Thirty-three schemes from eight government departments in Kerala will be subjected to the Concurrent Evaluation and Monitoring of Schemes (CEMS) in the current fiscal.

The departments include Higher Education, Health and Family Welfare, Public Works,  Fisheries, Women and Child Development, Transport, Tourism, and Cultural Affairs. The 33 schemes will be picked from these eight departments, with four schemes each from seven departments and five from the Department of Cultural Affairs, the Finance Department, which handles CEMS, said.

In addition to the 33 schemes selected from the departments, the State government will evaluate some of the notable schemes announced in the 2026-27 State Revised Budget through CEMS.

Conducted by a team from the Finance Department, CEMS is a real-time analysis of programmes and schemes aimed at reporting the actual progress in implementation, in terms of physical and financial outcomes. It is different from performance budgeting which looks at schemes implemented in the previous financial year.  

On the recommendations of the Public Accounts Committee (2008-2011), the Kerala government had re-introduced the annual Performance Budgets for selected departments. In addition to the performance budgeting, CEMS is also conducted annually and the reports are laid in the State Legislative Assembly.

CEMS is aimed at “fast-tracking the implementation of important government programmes and schemes by identifying and reporting implementation bottlenecks, and  promoting co-ordination among various stakeholders,” the Finance Department said.

For ensuring the effectiveness of CEMS 2026-27, liaison officers of the selected departments have been directed to submit monthly progress reports on the programmes and schemes to the Finance (Performance Budget) Department by the tenth of every month. The reports must have details of targets, allocations and expenditures, according to the Finance Department.

Published - July 20, 2026 01:05 pm IST