The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved restructured Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan (RGSA).
The restructured scheme will focus on skill improvement training of Panchayat level government workers, building infrastructure, stepping up initiatives for effective e-governance under e-Panchayat Mission Mode Project (MMP) to attain the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
The scheme will be extended to all states/UTs of country and will also include institutions of rural local government in non-Part IX areas, where Panchayats do not exist.
The fund sharing ratio for scheme for state components will be 60:40 barring Northeast and hilly states where it will be 90:10. For UTs, central share will be 100%.