Union govt must reduce number of central schemes to ease financial burden on states: Bihar FinMin"CSS force states to reprioritise their spending and puts poor states at a disadvantage. It has been witnessed that large spending by the C...
18 Mar, 2023, 01.45 PM IST
SBI rejects Andhra Pradesh government's Rs 6,500 crore overdraftWith its coffers completely dry, the state government sought the overdraft to be used as working capital by five nodal implementing agencie...
30 Sep, 2021, 01.20 PM IST
Centre planning to give states flexibility to compete for Centrally Sponsored Schemes: Anoop SinghThe Centre is planning to give states the flexibility to compete for better Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSS) within an overall entitlement...
15 Mar, 2021, 09.07 PM IST
NITI Aayog invites proposals to evaluate 28 centrally-sponsored schemesIn order to rationalise the available resources, the govt had made the approval of the schemes co-terminus with the Finance Commission cycl...
06 May, 2019, 01.45 PM IST
Centrally sponsored schemes may be cut to 50, flexi funds grow by 25 per centThe panel has also recommended the review of the CSS every two years and wants NITI Aayog to sit with all states once in six months.
28 Oct, 2015, 05.40 AM IST
Chief Ministers' panel on central schemes to submit report to PM Narendra Modi tomorrowA chief ministers' panel on rationalisation of centrally-sponsored schemes constituted by NITI Aayog will submit its final report to the Pr...
26 Oct, 2015, 09.52 PM IST
PM Narendra Modi calls NITI Aayog's Governing Council meet tomorrowPrime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to discuss the contentious land acquisition bill with the chief ministers at NITI Aayog's Governing ...
14 Jul, 2015, 10.05 PM IST
Tarun Gogoi concerned over restructuring of Centre's social schemesThe central government is considering the restructuring of the CSS, which after careful examination were redesigned and restructured in Jun...
15 May, 2015, 06.01 PM IST
Centre to soon finalise new fund sharing pattern with statesSo far, the Centre has been contributing up to 90% to the centrally-sponsored schemes (CSS), depending on the schemes and the states.
28 Mar, 2015, 04.00 AM IST
NITI Aayog to set up working group on Centrally Sponsored SchemesNITI Aayog will set up a working group to prepare a draft report on how to make implementation of Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSS) more ef...
27 Mar, 2015, 04.38 PM IST
1st meet of NITI Aayog's panel on CSS to be postponed to AprilThe meeting of the sub-group, comprising 11 chief ministers was called to deliberate on further rationalisation of the CSS to make them mor...
23 Mar, 2015, 06.44 PM IST
Centrally-sponsored schemes should be done away with in next 2 years: Manohar Lal KhattarCSS should be done away with in the next two years and the states should be allowed greater flexibility to raise funds, Manohar Lal Khattar...
08 Feb, 2015, 11.11 PM IST
Scope for reduction in number of central schemes: Planning CommissionGovernment can explore the possibility of further reducing number of centrally sponsored schemes (CSS) as well as changing design, accordin...
22 Jun, 2014, 12.19 PM IST
Cabinet likely to approve merging central schemes tomorrowThe Union Cabinet would consider tomorrow the proposal to merge the 147 Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSS) into 70 across various sectors
19 Jun, 2013, 08.32 PM IST
GoM nod for merging of 147 central schemes to 70It has approved setting up of a flexi-funds system in each scheme, under which state governments can use 10 per cent of the Budget allocate...
23 May, 2013, 03.35 PM IST
GoM on restructuring central schemes to meet tomorrowGoM headed by Sharad Pawar, is scheduled to hold its first meeting tomorrow to discuss the long-pending issue of restructuring of CSS.
22 May, 2013, 03.42 PM IST
- GoM on restructuring of central schemes to meet this week
The Group of Ministers to sort out the long-pending issue of restructuring of CSS will hold its first meeting this week.
19 May, 2013, 01.30 PM IST