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NITI recommends reducing centrally sponsored schemes

PNS

NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Arvind Panagariya and CEO Sindhushree Khullar today made a presentation to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and are believed to have recommended reduction in the number of centrally sponsored schemes.

"A presentation of the sub-group was made to the Prime Minister today," sources said.

The panel, which is working towards streamlining CSS, is headed by Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan.

He had already discussed the issue at a meeting of the sub-group in Bhopal on May 28.

The sub-group includes Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje, Nagaland Chief Minister T R Zeliang, Kerala Chief Minister Ommen Chandy, Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Nabam Tuki, Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao, Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das, Andaman and Nicobar lieutenant Governor A K Singh.