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The Planning Commission on June 20, 2013 announced that it would reduce the number of Centrally Sponsored Schemes by merging them, thereby resulting in a total of 66 Centrally Sponsored Schemes<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.tehelka.com/govt-approves-merger-of-centrally-sponsored-schemes-to-66/ |title = Govt Approves Merger Of Centrally Sponsored Schemes To 66 |website = tehelka.com |accessdate = 15 Dec 2013 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131215200444/http://www.tehelka.com/govt-approves-merger-of-centrally-sponsored-schemes-to-66/ |archive-date = 15 December 2013 |url-status = dead }}</ref> | The Planning Commission on June 20, 2013 announced that it would reduce the number of Centrally Sponsored Schemes by merging them, thereby resulting in a total of 66 Centrally Sponsored Schemes<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.tehelka.com/govt-approves-merger-of-centrally-sponsored-schemes-to-66/ |title = Govt Approves Merger Of Centrally Sponsored Schemes To 66 |website = tehelka.com |accessdate = 15 Dec 2013 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131215200444/http://www.tehelka.com/govt-approves-merger-of-centrally-sponsored-schemes-to-66/ |archive-date = 15 December 2013 |url-status = dead }}</ref> | ||
After the report of a committee of CM's led by Shivrajsingh Chauhan, Central govt has reduced no. of Centrally Sponsored Schemes from 66 to 28. 10 schemes will be funded fully by central govt while 17 will be funded in ratio of 60:40 between center and state govt. <ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.financialexpress.com/article/economy/centrally-sponsored-schemes-to-be-reduced-to-27-from-72/163153/|title=Centrally-sponsored schemes to be reduced to 27 from 72|date= November 9, 2015|author=Prasanta Sahu|work=Financial Express}}</ref> Reduction in the schematic grants became a ''force majeure'' for the central government because of reduction in central government's fiscal space on account of higher devolution of funds recommended by the Fourteenth Finance Commission.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Sharma|first1=Chanchal Kumar|last2=Swenden|first2=Wilfred|date=2018|title=Modi-fying Indian Federalism? Center-State Relations Under Modi's Tenure as Prime Minister|journal=Indian Politics & Policy|volume=1|issue=1|doi=10.18278/inpp.1.1.4|url=https://escholarship.org/uc/item/5wn381kh}}</ref> Sharma and Swenden show that the government delinked or dropped 39 Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSS) from central support and reduce the contributing share of the center in 24 CSS from 90–80 percent to 50–60 percent.<ref | After the report of a committee of CM's led by Shivrajsingh Chauhan, Central govt has reduced no. of Centrally Sponsored Schemes from 66 to 28. 10 schemes will be funded fully by central govt while 17 will be funded in ratio of 60:40 between center and state govt.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.financialexpress.com/article/economy/centrally-sponsored-schemes-to-be-reduced-to-27-from-72/163153/|title=Centrally-sponsored schemes to be reduced to 27 from 72|date= November 9, 2015|author=Prasanta Sahu|work=Financial Express}}</ref> Reduction in the schematic grants became a ''force majeure'' for the central government because of reduction in central government's fiscal space on account of higher devolution of funds recommended by the Fourteenth Finance Commission.<ref name="escholarship.org">{{Cite journal|last1=Sharma|first1=Chanchal Kumar|last2=Swenden|first2=Wilfred|date=2018|title=Modi-fying Indian Federalism? Center-State Relations Under Modi's Tenure as Prime Minister|journal=Indian Politics & Policy|volume=1|issue=1|doi=10.18278/inpp.1.1.4|url=https://escholarship.org/uc/item/5wn381kh}}</ref> Sharma and Swenden show that the government delinked or dropped 39 Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSS) from central support and reduce the contributing share of the center in 24 CSS from 90–80 percent to 50–60 percent.<ref name="escholarship.org"/> However, reduction of schematic grants is a blessing in disguise in so far as these grants were susceptible to political manipulation. Recent research by Chanchal Kumar Sharma shows that the central governments (whether one party majority or multi-party coalitions) can employ these discretionary grants to play the [[pork barrel]] politics or [[Distributive tendency|distributive]] politics (using grants to serve political goals), depending on the prevailing political situation.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Sharma|first=Chanchal Kumar|date=2017|title=A situational theory of pork-barrel politics: The shifting logic of discretionary allocations in India|journal=India Review|volume=16|issue=1|pages=14–41|doi=10.1080/14736489.2017.1279922|issn=1473-6489|hdl=10419/156103|s2cid=55173537|hdl-access=free}}</ref> | ||
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