CSS funds to skip state treasuries
Financial Express Mumbai|December 09, 2024
THE CENTRE HAS started routing funds for a clutch of centrally sponsored schemes (CSS) with an aggregate annual Budget outlay of ₹3.3 lakh crore through the Reserve Bank of India, instead of state government treasuries.
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CSS funds to skip state treasuries

The move is expected to curb floating of funds and improve spending efficiency, besides reining in borrowing requirements. After a pilot, the new cash management measure came into effect last month for 28 CSS across 17 central ministries and departments under the SNA (Single Nodal Agency) SPARSH model. This is the second stage of 'just-in-time' release of central funds, a mechanism aimed at idling of funds.

AS MANY AS 21 states have already been onboarded for this initiative, sources said.

Prior to this, the Centre used to transfer CSS funds to state treasuries which, in turn, released these along with their CSS share (typically 40%) to bank accounts of state SNAs.

Despite just-in-time release instructions, some states delay the transfer of central funds as well as their shares to SNAs, halting implementation of the schemes and/or leading to misuse of central funds for nonscheme purposes by states to finance their fiscal deficits.

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