Center has released the first tranche of 15th Finance Commission grant for the financial year 2024-25 to rural local bodies of Tripura and Haryana and the second tranche to Mizoram. According to the Ministry of Panchayati Raj, a total of ‘untied’ grants of Rs 31.40 crore and ‘tied’ grants of Rs 47.10 crore were given to the 1,260 rural local bodies (RLBs), including local bodies traditional communities, 40 block advisory committees and 587 villages. Tripura committees have done so. RLBs use “untied” grants for location-specific needs, excluding salaries and other establishment costs.
‘Unleashed’ subsidy of Rs 194,867 crore to Haryana
‘TIDE’ grants are used to provide basic services such as sanitation, open defecation prevention and drinking water supply, rainwater harvesting and water recycling. The Panchayati Raj Ministry said in its statement that Haryana received an “untied” grant of Rs 194,867 crore. This amount has been distributed to 18 eligible district panchayats, 139 block panchayats and 5,911 gram panchayats of the state. Mizoram received “unbound” and “tied” grants of Rs 14.20 crore and Rs 21.30 crore respectively, he said. This fund has been distributed to all 834 village councils, including autonomous district council areas.
this is the purpose
The Ministry said the purpose of the Finance Commission grant is to make Panchayati Raj institutions and RLBs more efficient, accountable and self-reliant. It said, “In line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of ‘Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas, Sabka Vishwas, Sabka Prayas’, this initiative supports inclusive growth and participatory democracy, which is important for the development of the country.” through Ministry of Panchayati Raj and Ministry of Jal Shakti (Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation), recommends release of grants from 15th Finance Commission to states for rural local bodies, which will then be released by Ministry of Finance , according to the statement. It’s done. It specifies that the allocated subsidy is released in two tranches during a financial year.
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