{"id":8489,"date":"2023-04-13T06:54:57","date_gmt":"2023-04-13T01:24:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=8489"},"modified":"2025-03-29T03:20:10","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T21:50:10","slug":"centrally-sponsored-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/centrally-sponsored-scheme\/","title":{"rendered":"Centrally sponsored scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Why in news?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>States have been asked to ensure that their share of funds is transferred to the <strong>Single Nodal Agency (SNA)<\/strong> for the CSS scheme within 30 days of receiving central funding instead of 40 days, as allowed earlier.<\/li>\n<li>Any delay beyond 30 days would attract a \u2018<strong>penal interest\u2019 of 7% per annum.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>This \u2018penal interest\u2019 by a state that delays prescribed fund flow will be transferred to the Consolidated Fund of India.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>What is a centrally sponsored scheme?<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>These are schemes that are <strong>funded partially by both the Central and State<\/strong> Governments.<\/li>\n<li>It is a channel which the central government uses to help the states run their plans financially.<\/li>\n<li>The amount of state participation varies from state to state.<\/li>\n<li>Their <strong>implementation<\/strong> rests on the <strong>Union territories and the States.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>These schemes are further divided into three categories based on their funding patterns i.e. the <strong>core of the core, core and optional.<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>The <strong>flagship schemes<\/strong> of the central government are called <strong>Core of Core<\/strong> schemes or umbrella schemes.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Examples: <\/strong>Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme (MGNREGA), National Social Assistance Programme etc.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Core schemes:<\/strong> The funding pattern is <strong>usually 60:40.<\/strong> The central government takes up more share in these schemes and the states are expected to pitch in the remaining funds.<\/li>\n<li>Although, in cases of difficulty where states like North Eastern states, Jammu &amp; Kashmir, and some special category states need extra attention, a 90:10 ratio of funding can be seen usually.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Examples:<\/strong> Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY), Pradhan Mantri A was Yojana (PMAY), Integrated Watershed Development Programme etc.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Optional schemes:<\/strong> Normally <strong>state governments plan the schemes<\/strong> and request the central government to fund some portion of the total outlay. The general funding pattern of the optional <strong>schemes is 50:50 (State: Center).<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>However, the Central government may take up the task of funding more if the scheme is to be implemented in backward areas or difficult terrains.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Examples:<\/strong> Border Area Development Programme, and Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Rurban Mission among others.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1) What are the Central sector schemes?<\/h3>\n<p>Central sector schemes (CSS) are schemes that are fully funded and implemented by the central government of a country, without any financial contribution from the state or local governments.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/news\/india\/centre-tightens-fund-flow-rulebook-for-css-schemes-brings-penal-interest-clause\/articleshow\/99415692.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>Centre tightens fund flow rulebook for CSS schemes; brings penal interest clause<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Centrally sponsored schemes that are funded partially by both the Central and State Governments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":8490,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-8489","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8489"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8489\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}