law: The Central Road Fund Act, 2000
  10. Functions of the
  
  Central Government.-
  The Central
  
  Government shall be responsible for the-
   
  
   i.  
  
    administration
  
  and management of the share of Fund allocated to the development and
  
  maintenance of the national highways;
   
  
   ii.  
  
    co-ordination
  
  and complete and timely utilisation of all sums allocated out of the Fund;
   
  
   iii.  
  
  
  
    sanction
  
  of schemes for State roads of inter-State and economic importance in such
  
  manner as may be prescribed;
   
  
   iv.  
  
    formulation
  
  of criteria on the basis of which the specific projects of State roads of
  
  inter-State and economic importance are to be approved and financed out of
  
  share of State roads;
   
  
   v.  
  
    release
  
  of funds to the States for specific projects and monitoring of such projects
  
  and expenditure incurred thereon;
   
  
   vi.  
  
  
  
    formulation
  
  of the criteria for allocation of the funds for such projects which are
  
  required to be implemented by the National Highways Authority of India and also
  
  for other projects for the development and maintenance of the national
  
  highways;
    vii.  
  
    allocation
  
  of share of funds to each State and Union territory specified in the First
  
  Schedule to the Constitution;
    viii.  
  
    allocation
  
  of -
  a.   fifty per cent. of
  
  the cess on high speed diesel oil for the development of rural roads in such
  
  manner as may be prescribed; and
  b.   the balance amount of
  
  fifty per cent. of cess on high speed diesel oil and the entire cess collected
  
  on petrol as follows:-
   
  
   i.  
  
    an
  
  amount equal to fifty-seven and one half per cent. of such sum for the
  
  development and maintenance of national highways;
   
  
   ii.  
  
    an
  
  amount equal to twelve and one half per cent. for the construction of road
  
  either under or over the railways by means of a bridge and erection of safety
  
  works at unmanned rail-road crossings; and
   
  
   iii.  
  
    the
  
  balance thirty per cent. on development and maintenance of roads other than
  
  national highways and out of this amount, ten per cent. that is three per cent.
  
  of the total share of State roads shall be kept as reserve by the Central
  
  Government for allocation to States for implementation of State road schemes of
  
  inter-State and economic importance to be approved by the Central Government in
  
  terms of clauses (iii) and
   
  
   iv.  
  
    of
  
  this section.