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Niti Aayog's 3-year action plan yet to get PMO nod?

No clarity on when the Niti Aayog's three-year action plan will come into effect

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While the curtains on Nehruvian-era five-year plans came down on March 31, Niti Aayog's three-year action plan — slated to be launched on April 1 — is yet to come into being.

According to sources, the government think tank is ready with the draft three-year action plan, but is yet to present it for clearance from the Prime Minister's Office (PMO).

"The entire consultation process with all ministries and sectors concerned are over. However, the PMO nod is awaited before it being adopted by the states and other authorities," an official said, declining to give a probable date for its initiation.

Effectively, that means the country would be in between plans till the three-year action plan comes in to force.

The finance ministry had recently extended the time period for schemes under 12th Plan by another six months, so as to help ministries complete their appraisals/approvals. The government, however, has stopped taking into account the 12th Five Year Plan for preparing the annual budget for the next fiscal.

The three-year action plan will also take into consideration the impact of demonetization on the country's economy. Sources said the plan will not project the revenue for the next fiscal. Under the new plan, states are likely lose out on Central funds if they fail to meet targets on schemes with designated time frame.

Senior officials told DNA that even the 12th Five Year Plan did not have a proper implementation plan. "Several flagship government programmes such as Swachh Bharat Abhiyan or Digital India were not part of the 12th Plan and do not have a specific tenure plan or financing plan," a senior official pointed out.

WHAT IT AIMS AT

  • Niti Aayog to end the prevailing system of the Centre patiently waiting for the state governments to implement the schemes with its laws.
     
  • Under the new system, sources said states will be encouraged to meet the targets of various schemes.
     
  • Achieving the targets will bring incentives and if unable to do so, the states will have to face the prospects of drying up of fund flows.
     
  • Niti Aayog also entrusted to work on a 15-year Vision Document and a seven-year strategy to guide the government's development plans till 2030.
     
  • It is also preparing a fresh cabinet note recommending closure of seven more sick CPSEs as part of an exercise to tackle mounting losses incurred by these entities.
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