FAQ Draft FAQs for SPMU Sr. N o. 1 What is PFMS? The Public Financial Management System (PFMS) being implemented by the Controller General of Accounts in partnership with the National Informatics Center (NIC) is a Central Sector Scheme of the Department of Expenditure, M/o Finance. PFMS is a web-based online transaction system for fund management and e- payment for implementing agencies and beneficiaries with the primary objective of establishing an efficient fund flow system for Schemes of the Government of India, providing various stakeholders with a reliable, meaningful and effective Management 2 What is the mandate of PFMS? 3 What is the organization structure? Information System (MIS) and Decision Support System (DSS). PFMS provides a platform for complete tracking of funds up to the end beneficiary and enable just-in-time transfer of funds in respect of Central Sector (CS) and Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSSs). PFMS also strives to achieve treasury integration with all the States, complete registration of all implementing Agencies (IAs) and usage of Expenditure Advances & transfer (EAT) module, facilitating Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) payments and convergence with other IT platforms, integration with remaining banks, complete digitization of government receipt and payment, technology up-gradation for improved performance and security, enhancement of PFMS to GIFMIS(Government Integrated Financial Management Information System), training and capacity building and data mining/ analytics for improved Decision Support System (DSS). Four tiered project organization structure viz. I. Project Implementation Committee (PIC) at apex level II. The Central Project Management Unit (CPMU) at Centre III. State Project Management Unit (SPMU) at State level IV. District Project Management Unit (DPMU) at district level to be manned through outsourcing 4 What is SAG? For smooth and successful roll out of PFMS, SPMU shall benefit from sustained interaction with key decision makers in State Government who would highlight issues and State Specific requirements. Thus an advisory group of State Officials from AG office, Treasury, Finance and Planning shall be constituted to coordinate with SPMU on various State issues. The group will be chaired by the Principal Secretary, Planning or Finance Department of the state. State AG office and Treasury shall be critical enablers for achieving PFMS objectives in the State and influence the planning of State schemes and State outlays. Thus, they should be an integral part of the State Advisory Group. Further to encompass all schemes being administered through Treasury route PFMS shall be able to capture
the expenditure data for all schemes irrespective of fund flows being through Treasury (SCF) or Agency (SPV) route. State Advisory Group shall meet at least once in a quarter to provide its guidance on PFMS implementation, training, reports and functionalities. State Advisory Group shall not have any administrative and financial authority over SPMU and shall be more of a joint working group between CGA and State. SPMU head shall make best use of this group to garner support for PFMS and put forward State Advisory Group as the champion of PFMS implementation in the State. Page 2 Page Break 30 Whether a State Govt. DDO has to open a Bank Account? 31 Whether an Implementing agency having no bank accounts and submits bills in treasuries for payments will be required to be registered on PFMS? 32 If the lower level agency is not getting the fund from upper level agency in the hierarchy but directly from the State Govt. or apex level agency in the hierarchy, whether the middle level agency is to be registered? 33 An agency is already having one or more bank accounts for scheme implementation. For PFMS registration is there any MoU is to be signed with bank. 34 An agency is already having one or more bank accounts for scheme implementation with a bank which is not State Govt. DDO need not have a Bank account. No, if the implementing agency draw bills through the Treasury, it s not required to open a bank account in such cases. Yes, the middle level agency will be part of the hierarchy and the agency will be registered without bank account. (For example if a panchayat or a block level agency is getting fund directly from State Treasury, may be monitored by District Authorities. Hence, district authority/ district level agency will be registered / mapped without a bank account for the concerned scheme. No, all the banks interfaced with PFMS are already have the MOU with O/o CGA. Separate MoU for implementation is not required. All the Public Sectors Banks, Regional Rural Banks, few co-operative banks and Private sector major banks are interfaced with PFMS. If implementing agency wants to use EAT module for payment and monitoring purposes on PFMS, the agency has to have a bank account in integrated banks. So there are tw options (1) The agency
interfaced with PFMS. For PFMS registration is there any need to open a new bank account. opens a new bank account with any integrated bank. (2). Their bank can initiate the process of integration with PFMS. Page- 10-11 Page break 72 Which are the banks interfaced with PFMS? As on Feb 24 th 2017. STATE OF BIKANER 1 AND JAIPUR SBI & ASSOCIATES 2 STATE OF HYDERABAD SBI & ASSOCIATES 3 STATE OF INDIA SBI & ASSOCIATES 4 STATE OF MYSORE SBI & ASSOCIATES 5 STATE OF PATIALA SBI & ASSOCIATES 6 STATE OF TRAVANCORE SBI & ASSOCIATES 7 ALLAHABAD NATIONALISED 8 ANDHRA NATIONALISED 9 OF BARODA NATIONALISED 10 OF INDIA NATIONALISED 11 OF MAHARASHTRA NATIONALISED 12 CANARA NATIONALISED 13 CENTRAL OF INDIA NATIONALISED 14 CORPORATION NATIONALISED 15 DENA NATIONALISED 16 IDBI LTD NATIONALISED 17 INDIAN NATIONALISED 18 INDIAN OVERSEAS NATIONALISED 19 ORIENTAL OF COMMERCE NATIONALISED 20 PUNJAB AND SIND NATIONALISED 21 PUNJAB NATIONAL NATIONALISED 22 SYNDICATE NATIONALISED 23 UCO NATIONALISED 24 UNION OF INDIA NATIONALISED 25 UNITED OF INDIA NATIONALISED 26 VIJAYA NATIONALISED 27 AXIS NEW PRIVATE SECTOR 28 CITY UNION LTD NEW PRIVATE SECTOR 29 DCB Bank Limited NEW PRIVATE SECTOR 30 HDFC LTD NEW PRIVATE SECTOR 31 ICICI LTD NEW PRIVATE SECTOR 32 INDUSIND LIMITED NEW PRIVATE SECTOR
33 KOTAK MAHINDRA NEW PRIVATE SECTOR 34 YES LTD NEW PRIVATE SECTOR 35 IDFC Bank Ltd NEW PRIVATE SECTOR 36 KARUR VYSYA OLD PRIVATE SECTOR 37 SOUTH INDIAN OLD PRIVATE SECTOR 38 THE FEDERAL LTD OLD PRIVATE SECTOR 39 THE JAMMU AND KASHMIR LTD OLD PRIVATE SECTOR 40 India Post Central Govt 41 RAJASTHAN MARUDHARA GRAMIN REGIONAL RURAL 42 DECCAN GRAMEENA REGIONAL RURAL 43 Vidharbha Konkan Gramin Bank REGIONAL RURAL 44 PUNJAB GRAMIN REGIONAL RURAL 45 KAVERI GRAMEENA REGIONAL RURAL 46 Gramin bank of Aryavart REGIONAL RURAL 47 ELLAQUAI DEHATI REGIONAL RURAL 48 HIMACHAL GRAMIN REGIONAL RURAL 49 BANGIYA GRAMIN VIKASH REGIONAL RURAL 50 ODISHA GRAMYA REGIONAL RURAL 51 PUDUVAI BHARATHIAR GRAMA REGIONAL RURAL 52 PASCHIM BANGA GRAMIN REGIONAL RURAL 53 BARODA RAJASTHAN GRAMIN REGIONAL RURAL Pragathi Krishna Gramin 54 Bank REGIONAL RURAL 55 MANIPUR RURAL REGIONAL RURAL 56 ANDHRA PRADESH GRAMEENA VIKAS REGIONAL RURAL 57 PALLAVAN GRAMA REGIONAL RURAL 58 KERALA GRAMIN REGIONAL RURAL 59 PANDYAN GRAMA REGIONAL RURAL 60 Central Madhya Pradesh Gramin Bank REGIONAL RURAL 61 Sarva Haryana Gramin Bank REGIONAL RURAL 62 PRATHAMA REGIONAL RURAL 63 DENA GUJARAT GRAMIN REGIONAL RURAL 64 SARVA U.P. GRAMIN REGIONAL RURAL 65 ASSAM GRAMIN VIKASH REGIONAL RURAL 66 MALWA GRAMIN REGIONAL RURAL
67 BARODA GUJARAT GRAMIN REGIONAL RURAL 68 KASHI GOMTI SAMYUT GRAMIN REGIONAL RURAL 69 BIHAR KSHETRIYA GRAMIN REGIONAL RURAL 70 MEGHALAYA RURAL REGIONAL RURAL 71 KARNATAKA VIKAS GRAMEENA REGIONAL RURAL 72 TRIPURA GRAMIN REGIONAL RURAL 73 SAURASHTRA GRAMIN REGIONAL RURAL 74 MIZORAM RURAL REGIONAL RURAL 75 Uttarakhand Gramin Bank REGIONAL RURAL 76 UTTAR BANGA KSHETRIYA GRAMIN REGIONAL RURAL 77 SAPTAGIRI GRAMEENA REGIONAL RURAL 78 CHHATTISGARH GRAMIN REGIONAL RURAL 79 ARUNACHAL PRADESH RURAL REGIONAL RURAL 80 Narmada Jhabua Gramin Bank REGIONAL RURAL 81 JHARKHAND GRAMIN REGIONAL RURAL 82 VANANCHAL GRAMIN REGIONAL RURAL 83 MADHYANCHAL GRAMIN REGIONAL RURAL 84 BARODA UTTAR PRADESH GRAMIN REGIONAL RURAL 85 PURVANCHAL GRAMIN REGIONAL RURAL 86 MADHYA BIHAR GRAMIN REGIONAL RURAL 87 UTKAL GRAMYA REGIONAL RURAL 88 NAGALAND RURAL REGIONAL RURAL 89 LANGPI DEHANGI RURAL REGIONAL RURAL 90 UTTAR BIHAR GRAMIN REGIONAL RURAL 91 ANDHRA PRAGATHI GRAMEENA REGIONAL RURAL 92 JAMMU AND KASHMIR GRAMEEN REGIONAL RURAL 93 MAHARASHTRA GRAMIN REGIONAL RURAL 94 ALLAHABAD UP GRAMIN REGIONAL RURAL JILA SAHAKARI LTD. 95 MAU 96 DISTRICT CO OPERATIVE
97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 LTD PILIBHIT ZILA SAHKARI LTD BAREILLY ZILA SAHKARI LTD KANPUR GOPALGANJ DISTRICT CO-OP FIROZABAD ZILA SAHKARI LTD. DISTRICT COOPERATIVE LTD MAINPURI HAMIRPUR DISTRICT CO OPERATIVE LTD ZILA SAHAKARI LTD MEERUT MUZAFFARNAGAR DISTRICT COOPERATIVE LTD ETAWAH DISTRICT CENTRAL CO-OP. ZILA SAHKARI LTD JHANSI ZILA SAHKARI LTD BULANDSHAHAR RAMPUR ZILA SAHKARI LTD DISTRICT CO OPERATIVE LTD BARAI ZILA SAHKARI LTD UNNAO ZILA SAHAKARI LTD BIJNOR DISTRICT CO OPERATIVE LTD SAHARANPUR SASARAM BHABHUA CENTRAL CO-OP LTD DISTRICT COOPERATIVE LTD SHAHJAHANPUR BEGUSARAI DISTRICT CO-OP BANDA DISTRICT COOPERATIVE LIMITED BANDA DISTRICT CO-OPERATIVE LTD.RAEBARELI BUDAUN DISTRICT CENTRAL CO-OP. SITAMARHI CENTRAL CO- OPERATIVE LTD.
120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 MORADABAD ZILA SAHKARI LTD MORADABAD MATHURA ZILA SAHKARI LTD MATHURA ZILA SAHKARI LTD MIRZAPUR FARRUKHABAD DISTRICT CENTRAL CO-OP. ETAH DISTRICT CO- OPERATIVE LTD. ZILA SAHKARI LTD.,LUCKNOW. ALIGARH DISTRICT CO OPERATIVE LTD BASTI DISTRICT CENTRAL CO- OP. JALAUN DISTRICT CO- OPERATIVE LTD ZILA SAHAKARI LTD LAKHIMPUR KHERI AGRA DISTRICT CENTRAL CO- OP. SIWAN CENTRAL CO- OP. LTD. SIDDHARTH NAGAR URBAN CO-OPREATIVE LALITPUR DISTRICT CO- OPERATIVE SANT RAVIDAS NAGAR BHADOHI URBAN CO. ZILA SAHKARI LTD GHAZIABAD The New Agra Urban Co-Op Bank THE SINGHBHUM DISTRICT CENTRAL COOPERATIVE LTD ANDAMAN & NICOBAR STATE CO-OP. LTD. ASSAM CO-OP.APEX LTD. UTTAR PRADESH CO- OPERATIVE LTD TRIPURA STATE CO-OP. LTD. V.S.V.CO-OPERATIVE LTD.HAJIPUR District CO-OPERATIVE STATE CO-OPERATIVE STATE CO-OPERATIVE STATE CO-OPERATIVE STATE CO-OPERATIVE URBAN CO-OPERATIVE
143 144 145 146 147 148 BANDA URBAN CO.OP. LTD. RADHA SOAMI URBAN CO- OP. LTD.(AGRA) SIKKIM STATE CO-OPERATIVE LTD NAGAR SAHKARI LTD, MAHARAJGANJ NAGAR SAHKARI, GORAKHPUR KHALILABAD NAGAR SAHAKARI (NSB) URBAN CO-OPERATIVE URBAN CO-OPERATIVE URBAN CO-OPERATIVE URBAN CO-OPERATIVE URBAN CO-OPERATIVE URBAN CO-OPERATIVE Page 18-23