Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan get first instalment of 15th finance panel grants for rural local bodies

“The untied grants volition alteration panchayats to code circumstantial section needs crossed 29 subjects nether the Eleventh Schedule of the Constitution of India, ranging from agriculture and agrarian lodging to acquisition and sanitation. These funds, however, cannot beryllium utilized for salaries oregon constitution costs. The tied grants volition absorption connected halfway services specified arsenic sanitation, attraction of open-defecation escaped (ODF) presumption and h2o management, including rainwater harvesting, h2o recycling and attraction of household waste,” the connection said.

According to the ministry, successful enactment with Article 243G of the Constitution, these funds empower panchayats to negociate indispensable services and infrastructure. “The proviso of tied grants has presented a important accidental for Gram Panchayats to redefine section self-governance successful alignment with Mahatma Gandhi’s imaginativeness of ‘Gram Swaraj’, fostering the improvement of liable and responsive enactment astatine the grassroots level.”

“This empowerment process resonates with the government’s guiding rule of ‘Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas, Sabka Viswas, Sabka Prayas’ arsenic articulated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, emphasising a steadfast committedness towards achieving the extremity of ‘Viksit Bharat’. By enhancing section governance, these funds lend to the inclusive maturation and sustainable agrarian development, reinforcing India’s committedness to participatory ideology and village-level progress,” it said.

“Government of India done the Ministry of Panchayati Raj and Ministry of Jal Shakti (Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation) recommends merchandise of XV-FC Grants to States for Rural Local Bodies which are past released by Ministry of Finance. The allocated grants are recommended and released successful 2 instalments successful a fiscal year,” it said.