Report was issued in July, 2015.                                                       | 2015-16 | WCD                    |
|    11 | Role of Public Distribution System in shaping Household and Nutritional Security: The Evaluation Report was issued in Dec., 2016                        | 2016-17 | DFPD                   |