Government Schemes

Central Sector Schemes and Centrally Sponsored Scheme

• Central sector schemes are 100% funded by the Union government and implemented by the Central Government
• Central sector schemes are mainly formulated on subjects from the Union List. They account for 11% of the Central Government’s
• In Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS) a certain percentage of the funding is borne by the States and the implementation is by the State
• Centrally Sponsored Schemes are formulated in subjects from the State List to encourage States to prioritize in areas that require more attention. They account for 10% of Central governments
• Usually Centrally Sponsored Schemes are revisited at the end of each five year plan
• However, after the discontinuation of Five Year Plan, it has been decided that sunset date will be coterminouswith Finance Commission
• All the 28 centrally sponsored schemes have Sunset clauses except MGNREGA under Ministry of Rural Development.