Over Rs 63,000 cr released to AP under CSS in last 5 years: Centre
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New Delhi: Over Rs 63,000 crore has been released by the central government to Andhra Pradesh in the last five years under various centrally sponsored schemes, Lok Sabha was informed on Monday.
Union Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary said in the House that the Ministry of Finance allocates funds through the budgetary process to different ministries and departments for each of the schemes and programmes, including centrally sponsored schemes (CSS). Thereafter, the respective ministry and department releases the central share of CSS funds to state governments as per guidelines of the respective schemes and the subsequent releases to states are based on submission of utilisation certificates as per General Financial Rules (GFRs) for the funds released earlier.
Chaudhary said the funds that remain unutilised are adjusted towards the grants-in-aid payable during the next financial year. He said Andhra Pradesh too has been given funds under the CSS from 2019-20 to 2023-24.
