Concurrent Evaluation and Monitoring of Schemes to cover 32 schemes in eight depts. in 2025-26

The Concurrent Evaluation and Monitoring of Schemes (CEMS) in the 2025-26 fiscal will cover 32 schemes under eight government departments, according to the Finance department.

Four schemes each from the Departments of Higher Education, Fisheries, Women and Child Development, Health and Family Welfare, Electronics and Information Technology, Public Works, Tourism, and Social Justice will be covered under CEMS 2025-26.

The State government had re-introduced annual performance budgets for selected departments based on a recommendation of the Public Accounts Committee. CEMS is carried out in addition to the performance budgeting exercise.

CEMS is a real-time analysis of the physical and financial progress of government programmes and schemes. The exercise, carried out by the Finance (Performance Budget) department, is also aimed at speeding up the implementation of important government programmes and schemes by identifying “implementation bottlenecks” and promoting coordination among stakeholders.

As in the case of performance budgets, CEMS reports are also tabled in the State Legislative Assembly.

Published - June 09, 2025 08:44 pm IST