Question : STOPPING FUNDS DIRECTLY TO DISTRICTS



(a) whether the Government proposes to stop sending funds directly to districts under Government schemes; and

(b) if so, the details thereof and reasons therefor?

Answer given by the minister


SHRI NAMO NARAIN MEENA Minister of State in Ministry of Finance

(a) & (b) As part of the exercise of restructuring the Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSSs) for improving their efficiency, the Government has taken a decision to provide central assistance to the States under CSSs through the Consolidated Fund of the States concerned, from where it would flow to the concerned project/scheme implementing agencies. As per Government decision, this mode of transfer may be implemented in phased manner from the F.Y. 2014-15