Question : Review of Centrally Sponsored Schemes

(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?

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