The Union Government has released 1^st installment of Untied Grants of the financial year 2025-26 amounting to Rs.224.5762 crores as XV FC grants for Panchayati Raj Institutions/ Rural Local Bodies in Chhattisgarh. These funds are for 11279 eligible Gram Panchayats, 138 eligible Block Panchayats and 26 eligible District 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 XV-FC grants to States for Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) / Rural Local Bodies (RLBs) which is 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 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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Aditi Agrawal

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