Central Schemes

A parliamentary panel has raised concerns over the marginal budgetary increase in one of the key components of Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana. It also raised concern over the reduced allocation in the Digital India Land Records Management Programme, saying both the schemes have remarkable impact on the ground. The parliamentary standing committee on Rural Development ministry's department of land records said there has been an increase of 10 per cent from Rs 2,000 crore to Rs 2,200 crore in the budgetary allocation of the Watershed Development Component - Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (WDC-PMKSY). It also said the BE for DILRMP has been reduced by 18.18 per cent (from Rs 239.25 crore to Rs 195.75 crore) during 2023-24 as compared to previous year's allocation at BE stage. "The committee, considering the overall performance of these two schemes and their remarkable impact on the ground, feel that the reduction made in the BE component seems to be an imprudent appro

Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Sunday said the implementation of central schemes in Uttar Pradesh has accelerated significantly since Yogi Adityanath took over as chief minister of the state. Addressing a session on "reimagining cities as growth centres for new Uttar Pradesh" at the Global Investors Summit here, the Union housing and urban development minister said India will become the world's largest economy by 2040. "Development and implementation of schemes in Uttar Pradesh have accelerated significantly since Yogi Adityanath took over as chief minister of the state in 2017, Puri said. "I continue to visit the city every second or third month. The previous government had little interest in implementing the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, which was launched by the central government in June 2015," he said. After Adityanath took over in 2017, more than 17 lakh houses were built in the next 17 months, Puri said. "These figures are enough to tell the success story of the state.

Scheme central to government's plans to create up to 10 mn public WiFi hotspots by Dec

These would be for immediate execution and be overseen by MoRTH

Centre willing to make additional pro-farmer changes in response to climate change

The National Testing Agency (NTA) has released answer key for PM Young Achievers Scholarship Award Scheme for Vibrant India (PM YASASVI) 2022.

But financial considerations remain, especially if disinvestment receipts don't meet Budget target

Arunachal Pradesh CS Naresh Kumar has directed all departmental heads to ensure that budget announcements made by Deputy CM Chowna Mein are implemented in letter and spirit.

The move includes evaluating the budgetary allocation for each scheme and phasing out various elements of schemes that may have become redundant

The new centrally sponsored schemes include Mission Shakti, Saksham Anganwadi, Poshan 2.0, and Rashtriya Pashudhan Vikash Yojana

Alleging the Mamata Banerjee govt did not implement central schemes for its narrow political interests, Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat said this approach was hampering the state's development

"Delhi is on all (central government) schemes that I am aware of. It is underperforming and in many cases, it is a non-performing government

With government expenditure under squeeze, many central schemes will come under scrutiny and a few of them may be wound up

Till now, these schemes were concurrent with the five-year plan periods, they'd now be in line with the five-year Finance Commission periods