Ibobi to attend meeting of NITI Aayog Working Group on CSS
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, April 25 2015 :
Chief Miniter O Ibobi will attend the meeting of Sub-Group meeting of NITI Aayog Working Group on Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSS) to be held in Delhi on Monday.
The group had been constituted to suggest ways and means to make CSS more result oriented.
The group is headed by Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and comprised of 11 Chief Ministers.
It had been set up to recommend a funding pattern of CSS as the states' share in central taxes has been increased to 42 per cent from 32 per cent following the recommendations of the 14th Finance Commission.
The Sub-Group has also been tasked with exploring ways for inducing flexibility in some of the CCSs.
The meeting is learnt to have opposed the practice of the Union government imposing some schemes on the states, which add to their financial burden.
During the meeting the Working Group meeting will discuss various Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSS) including Mahatama Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGA); Grant in Aids under Article 275(1); Grants from Central Pool of Resources for North Eastern region and Sikkim; Border Area Development Programme; Member of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS); Road and Bridges financed from Central Road Fund etc.