The Union Government has released the Fifteenth Finance Commission (XV FC) Grants during Financial Year 2024–25, for Rural Local Bodies in Himachal Pradesh, 2^nd installment of Untied Grants amounting to Rs.70.40 crores along with the withheld amount of 1^st installment of Untied Grants for Financial Year 2024–25 amounting to Rs.11.4716 crores. These funds are for all eligible 12 District Panchayats, all eligible 81 Block Panchayats and all eligible 3615 Gram Panchayats. XV FC Grants during Financial Year 2024–25, for Rural Local Bodies in Goa, 2^nd installment of Untied Grants of the Financial Year 2022–23 amounting to Rs.9.69 crores have also been released. These funds are for all eligible 191 Gram Panchayats of the State. 

Government of India through Ministry of Panchayati Raj and Ministry of Jal Shakti (Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation) recommends release of Fifteenth Finance Commission (XV FC) Grants to States for Rural Local Bodies which are then released by Ministry of Finance. The allocated Grants are recommended and released in 2 installments in a Financial Year.

The Untied Grants will be utilized by Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs)/ Rural Local Bodies (RLBs) for location-specific felt needs, under the Twenty-Nine (29) Subjects enshrined in the Eleventh Schedule of the Constitution, except for salaries and other establishment costs. The Tied Grants can be used for the basic services of (a) sanitation and maintenance of ODF status, and this should include management and treatment of household waste, and human excreta and fecal sludge management in particular and (b) supply of drinking water, rainwater harvesting and water recycling.

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