Schemes

Introduction

The Center or State comes up with various government programs called schemes (Yojana) from time to time. These schemes could be either Central, state-specific or joint collaboration between the Centre and the states.

Schemes and sub-schemes defined by the Centre or state government to be associate with a fund and for a time. Similar Sub schemes can be defined under a scheme.

Data Table

Sr. No*	Scheme Code*	Scheme Name*	Fund*	Description	Start Date*	End Date*
1	10	AMRUT	Grant Fund	Amrut	01/05/2018	01/06/2021
2	20	Swachh Bharat Mission	Grant Fund	Swachh Bharat Mission	01/06/2017	01/07/2020
3	30	Finance Commission	Municipal Fund	Finance Commission	01/03/2016	30/04/2019
4	40	Housing for All	Municipal Fund	Municipal Fund	01/04/2016	31/03/2021

The data given in the table is sample data.

Procedure

Data Definition

Sr. No.	Column Name	Data Type	Data Size	Is Mandatory?	Definition/ Description
1	Scheme Code	Numeric	50	Yes	A unique code assigned to individual Scheme
2	Scheme Name	Text	250	Yes	The indicate Name of the Scheme, this will facilitate the user to record the transaction against the individual scheme and also helps in tracking the utilization of the Scheme
3	Fund	Text	250	Yes	To indicate the Fund name against each scheme. This will facilitate in support to track the scheme funds, receipts and utilization by attaching scheme code to the financial transaction. Click on Funds to view the Fund master data
4	Description	Text	250	No	A Short description provided to individual schemes
5	Start Date	Date	N/A	Yes	The Date on which the Scheme Started, will help to facilitate the receiving of funds from Central Sponsored Schemes and State-Sponsored Schemes
6	End Date	Date	N/A	Yes	The Date on which the Scheme will End, will help to facilitate the end date by when the funds from Central Sponsored Schemes and State-Sponsored Schemes need to be utilized

Steps to fill data

1. Download the data template attached to this page.

2. Have it open and go through all the headers and understand the meaning of them by referring 'Data Definition' section.

3. Make sure all the headers, its data type, field size and its definition/ description is understood properly. In case of any doubt, please reach out to the person who has shared this document with you to discuss the same and clear out the doubts.

4. Identify all different types of Schemes on the basis of ULB’s functions.

5. Start filling the data starting from serial no. and complete a record at once. repeat this exercise until the entire data is filled into a template.

6. Verify the data once again by going through the checklist and taking care of each and every point mentioned in the checklist.

Checklist

The checklist is a set of activities to be performed once the data is filled into a template to ensure data type, size, and format of data is as per the expectation. These activities have been divided into 2 groups as given below.

Common Checklist

This checklist covers all the activities which are common across the entities.

Sr. No	Checklist Parameter	Example
1	Make sure that each and every point in this reference list has been taken care of	​Checklist​

Entity Specific Checklist

This checklist covers the activities which are specific to the entity.

Sr. No.	Activity	Example
1	The date format should be as per example and the Start date should be greater than the current date and end date	DD/MM/YYYY : [Allowed] YYYY/DD/MM : [Not allowed]
2	The name should be unique and should not contain any special characters	AMRUT : [Allowed] #AMRUT! : [Not allowed]

Attachments

Configuration Data Templateconfiguration-data-template-schemes.xlsx - 9KB

Sample Datasample-confugration-data-schemes.xlsx - 9KB

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