Lok Sabha Question No. 1532 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-28
Subject: Assessment of Schemes/Programmes
Ministry: PLANNING
Asked by: Ramcharan Bohra

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PLANNING

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 1532 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.07.2021

## ASSESSMENT OF SCHEMES/PROGRAMMES

## †1532. SHRI RAMCHARAN BOHRA:

Will the Minister of PLANNING be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has made/proposes to make any assessment regarding important big schemes/ programmes in the country including in Rajasthan;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the funds allocated for various schemes/ programmes during the last three years;
- (d) whether the allocated fund is being utilized properly;
- (e) if so, the details thereof; and
- (f) if not, the action taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF STATISTICS & PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION; MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF PLANNING AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS

## (RAO INDERJIT SINGH)

- (a) &  (b). The  Ministries/Departments  of  the  Government  of  India  conduct  evaluation  of  the Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSS)/Central Sector (CS) schemes being implemented by them. The  NITI  Aayog  also  conducts  concurrent  evaluation  of  the  selected  programmes/schemes. Besides  this,  in  States/UTs,  the  State  Evaluation  Offices  (SEOs)  conduct  evaluations  of  their prominent  schemes/programmes.  Continuation  of  Central  Sector  (CS)/Centrally  Sponsored Schemes  (CSS)  from  one  Finance  Commission  cycle  to  another  entails  a  third  party  impact evaluation. For the continuation of Central Sector (CS) / Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSS) in 15 th Finance  Commission  Cycle,  the  Department  of  Expenditure  in  March  2019  entrusted Development Monitoring & Evaluation Office (DMEO), NITI Aayog to conduct evaluation of 28 Umbrella Centrally Sponsored Schemes comprising 125 CSS in selected sample States/UTs including Rajasthan. The list of Evaluation Studies of 28 Umbrella Centrally Sponsored Schemes

(UCSS) is enclosed in Annexure-I. The  evaluation Reports have been shared with respective Ministries/Departments and Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance. The evaluation of CS Schemes was entrusted to respective Ministries/Departments.

(c) to (f). The respective Ministries/Departments implement the schemes in co-ordination with States/UTs. Further, they release funds to States/Implementing agencies from time to time and also monitor the schemes. Based on the findings and insights from evaluation studies, respective Ministries/Departments make mid-course corrections in the schemes.

## Annexure -I

## 28 UCSS Evaluation Studies conducted in last three years by DMEO, NITI Aayog

|   Sl. No. | Sector                                            | UCSS covered                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | Year    |
|-----------|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------|
|         1 | Agriculture, Animal Husbandry& Fisheries          |  Blue Revolution  Green Revolution  White Revolution                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       | 2019-20 |
|         2 | Women &Child Development                          |  Integrated Child Development Services  Mission for Empowerment and Protection of Women                                                                                                                                                                                                                     | 2019-20 |
|         3 | Human Resource Development                        |  National Education Mission  National Programme of Mid-day Meal in Schools  Umbrella Programme for Development of Minorities                                                                                                                                                                               | 2019-20 |
|         4 | Urban Transformation                              |  Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban)  Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Urban Livelihood Mission  Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban)  Urban Rejuvenation Mission                                                                                                                                              | 2019-21 |
|         5 | Rural Development                                 |  MGNational Rural Employment Guarantee Program  National Rural Livelihood Mission  Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme  Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana  Pradhan Mantri Grameen Sadak Yojana  Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Rurban Mission                                                               | 2019-21 |
|         6 | Drinking Water& Sanitation                        |  Swachh Bharat Mission (Rural)  National Rural Drinking Water Mission                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       | 2019-20 |
|         7 | Health                                            |  National Health Mission                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     | 2019-20 |
|         8 | Jobs &Skills                                      |  Jobs and Skills Development                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 2019-20 |
|         9 | Water Resources, Environment& Forest              |  Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana  Environment, Forestry and Wildlife                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | 2019-20 |
|        10 | Social Inclusion, Law and Order& Justice Delivery |  Umbrella Programme for Development of Scheduled Castes  Umbrella Programme for Development of backward classes, differently abled and other vulnerable groups  Umbrella Programme for Development of scheduled tribes  Umbrella Programme for Development of minorities  Modernization of Police Forces | 2019-21 |

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