Nine flagship government schemes exempt from standard appraisal till 2031
appraisal process
for central sector programmes for the next five years, starting April 1, 2026.
In a letter dated July 4, the Department of Expenditure instructed the respective ministries and departments to exclude schemes such as the
Ayushman Bharat
,
Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana
,
PM Kisan
, Ujjwala Yojana and PM Jan Dhan Yojana from the standard appraisal process as these, with far-reaching social implications, will be evaluated and appraised in detail by the Niti Aayog's Development Monitoring and Evaluation Office.
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"Some of these schemes have done well but require some structural changes and the Niti Aayog has been tasked to do the detailed exercise so there is no duplicity of efforts," a senior official told ET.
The other four schemes are the PM Stand Up India, PM Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana and the PM Suraksha Bima Yojana managed by the Department of Financial Services, and a scheme under the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade to refund central goods and services tax and integrated GST to industrial units in north-eastern and Himalayan states.
The Department of Expenditure has also kept the schemes related to the Department of Space and the Department of Atomic Energy outside the ambit of this exercise which require special appraisal and approval procedures. The National e-Vidhan scheme will also be outside the ambit of the appraisal process.
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