Jaipur, Chief Minister
Smt. Vasundhara Raje has suggested that fund sharing pattern of the core
centrally-sponsored schemes (CSS) for the Centre and the States should be in
75:25 percent instead of the present 60:40. Also, for the optional schemes,
fund sharing pattern should be 60:40 instead of the present 50:50.
Smt. Raje said this while attending a meeting of the Chief
Ministerial Sub-group, chaired by Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shri Shivraj
Singh Chauhan, of NITI Aayog at NITI Bhawan in New Delhi on Saturday.
The CM suggested for making the CSS more flexible and said that
the employment-related schemes like NREGS had too many limitations which would
result in difficulties in implementation. Therefore, the CSS schemes should be
made practical instead of making them binding through right-based Acts, she
said. She further said that basis of the release of next instalment of any
centrally-sponsored should be the last instalment paid. This would make
implementation of the schemes easy for the states.
Smt. Raje attracted attention of the Sub-group towards committed
liabilities of the states and suggested for a special provision for this. She
said that as several already operational schemes were under progress,
restructuring of these schemes would led to increase in liabilities of the
states. Therefore, the basis of already operational incomplete schemes should
be considered as per their initial dates or till the year 2017 such schemes
should be provided funds as per the original sharing pattern.
The CM said that our country had several geographical diversities.
Therefore, the states having exceptional circumstances, like Rajasthan, should
be given special concession and freedom for implementation of the schemes.
Also, there should be separate monetary provisions for new schemes and special
packages.
The Chief Ministers of Jharkhand, Kerala, Uttar Pradesh, Nagaland,
Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh etc and the Finance Minister of Jammu-Kashmir also
gave their suggestions in the meeting. Discussions held in the five meetings of
the Sub-group and a draft of 16 recommendations based on the suggestions
therein were also shared during the meeting.
Chief Executive Officer of the NITI Aayog Smt. Sindhushri Khullar
said that the suggestions putforth in this meeting would also be included in
the draft prepared by the Sub-group. It would be given final shape by July 5,
she said. After concurrence of all member Chief Ministers of the Sub-group the
recommendations would be presented to the Prime Minister, she added. Chief Secretary of Rajasthan Shri C.S. Rajan and Secretary
Planning Akhil Arora were also present in the meeting.
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