Budget of centrally-sponsored schemes should not be reduced

Chief Minister Smt. Vasundhara Raje has said that the budget of centrally-sponsored schemes should not be reduced, because such an action could have a negative impact on development projects and financial position of the states. Also, due to this, the states had to bear the expenses of already committed payments for ongoing development schemes, she added.

Smt. Raje was participating in the meeting of the Chief Ministerial Sub-group of NITI Aayog held at New Delhi on Friday. She said that the states in the process of developing consensus to limit the number of centrally-sponsored schemes to only nationally-important projects and for the rest allow the states to plan and execute the schemes as per their specific circumstances.

The CM also welcomed the Union Government’s decision of hike in the states’ share in central taxes by 10 percent and make it 42 percent from the present 32 percent. She further suggested for not reducing monetary allocations to the states as per the recommendations of Finance Commission. Otherwise, the states had to bear losses, instead of gains, she added.

Convener of the Sub-group and Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh Shri Shivraj Singh Chauhan chaired this meeting. Secretary of NITI Aayog Smt. Sindhushri Khullar, Chief Secretary of Rajasthan Shri C.S. Rajan, Secretary Planning Shri Akhil Arora and other senior officers of the central government were also present.

मुख्यमंत्री श्रीमती वसुन्धरा राजे शुक्रवार को नई दिल्ली में नीति आयोग में मुख्यमंत्रियों के उपसमूह की विशेष बैठक में भाग लेते हुए।
मुख्यमंत्री श्रीमती वसुन्धरा राजे शुक्रवार को नई दिल्ली में नीति आयोग में मुख्यमंत्रियों के उपसमूह की
विशेष बैठक में भाग लेते हुए।

CM meets Union Finance Minister

Chief Minister Smt. Vasundhara Raje along with Convener of Chief Ministerial Sub-group of NITI Aayog on Centrally-sponsored Schemes and CM of Madhya Pradesh Shri Shivraj Singh Chauhan met the Union Finance Minister Shri Arun Jaitley at his North Block Office in New Delhi on Friday evening. They apprised the Union Minister about the feelings of the sub-group members.

This sub-group is expected to give its recommendations on rationality of the centrally-sponsored schemes to the central government by June 10. Next meeting of the sub-group had been proposed to occur at Bhopal.

New Delhi/Jaipur, May 15 2015

मुख्यमंत्री श्रीमती वसुन्धरा राजे और मध्यप्रदेश के मुख्यमंत्री श्री शिवराज सिंह चैहान केन्द्रीय वित्त मंत्री श्री अरूण जेटली से शुक्रवार शाम नई दिल्ली में नार्थ ब्लाॅक स्थित कार्यालय में मुलाकात करते हुए।
मुख्यमंत्री श्रीमती वसुन्धरा राजे और मध्यप्रदेश के मुख्यमंत्री श्री शिवराज सिंह चैहान केन्द्रीय वित्त
मंत्री श्री अरूण जेटली से शुक्रवार शाम नई दिल्ली में नार्थ ब्लाॅक स्थित कार्यालय में मुलाकात करते हुए।