New Delhi, November 12 (IANS). The Central Government on Tuesday said that under the 15th Finance Commission, Rs 266.8 crore has been released for Kerala rural local bodies for FY 25 and Rs 27 crore for Meghalaya rural local bodies (for FY 22). .
According to the Ministry of Panchayati Raj, this amount released for Kerala is for all the eligible 14 District Panchayats, 152 Block Panchayats and 941 Gram Panchayats of the state.
The ministry said the amount of Rs 27 crore released for rural local bodies of Meghalaya is for all three eligible autonomous district councils of the state – Khasi, Garo and Jaintia.
The Government has recommended the release of 15th Finance Commission (XV FC) grants to the States for rural local bodies through the Ministry of Panchayati Raj and the Ministry of Jal Shakti (Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation), which is released by the Ministry of Finance. goes.
The allocated grant is released in two installments in a financial year.
The Central Government is actively strengthening rural local self-governance by empowering Panchayati Raj Institutions/Rural Local Bodies through XV FC grants.
Last week, the central government released the 15th Finance Commission grant for the financial year 2024-25 to the rural local bodies of Haryana, Tripura and Mizoram.
Untied grant of Rs 194.867 crore was given to the Panchayati Raj institutions of Haryana as the first installment.
The first installment of Untied Grants amounting to Rs 31.40 crore and the first installment of Tied Grants amounting to Rs 47.10 crore were released to the Rural Local Bodies of Tripura.
The Government released Rs 14.20 crore as part of the second installment of Untied Grant for FY 2022-23 and Rs 21.30 crore as part of the second installment of Tied Grant for FY 2022-23 for Panchayati Raj Institutions of Mizoram.
–IANS
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